I ditched my Raspberry Pi for this

[@NetworkChuck]

Make Tech your job with ITPro: go.acilearning.com/networkchuck (30% off FOREVER) *affiliate link Are you subscribed to our new channel? Learn new tech with NetworkChuck Academy: www.youtube.com/@networkchuck... Zimaboard: geni.us/zimaboard Travel Router: geni.us/travrouter Ditching the Raspberry Pi was a big move for me, especially with a month-long trip to Japan on the horizon and a tech-dependent family of eight in tow. In this video, I dive into the why and how of upgrading our travel tech setup. It's all about ensuring we've got a rock-solid, reliable travel router and NAS to keep everyone connected, entertained, and maybe a bit too online during our adventures. Follow along as I break down the journey from decision to real-world execution, showcasing the trials, errors, and eventual triumphs of finding the perfect travel companion in the tech world. The leap from the familiar comfort of Raspberry Pi to a new solution was driven by the need for something more robust and capable of handling the demands of multiple devices streaming and accessing data on the go. This isn't just a tech swap; it's a mission to enhance our travel experience significantly. You'll get an inside look at the setup process, how it stands up to the ultimate field test (aka my kids), and whether it can really cut the mustard as the heart of our digital nomad setup. So, if you're into tech, travel, or just love a good family tech drama, this is one you won't want to miss. 🔥🔥Join the NetworkChuck Academy!: ntck.co/NCAcademy **Sponsored by ITProTv from ACI Learning

[@kushalsapkotaOfficial]

can you send me a raspie

[@user-bt9ek2dv2y]

Hey Network Chuck, i found a spare 8TB SATA 3.5" drive thats about 4-5 years old in a drawer. I want to use in my Open Media Vault running on my Raspberry Pi 4. I know I'd have to use one of the USB ports but to do you have any recommendations for a USB adapter that I can use? Thanks!

[@jimmyhughes5392]

if you click on thumbnails with faces that have mouths opens and stupid fake shocked poses and tell YT not to recommend it's shocking how quick they stop suggesting content created by people who are okay with looking like twats because they think it'll get them more views. trouble is i'm not subscribed to you and i've told YT not to recommend your channel again... if everyone starts doing as i, you will be able to stop demeaning yourself in the hope YT will allow you to get more expressions. they tell you the algorithm works so you do what they say and you jump through their hoops but i've just determined my own algorithm, they won't keep showing me content created by sheep.

[@Mulla-alyusufi]

Can help me. Only one wireless adapter cos 35$ usd. Or give me one that you dont need.

[@vedranart]

ERR_ADDRESS_INVALID - it's down bro?

[@0netom]

Faaantastic! Especially loved the story of all the failed attempts! Invaluable knowledge and a timesaver, so we can avoid rabbit holes.

[@thefrub]

1:55 I don't think I've heard anyone say "Intel Celeron" with excitement in their voice for about 20 years

[@jamescollins6085]

The Zima Board is a particularly poor example when it comes to these mini PCs. Some of the newer Celerons like the N95 and N100 have Skylake level IPC with a fraction of the power consumption.

[@OhhCrapGuy]

This is the first time someone has said "Intel Celeron" in an excited voice in the last 25 years, 2 months, and 3 days.

[@GuillermoFrontera]

@@OhhCrapGuy Intel Celeron 300A? Q1 99'

[@unclemikeyplays]

@@jamescollins6085 I think you're 100% missing the point that he HAD THIS THING SITTING AROUND ON HIS SHELF ALREADY and it worked.

[@donkultgen4643]

Yeah, I inherited an Asus mini with a level better celeron and it won't play 1080p or 4k video with Ubuntu. Turd.

[@tdrg_]

5:37 Another advantage I discovered after following your video tutorial with the OpenWRT travel router when I went to Athens: for paid Wi-Fi, like on a plane, you can pay for the Raspberry Pi as one device and then connect your and your family’s devices to the Pi, therefore saving soooo much money!

