Wireless bridge on KVM

In one of my previous articles I described how to install and setup a basic K8s cluster on Debian GNU/Linux, regarding network configuration I followed a very standard configuration attaching ethernet NIC to a bridge, but recently I required to connect my VMs just using my wireless card, and I would like to explain the … Continue reading Wireless bridge on KVM →

Solving DHCP issue after installing Pi-Hole on Raspberry Pi 3 as AP

After setting up successfully my RB3 as an access point I realized that after installing Pi-Hole Raspbian DHCP service (dnsmasq) was down, it seems that Pi-Hole comes with its own DHCP and DNS service (pihole-FTL based on dnsmasq), as we customize dnsmasq to RB3 run as our AP so the idea to fix this little … Continue reading Solving DHCP issue after installing Pi-Hole on Raspberry Pi 3 as AP →

Fixing a Pi-Hole installation problem: stuck configuring resolvconf

Quick entry to explain a problem I had installing Pi-Hole, the issue was caused because some days ago I was playing with my DNS server configuration and back then I created these to files: /etc/resolvconf/resolv.conf.d/head and /etc/resolvconf/resolv.conf.d/base Some weeks later I decided to install Pi-Hole in my Raspberry Pi 3 and the installation process launched … Continue reading Fixing a Pi-Hole installation problem: stuck configuring resolvconf →

Raspberry Pi 3 as WiFi Access Point (without bridge interface)

Happy New Year to everyone! Although this is not my first entry of this year I forgot to wish you the best for 2020 in my previous article, sorry about that, let's start with this new topic. This entry is going to cover my particular setup to configure Raspberry Pi 3 as WiFi access point, … Continue reading Raspberry Pi 3 as WiFi Access Point (without bridge interface) →

Installing a K8s cluster on Debian Bullseye with KVM

Five years ago I wrote this blog entry talking about KVM, at that time I needed to run Microsft Windows 7 VM to make some tests for my work. This time I need to make a lab with a couple of VMs to run a Kubernetes cluster in my laptop and I've decided to use … Continue reading Installing a K8s cluster on Debian Bullseye with KVM →

Post installation setup and checks pfsense

This entry explains some steps I made when I had to reinstall my router due to a problem explained here. Checking Hard drive performance Let's check hard drive performance: /root: diskinfo -t /dev/ada0s1a /dev/ada0s1a ... TS32GMSA370 # Disk descr. D007501916 # Disk ident. Yes # TRIM/UNMAP support Seek times: Full stroke: 250 iter in 0.025302 … Continue reading Post installation setup and checks pfsense →

Install and setup my LAN with pfSense v2.4.2

Much time after I bought my APU1D4 I could install pfSense on it and I'd like to share some notes about this process with you. Let's start with router hardware specifications: APU1D4 specifications Mainboard: APU ALIX Engines APU.1D4CPU: 1 GHz AMD G-Series T40E APU Dual coreRAM: 4GB DDR3Network: 3 x 1 Gbps Ethernet portsWirelessCompex WLE200NX … Continue reading Install and setup my LAN with pfSense v2.4.2 →

Backing up Linksys WRT610n

This entry will describe the steps that I followed to back up my personal router. If you read this link to make a backup from your current configuration perhaps you find the same issues as me: CHECK FILESYSTEM CONTENT First of all I decided to check what is mounted in my router: root@OpenWrt:/# mount rootfs … Continue reading Backing up Linksys WRT610n →

Get access to a flashed Linksys WRT610n

A friend of mine had given a Linksys WRT610n long time ago to build my home network but it was so much time that we've forgotten root credentials for my router, in this entry I'm going to write the steps that I followed to be able to access the router. The first thing that you … Continue reading Get access to a flashed Linksys WRT610n →