Hello guys,
I'm moving from one country to another and I'll have to share an apartment with other people for a few months.
Of course, I'm taking my OMV server with me in my car. This is where all my data is! I have an HP Microserver Proliant G8.
My own private space will only be my room, that means that I'll need to keep my microserver in my room. That's not a big deal because mircroserver isn't noisy at all but what about connectivity?
My raspberry pi (first model without wifi adapter) is actually connected to my router too in order to show me the server contents (movies, shows, etc...). I'm taking my tv to my room.
I'll have access to the shared wifi in the Leaving Room. I can't bring an RJ45 from leaving room to my personal room...
1) Use a wifi usb dongle to connect my server to the internet and the LAN so I can have access to my folders?
I have a wisacom USB 200 but, after some tests, I'm not able to join my WLAN here.... (my actual place, not future one):
root@microserver:/sbin# iwconfig
lo no wireless extensions.
as0t0 no wireless extensions.
eth1 no wireless extensions.
wlan0 IEEE 802.11bg ESSID:off/any
Mode:Managed Access Point: Not-Associated Tx-Power=20 dBm
Retry long limit:7 RTS thr:off Fragment thr:off
Encryption key:off
Power Management:off
eth0 no wireless extensions.
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root@microserver:/sbin# sudo ifup wlan0
wpa_supplicant: /sbin/wpa_supplicant daemon failed to start
run-parts: /etc/network/if-pre-up.d/wpasupplicant exited with return code 1
Internet Systems Consortium DHCP Client 4.2.2
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All rights reserved.
For info, please visit https://www.isc.org/software/dhcp/
Listening on LPF/wlan0/00:1a:ef:10:17:30
Sending on LPF/wlan0/00:1a:ef:10:17:30
Sending on Socket/fallback
DHCPREQUEST on wlan0 to 255.255.255.255 port 67
DHCPREQUEST on wlan0 to 255.255.255.255 port 67
DHCPDISCOVER on wlan0 to 255.255.255.255 port 67 interval 8
DHCPDISCOVER on wlan0 to 255.255.255.255 port 67 interval 18
DHCPDISCOVER on wlan0 to 255.255.255.255 port 67 interval 8
DHCPDISCOVER on wlan0 to 255.255.255.255 port 67 interval 9
DHCPDISCOVER on wlan0 to 255.255.255.255 port 67 interval 14
DHCPDISCOVER on wlan0 to 255.255.255.255 port 67 interval 4
No DHCPOFFERS received.
--> I don't know what happens
2) Maybe a wifi extender? something like this (20€):
https://www.amazon.fr/TP-Link-TL-WA850RE-Compatibilité-Universelle-Installation/dp/B00NIZRSLS/ref=sr_1_3?ie=UTF8&qid=1468597508&sr=8-3&keywords=TP-LINK+TL-WA850RE
This could do the job, connecting the server to the RJ45... even if I don't think wake on lan would work... because the mac-adress seen by the router is the wifi extender mac right..?
3) some ideas...? Maybe getting a real good modern usb wifi dongle for the server and raspberry pi model 3 with integrated wifi module ?
Thanks in advance guys!