[@muslimgamerrr9479]

HAHA thats so smart like kinda pirating

[@zacharyberridge7239]

​@@muslimgamerrr9479nah, not really. It's still one device connecting to THEIR network. Not piracy, but damned clever.

[@salpertia]

​@@zacharyberridge7239wow gg. Next flight.

[@oliviergoggins]

@@zacharyberridge7239 I mean technically any Android device can do this.. Also had this ones setup on my laptop when there was paid Wi-Fi per device, like 4 years ago.

[@Georgggg]

I actually waiting wen android devs will allow client on 2.4ghz and access point on 5ghz simultaneously, like we can on OpenWrt. And voila - you have wifiwifi router for free by using spare android phone.

[@fancyhandlegoeshere]

6 kids??? I don't know how I handled 2. Then again, I was a single parent so.... Thanks for the content! It's flippin' awesome, as always.

[@DoFliesCallUsWalks]

He can handle because he has a really nice wife and he's got more money than he can burn. Not everyone has the latter.

[@DoFliesCallUsWalks]

I don't know which is more surprising, the fact that he's got 6 kids, or the fact that they are all girls.

[@Brar_entertainment]

Sounds like a skill issue

[@krazYFaic]

All that coffee has to go somewhere.

[@DoFliesCallUsWalks]

😅@@krazYFaic

[@DailyFacts-11y]

6 kids? How in the world do you manage to take care of 6 kids, upload consistently, and have almost 4 million subscribers?

[@SaItyStudios]

Coffee

[@jamesfitzgerald4419]

Coffee? More like adderral. Snorted. And smoked

[@sixtysource]

coke

[@smitty683]

A good wife.

[@PotatoMuncher420]

And andddd know so much with cybersecurity/software engineering. One hell of a confidence boost that me, you, all of us can achieve anything

[@thefinness7849]

@networkchuck i love how you 00:15 was going to japan and showed cuba on the map! lol..

[@Back-alley-technician]

Cuba could've been Japan if we decided to give it the old "don't sink my boats" treatment.

[@JoseyStranded]

Caught my eye too.

[@MNpale]

America’s Japan? 🤷‍♂️

[@JA-ns7zx]

LOL 😂😂😂

[@Nobe_Oddy]

his editors are idiots apparently because this was not intentional... and it's not funny... IT'S SAD!!! STAY IN SCHOOL KIDS!!! ( or should I say 'GO TO SCHOOL'? )

[@timsmith1426]

I think this is one of your better videos in recent times. Other vids were still good, but this one was a step above. Thanks for sharing your adventure. 😊☕

[@gocygo01]

The last two were pretty good in contrast to his other others, until you get far enough back

[@Bsimp1988]

Hello Chuck, Thank you for leaving all the failed attempts in the video. It shows what it's really like trying to be creative and come up with networking solutions. I love the content you publish and have sent so many colleagues and professional friends your way. Keep up the great work and thank you for never letting me down!!!

[@DataSlayerMedia]

I plugged a Samsung 1 TB SSD into my Zima, booted CasaOS shared the drive and boom 1 TB of network storage for my main computer to user as backup. It's a great setup.

[@devarshsanghvi9315]

Ditching raspberry Pi is the keyword which made me click the notification as soon as the video is posted

[@ajhensley7865]

Literally me too

[@mc_elmancapod_09]

That's so true😭

[@calebbarnett1110]

lol same..

[@nikolaslehto8827]

Contriversial opinion: non-reasoned hatered towards Raspberry Pi is silly

[@Suchtzocker]

@@nikolaslehto8827you dont need to reason anything anymore, its all out there just search for it if you need reasons ...

[@arkentantix]

Mate, that would have to be one of THE best - 10pm the night before an 'early am' family mission flight tech-actions i have seen. Credo to you, your family and your team putting that together..!!

[@wolfrevokcats7890]

11:34 "It's not working!" Your kid is super cute when she said it. Can't wait to see your travelog in Japan. Really enjoy this video when you share all challenges. Your video is crazily improved with all story-line and fun to watch! Good job Chuck as always

[@ckthmpson]

Yes,, coffee is everywhere here in Japan. Convenience stores, coffee shops, vending machines. Just don't expect the portion sizes to be the same. Hope you enjoyed the trip.

