Lessons Learned After Finally Configuring a Raspberry Pi CM4 Mini Router (Bought in 2022) Product Mini Router built with Raspberry Pi Compute Module 4 Dual Gigabit Ethernet NICs 4GB RAM / 32GB eMMC Pre-installed OpenWrt Compact form factor, fanless, low power Background: A Device That Waited Its Turn I bought this device back in 2022 . At the time, it looked like the perfect small router: Raspberry Pi Compute Module 4 Dual Ethernet ports OpenWrt already installed No SD card required thanks to eMMC But like many homelab projects, it ended up sitting on a shelf . Fast forward to today — with more networking experience, a clearer home network plan, and a real need for a flexible router — I finally decided to configure it properly. That’s when the real journey started. What I Expected (Even in 2025) Even knowing this wasn’t a consumer router, I still expected: Plug WAN into my upstream router Plug LAN into my laptop Access 192.168.1.1 Hav...
I just want to clarify this event happened on August. But we were a small group organizing the event and this was a completely volunteer event. What is the VII Central America Summit ? Central American Free Software Summit is a space of articulation, coordination and exchange of ideas between Free Open source Software (FLOSS) communities that make up the SLCA agreements and strengthening ways of working together to facilitate and promote the use of Free Software development in the region(Central America). Objectives of the Event Strengthening the processes of social awareness, philosophy, and policy of Free software in Honduras and Central America. A multidisciplinary space that will allow managers of social projects and achieve regional politicians present their initiatives and manage contact network collaboration and / or support. Create an educational application during the hackathon that will take during the event, this app will benefit the 7 countries of Central...