Shawn Holwegner's Blog

lather. rinse. repeat.

There was a reason Al Gore not only invented global warming, but the internet- and it doesn’t ONLY have to do with greed!

This. This is why the Internet exists.

I don’t have much to offer today- the weather has been awful, and I haven’t got much accomplished. So, have a tip for obtaining a list of local Linux device names which I did to simplify my own life:

%ip link | awk '/^[0-9]/ {print $2}'

This will give you a list of your network devices from Linu...

While trying to find an LEDE (OpenWRT) 802.11ac supported device, I stumbled upon the FS-WR106. After a bit of back and forth with their representative, I ended up acquiring one unit for testing.

It came preloaded with OpenWRT 14.07, which is old. They were kind enough to send me a build based a...

Primary roll is ready to go? Yep!

A handful of printers are ready to go, and will have more done as the weekend progresses. There are also a handful of Core2-i3 grade PCs that need repurposing, but those take less actual effort- and a bit more time to get current.

I know- my blogging “every day” has fallen to the wayside- yet again. I find it difficult to find things to share when not that much seems to be happening. That, and I got over the “social media” phase long ago- and the blog took a tumble BEFORE that.

Anyhow, for the last couple days, I’ve been bu...

Although they’ve recently changed the pricing structure, ArubaCloud still has a few less-desired areas where you can setup a 1GB RAM/20GB HD VPS for €1/mo.

First of all, get your account setup and topped off. If your primary phone contact is not a cell phone, they’ll still send you a text of y...