[@Ha1ryV1king]

Just recently came across your channel and have to say I love the content. I am learning so much. You have yourself another sub. Keep up the amazing work.

[@ethanschoonbee1315]

this video perfectly describes every adventure i've had with new tech 😂 it's always a journey and a half to achieve something that seems so simple!!

[@adamk.7177]

I'm thankful to see this part of things honestly. I always feel kind of like a failure when I watch youtube videos and can't get the thing I want to work and need to resort to other means like this.

[@tylerevansfoothill]

Same, it was so relatable

[@fifthmaple]

please make videos on everything in a network. Youre videos are the only ones that make learning networking so much fun and easy to understand!! we neeed youuuu

[@Georgggg]

16:48 - "So, this time Chuck will hack our plane"

[@intelligentidiot502]

he hacked the plane.. 14 hour flight with nothing but a network and time.... he hacked the plane.

[@JehuMcSpooran]

Ethically, of course.

[@PatrickSmith87]

Awesome vid Chuck. God bless you and your beautiful family.

[@janliberda9493]

The N3450 is from 2016 and the performance matches it. Anything with N100 or N305 processors will run circles around them. It is possible to find a PfSense appliance with an NVME slot / slots and integrated wifi. Usualy they run proxmox just fine. This avoids the need to create a glue up of three different things :)

[@I_am_Raziel]

N100 is quite awesome

[@curtispavlovec]

I concur; still, not going to find N100 rig in same physical size as ZimaBoard. So, apples and oranges.

[@THEG12EG]

⁠@@curtispavlovecyou will find a n100 actually smaller than the zima but it won’t have a pci-e port / sata port. That’s the key thing

[@unclemikeyplays]

Right, except...y'know, he already had this lying around.

[@0xBerto]

Crazy I loved those first tutorials. Stoked for this updated version 🚀

[@226cenk9]

Finally, a in depth look into zimaboard and casa OS. THANK YOU! Been scowering the internet for something similar!

[@haydenc2742]

For CasaOS to really take hold...they definitely need MANY more YT'rs to show it off and how to set it up/use it Honestly I don't know why they don't have a team like linustechtips making quick howto's/demos on it...and flooding the interwebz

[@ctjanney]

you brave, brave parents. as a father of three boys, I bow down to you and your wife for traveling with that many kids, and kudos to you for giving your kids the gift of experiencing foreign countries. Oh, and this is amazing, and and super cool.

[@samtenuto5148]

Hey Chuck, This might be a dumb question but how did you power the whole setup? Was there just a separate brick that you plugged?

[@SSJ0016]

definitely not a dumb question, lol

[@jum5238]

He was sipping coffee and pedaling like crazy the whole way. With commercial interruptions coincidental to his trips to the bathroom.

[@darekmistrz4364]

Seems like he used 12V power supply brick for the whole setup. At least that is what Zimaboard uses normally out of the box

[@CRK1918]

The plane has USB power, need a 5V step-up to 12V power solution will do, otherwise a small power bank ? large power bank solution is not exactly safe for air traveling either.

[@wpoitras]

@@CRK1918Some planes offer power plugs at each seat as well.

[@Michaelebills]

I hope you enjoyed Japan... I have lived there for 4 years while going to high school. I have lived and traveled to 42 countries so far throughout my life, and by far, Japan was one of the best countries.

[@ziwop8051]

the top zimaboard use N3450 scores approx 800 on geekbench 6, RPi 5 scores 1800. Sure it's x86 with more options but in terms of raw power it's less than half the speed.

[@caboose1289]

Yikes! Thanks for sharing that! My mind started going wild with possibilities of the Zima Board, but the lack of performance is a real deal breaker for me.

