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submitted 10 months ago* (last edited 10 months ago) by taaz@biglemmowski.win to c/selfhosted@lemmy.world
 

I have a unused RPi4 (the 8Gig one) running DietPi. I did use it as a playground but ever since I am renting a Hetzner machine for (playground) stuff that I want web accessible, I don't have particular use for the Pi.

I am currently running (outdated) Home Assistant on it but there isn't much I can connect it with (yet, getting the flashable/compatible ikea smart lightning zigbee? bridge thingy is on my bucket list). Obviously I do have a pihole there.

Shoot me any other ideas I could run there. Some kind of monitoring of my rented infra would be cool (I already have uptime kuma on the dedi hetzner box). One idea I had was if there are some OSS security scanning "daemons" I could use on to monitor my other infra.

Thanks a lot!

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[–] troglodytis@lemmy.world 12 points 10 months ago (4 children)

Grab yourself an antenna and filter and feed adsbexchsnge, flightaware, and flightradar24.

[–] Fermiverse@feddit.de 7 points 10 months ago

Uhh, this seems like a completely new rabbit hole to dive in.

[–] jivandabeast@lemmy.browntown.dev 6 points 10 months ago (1 children)

This! Im planning on getting this set up on a spare pi one of these days™. You get a free premium acc on the tracking sites, so you can track where tf all those planes and helicopters above your house are going

[–] taaz@biglemmowski.win 4 points 10 months ago

I used RTL-SDR dongle and it basically just worked! Also got some recordings of the nearby airport, really cool !

[–] Fermiverse@feddit.de 2 points 10 months ago

To report back, my system is up and running. Used my spare odroid xu4 with dietpi for it. Put it all in a case and attached a cheap Nooelec stick. Waiting for my antenna today and to decide where to put it under the roof.

Fine tuning for best reception location will be taking a while to be honest.

[–] taaz@biglemmowski.win 2 points 10 months ago (1 children)

I did this for a hot second (already have RTL-SDR set here) but the current location of the RPi is just bad for reception and moving it closer to some window would mean connecting through wifi (can't lay ethernet cables, renting) and that's bad for other services where low response times are preffered/needed (pihole) :(

[–] Lifebandit666@feddit.uk 4 points 10 months ago

Instead of connecting it to WiFi, have a look into power line adapters. They route your internet through the copper wiring in your house.

I have a router in my subterranean ground floor linked to a power line adapter, a wired router in my front room a floor up so my PC, TV, Playstation, etc are connected via LAN, and another power line 2 floors above that plugged into another WiFi router running in bridge mode, which supplies WiFi to the top two floors, and another playstation wired in to that router

Basically it means that my ground floor router is hooked to the internet and everything else in the house that needs wiring in is wired in because of the power line, and the WiFi is coming from 2 routers, one on the top floor and one on the ground.

My ISP thought a WiFi router on the ground floor of a 4 storey house was a great idea, but they're stupid. WiFi should be in the highest point of your house.

With a few Power line adapters you can sort your internet out for £25