I have Raspberry Pis scattered around my house wired to my network performing various tasks (like controlling 3D printers). Since they are always on anyway, I'm turning some of them into WiFi APs to extend WiFi coverage where there is weak signal.
@kyle I assume you're using Octoprint?
@owingst Ya, so it's easy to add things like hostapd after the fact.
@kyle I found out about Octoprint after I purchased the Skr 1.4 turbo for my Sidewinder X1. I may have to add a pi to it with Octoprint in the future. I've heard a lot of good things about it.
@owingst I like octoprint quite a bit. It's nice having a standalone rpi managing my printer w/ a web UI to monitor the print including via the rpi camera. I also use the web-based slicer even though some people these days recommend recent cura instead.
@kyle Really? What slicer do you use?
@owingst octoprint has included a cura plugin for some time that lets you upload an stl through the web UI and slice it directly on the rpi. It shows 3d views, lets you tweak settings. It's great and I never use slicers on my computer anymore. Sadly they deprecated it.