[@Kyle-e8b]

@@caboose1289I appreciate Network Chuck's videos just as much as the next guy. Unfortunately gotta remember even though he doesn't have the snazzy 10 second videos on tik tok he is still along with all the others an influencer at his core. And while I'm sure he did actually grab it from his shelf I highly doubt it was random and I highly doubt Zima wasn't involved in the content....at the core they're all pushing a product. Glad you saw why its still good to research before you plop the money down :D

[@KeithStrang]

Curios if there is a comparable RPi5 product out there that can easily run this? I'm looking to set up a travel NAS myself for a trip to SA.

[@adammarko1992]

@@Kyle-e8b He never said you should by one. Attention spans are too low. The point was to show a diverse level of skill and options from different softwares.

[@skytech_00]

@NetworkChuck strikes again! Awesome video and knowledge man!! Thankful for your content! Need more coffee lol! Keep up the great work!.

[@thattechlife5322]

Said Japan but showed Cuba…..didn’t realize Japan moved 0:17

[@BG5850]

I’m so happy you continue to make these videos.

[@stephenmacdonald4470]

I have a very similar setup for travel. I’ve got the GL.iNet GL-AXT1800 along with a Zima Board. I never thought of using the sync tool and Pi Hole though, that’s a cool idea. Have you seen the NVME PCI adaptor for faster storage on the ZimaBoard??

[@charliebowen4232]

Hey Chuck, You are a brave superhero to take your tribe to Japan! That is just awesome! It is nice to know that I am not the only geek trying to setup tech just before a trip! Where did you find the Sata cables?

[@trevorford8332]

I'm jealous, I've always wanted to go to Japan!!!

[@tenderizer6635]

I'm a neteworking student right now and it makes me happy that I understand a lot of this.

[@MikeStankovic]

How did you power it on the airplane and trains?

[@danieldmu]

It's great that you show the trial and fail, makes the other videos more interesting, to know that you struggle just like us.

[@EnergizerTX]

Watching cus I've been wanting to make a travel router, don't need a mas... I'm looking for a portable option, one that can recharge.

[@TheNodeChannel]

I'd just get a power bank for the travel router. I have an Anker powerhouse 100 which not only is an overkill powerbank but has AC Output of 100 Watts

[@afoiz]

This guys whackiness sucked me into a video i did not need but ended up subscribing for more Crank!

[@ericimi]

Chuck I just made a pi nas with your video so this is terrible news lol

[@adamk.7177]

You can still use the openWRT router, the one he made just has a little more bandwidth and processing power. Don't worry, what you set up is still better than connecting directly to hotel Wi-Fi!

[@jasonfenris1791]

This is an awesome project, I can't wait to do for an upcoming trip! The first nearly 13 minutes of this video makes me tired though...reminds me of staying up all night to finish homework in college....

[@Mr1lolo94]

how were the Syncthing speeds for you?

[@davocc2405]

That RASP-AP solves a problem I've been mulling over for quite some time - thanks indeed, this video is golden!

[@LucaBertiLB]

Just make sure to check your travel route, since the map shown for "JAPAN!" is in fact Cuba ;)

[@n3ologicprojects351]

Great video as always! Bluey is the only kids show I will watch with my son because it's that good!

[@DrRChandra]

Putting the word "JAPAN" on the screen, whilst zooming in on and highlighting Cuba. Uhhh....OK.

[@dr.lazysloth3415]

Synology should make a device like this and sell it to the masses. A portable nas/router. Great video!!!

[@frighteningenius]

chuck is getting more and more unhinged with his meme-y content and i am all for it

[@Michaelebills]

The Zima alcohol beverage is still being sold in Japan! You should have looked for a bottle while there!

[@Jaimo.87]

Loving the rep for Bluey! From a fellow Aussie, love how the Aussies especially Bluey are making an impact on the US market.

[@ZilenceEdits]

I have a beryl AX from GLI and I take it everywhere I go for work. when i'm not traveling I use it as a private wifi AP for my Quest 2. such a great product.

