[ale] Connecting to r-pi

[philip at turmel.org (Phil Turmel)]

On 10/22/18 8:18 AM, DJ-Pfulio via Ale wrote:
> Looking for some ideas around setting up a raspberry pi when there isn't
> any network with a router available.
> 
> Simple is better than complex.
> 
> The Pi has a fresh copy, unmodified, of raspbian.
> The computer is running a popular Linux distro, debian/ubuntu/mint based.
> 
> How would you connect the 2 systems together using only a normal CAT5e
> ethernet cable and the 2 systems?

I would think static IPs on both ends would be the simplest.  Followed
closely by dnsmasq's dhcp server setup on one end.

I run into a lot of fully isolated subnet in industrial plants:  Static
IPs with no gateway set (no default route) is by far the preferred solution.