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Considering the following situation: There is a available WIFI source which is connect to Internet, and there is a desktop computer which is lack of WIFI adapter. Then a Raspberry Pi 4 is provided with sufficient Ethernet cable.

Is it possible to direct connect Raspberry Pi 4 with computer and use the wireless adapter to receive and send data with the Environment WIFI source?

I don't know if Raspberry Pi are able to access WIFI adapter and Ethernet adapter simultaneously. The tutorial and article in the internet usually using 3rd part USB component.

Audra Jacot
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What you need is a simple router that routes traffic from the desktop computer to your WiFi internet router. This can simply be configured using systemd-networkd.

Just follow to Use systemd-networkd for general networking. You can use section "♦ Quick Step". Then come back here.

Now configure wpa_supplcant to connect to your internet router. Create this file with your settings for country, ssid and psk:

pi@raspberrypi:~ $ sudo -Es   # if not already done
rpi ~# cat > /etc/wpa_supplicant/wpa_supplicant-wlan0.conf <<EOF
ctrl_interface=DIR=/var/run/wpa_supplicant GROUP=netdev
update_config=1
country=DE

network={
    ssid="RPiNet"
    psk="verySecretPassword"
}
EOF

rpi ~# chmod 600 /etc/wpa_supplicant/wpa_supplicant-wlan0.conf
rpi ~# systemctl disable wpa_supplicant.service
rpi ~# systemctl enable wpa_supplicant@wlan0.service
rpi ~# rfkill unblock 0

Configure interfaces with these files. Be sure that you do not use the same subnet than from your internet router. In this example I use subnet 192.168.4.0/24 for the desktop computer. The subnet of your internet router must be different from this.

rpi ~# cat > /etc/systemd/network/04-eth0.network <<EOF
[Match]
Name=eth0
[Network]
Address=192.168.4.1/24
IPMasquerade=yes
DHCPServer=yes
[DHCPServer]
DNS=84.200.69.80 1.1.1.1
EOF

rpi ~# cat > /etc/systemd/network/08-wlan0.network <<EOF
[Match]
Name=wlan0
[Network]
DHCP=yes
EOF

Reboot, and it should do.

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