[@marveII0us]

That is very interesting. Great stuff Chuck

[@filthyfrankblack4067]

He made his kids "ipad kids"😢

[@AhmedMoussa147]

My friend, you have no idea how much research I was doing to accomplish something like this, then I saw your video and it is freaking awesome, thank you from the bottom of my heart for this

[@Ethan_said]

0:03 6 KIDS! ?

[@ahdeshpande]

This is fantastic solution, I am going to try this on next trip.

[@JamieStuff]

I've become quite a fan of the GL.iNet products. I'm a trucker, and I have a GL-X750 LTE router. That repeater mode works well when I have decent WiFi available. I've struggled with OpenWRT, but the wrapper on the GL.iNet router makes it dead simple.

[@samjones4327]

Hey what's up Chuck!! Good to see you! Thanks for showcasing this cool and necessary device! You have given me a new tech to tinker with now! I need this in my life and look 4ward to making it work when I travel as well. Thanks again and as usual, be well, be safe and Cheers!

[@kanes5105]

Waiting on my Zima, I've already been messing with CASA OS on an old box I had laying about. When I ordered my Zima, I added the Sata Y cable, plus the PCIe to NVMe & NGFF SSD Adapter. Thanks for posting.

[@everardoprado3875]

0:17 That's Cuba

[@kaz49]

Yooo hope you had a nice time in Japan dude!

[@CrimsonDemonKyo]

TrueNAS Scale is absolutely awesume. I use Jellyfin myself and it runs great. Sofar it is one of the best NAS softwares I have used and some day I will dive in the rabbit hole of running VMs on it.

[@haydenc2742]

It's awesome...but the learning curve is rather steep...I use it, and UnRAID and I still have problems getting it up and running If they had a quick simple "easy" setup button to just click/install and use it would be SO much more community friendly

[@hankracette]

Man, I've been loving your over-caffeinated productions for years, but to discover that you're a fellow father-of-six: dude, you rock! I might have to start buying your coffee....

[@estusflask982]

You can do this with a single device - a GL.iNet router with a 1TB SD card or 2TB SSD plugged in.

[@jonathan.sullivan]

This is all I use

[@adamplev]

Great content, as always. Thanks Chuck! --Every time Chuck says Bluey, take another sip of coffee.

[@Officialsurajraj]

You have 6 kids 😂

[@minecraftroseYT]

LOL

[@jonathanballoch]

What a rollercoaster. Incredible video

[@c0ri]

I live in Tokyo area, funny watchin you all this time and now you coming here. Nice!

[@freibuis]

with kurbernettes has a flag on the pod (deployment or statefulset) to only pull if the container is missing

[@MikeBramm]

Those little GL.iNet routers work great. I have two of them that I use all the time.

[@johnathonjohnson7891]

First I absolutely loved the content of this video, but because of video issues I slowed you down to 50% speed. OMG, this video was amazing @ 50% speed.

[@Kryptstar_mack]

ahh you went GL-Inet, was actually looking at this today, runs open WRT! I had my Asus router with Merlin WRT, but was debating moving to this exact router because the reviews were stellar.

[@CrYsTaLySeR]

awsome! =D It's so fun to watch your content and learn every time something new!

[@KennethsTeknik]

Yup, we use the GL.Inet series as well, had the exact same thing you show, but I upgraded it to a new version last year.

[@OnigoroshiZero]

This was great. Also, man I want to go to Japan. I hope you had fun there.

[@festro1000]

I love syncthing, I use it to get my music to my phone without the hassle of picking between faster charging or data transfer. Just make changes on my computer and it mirrors to my phone and as I also use it on CasaOS on a third system for a bit of redundancy that's always on it will hold on to the changes if either the phone or the computer aren't on at the same time.

[@NaraukoFNH]

I absolutely love my GLiNet travel router (Slate AX), can't recommend it enough. I love the idea of pairing it up with a travel NAS like this.

[@brettcox5548]

This is a solid video, love this kind of content from you!!!

[@kovinster]

Wait, TrueNAS tries to download a new app image each time the NAS boots up? Damn, thanks chuck, you saved me a lot of time for sure.

