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Modules
A module is one thing the machine does. The Modules page lists them by the menu's sections — Network, Storage, Self-hosted, This machine — with a line at the top: what wants a look, and how many are on. A row says On, Off, Not installed or Always on, and what the module needs. It opens a drawer with Enable, Disable, Install and Remove.
The modules
| Module | What it does |
|---|---|
| Router | Addresses and names for your home network, and sharing the internet |
| Firewall | What may come in, go out and pass through |
| Wi-Fi | The machine's radio as an access point |
| VPN | A WireGuard tunnel |
| NAS | Disks and shared folders |
| Self-hosted | Apps in containers |
| Network, Status | Always on |
Router needs the Firewall: switching Router on switches it on too.
Switching one on
A module whose Debian packages are not installed offers Install and enable: a job, whose steps show on its row, from the internet. One job runs at a time. A failed job says which step failed and offers Retry.
When an update of panel adds a package to a module that is on, the machine installs it after the update is kept.
Switching the router on
On a machine that is not a router yet, it asks which port becomes your home network, and offers the one with a cable and nothing answering on it. A wired port is offered 192.168.50.1, which you can change. The change waits to be kept.
If you are connected from the internet side, the panel and SSH stay open from there too, and the Router row asks afterwards whether that should stay.
Switching the router off
It asks what the home port becomes: it keeps its address, or asks for one by DHCP. The router's firewall is put away and the machine stops passing traffic. It waits to be kept like any change, and your router rules come back exactly as they were if you switch it on again.
Choose what this machine is for…
At the foot: the question a new machine asks after its first sign-in.