[@letusgro]

That’s an example of doing everything right but solving the problem. So we learn all non sense minus how to set up the diy nas vs products available! Amazing

[@Gene669]

i do the same here (renting a room as a uni student) with a stationary wifi 6 asus router connected to an android tablet via usb tether, which tablet connects to the main router of the house. all my devices get connected to my router that can handle them compared to the basic crappy isp provided. i have planned for some time now that when i retire my samsung note 10 to use it via usb tether with a glinet wifi 6 travel router and add a powerbank to the mix to get similar experience you made, making fully portable for a few hours + ethernet ports + the router's configurable options + android's plenitude of apps + mobile data from the phone aside wifi connections available. great vid. more x86 small portable stuff are required.

[@Miles-Oldenburger]

i feel like you'd love the gl.inet slate ax, i had a few of them forming a mesh network in my house until a few other projects took they're place. i have two slate ax's one's an adhoc backpack travel router and one's going to go to a friend to upgrade his ancient setup.

[@kovinster]

On my travels, I've been carrying only the lil GLinet router with me that has tailscale running which lets all of my deviecs connect to my home jellyfin server, as well as use the same host to route all my traffic through like a secure VPN tunnel. The only issue is quality loss and buffering when the internet is slow but if I get the time to plan ahead, I can have download media offline on the device and then it doesn't really have to depend on the network connectivity.

[@roberttsukerman8689]

The Zima board is more powerful than my school Chromebook. I compared my chromebook's CPU (Celeron N4020) to the Zima board's CPU (Celeron N3450) and the Zima board's CPU is 28% more powerful! Not to mention this thing has twice as much RAM as my Chromebook as well.

[@Nate-wn1lk]

Always love watching your videos pls keep making more! You Inspire me to continue my journey in cybersecurity!❤

[@firstmighk]

Excellent stuff as always! @NetworkChuck Toward the end, you highlighted going over the traffic after your trip. Do you ever check for whether any attacks were attempted? That might even make a good video topic. "See this guy? He was trying to hack us at XXX airport!"

[@sameftek9799]

This video made my day. Love it.

[@joeboblio]

Such a chill video until the impending doom at the end. Glad I'm subscribed!

[@scruffyscruff]

I use syncthing for every single device i have. My 3 pcs, my wife's pc, my phone and my pi. All syncing together 🎉

[@kchan2856]

Welcome to coming to Japan. 😀

[@mtomas7]

Great to see a man leading his family in prayer!

[@aliens1990990]

im really surprised your using pihole and not adguard but fantastic video :D hope you had a great trip

[@Midnight_Fright]

Hope you know your the best teacher I’ve ever seen, by 10k fold. Everyone needs to learn from your videos, makes it sooooooooooooo fun and sooo easy, thank you so much for teaching me how to use python, I’m so excited to watch everything else! I’m on ep 4 since last night, also I stayed up till 4am and I usual am in bed at 730pm if that says anything, Tytytytytytyty you make it so fun haha sorry I’m just excited 😂❤️❤️❤️

[@UniPer85]

16:18 - The Goonies (1985), loved that movie...reminds me that I need to get my hands on that movie again 🙂

[@kraftyk4162]

I'm a traveling worker and a tinkerer. This is definitely on my radar now.

[@DerkBOllie]

Just got the Zimablade today. Deff going to try this on that. Smaller footprint, just less power, so we will see.

[@butler_NA]

The coffee drinking tony stark of the cyber world! Live the content. Japan is awesome!

[@Lets_Get_Creating]

I don't have kids but I still watch Bluey. I love it!

[@iancr22]

Yes, Syncthing is fantastic, love it.

[@FrontLineNerd]

There are so many lessons in this. Look at how simple the solution ended up being.

[@yvestremblay117]

Amazing patent you made! You guys are really something traveling with 6 kids to another country! Would love to share a cup of coffee if you guys come to Tokyo!

[@chrislamerican2989]

sweeeeet setup bro, great video

[@lordbarklee]

That's a great idea! Must try that myself.