Erkenntnis des (späten) Abends: #IoT, im speziellen Fall #Smarthome, kannste mit 'nem normalen #Router aus dem #Elektronikmarkt knicken. Ab 30 #DHCP-Clients machen die dicke Backen und vergeben die Adressen nur noch erratisch je nach Stimmungslage. Das chaotische Fehlerbild ist 'ne Show: Es geht, es geht nicht, es geht, es geht nicht…

Besser: Den #RaspberryPi, der eh schon das Smarthome wuppt, auch noch als DHCP-Server mit einspannen.

@hardtech hi here #debian #inofficial #support #team: tried plugin the #LAN cable before setup?

make sure the box is LAN connected to a #dhcp #internet enabled #router (it is kind of the requirement for a #debian #setup no one talks about X-D)

if that also does not work it means there are no drivers for #LAN or #WIFI card :(

try to get #nonfree iso or try 1:1 copy this #debian13 iso on a "known-to-be-bootable" #usbstick with the text installer https://dwaves.de/2025/07/11/how-to-install-gnu-linux-debian-13-updated-2025-11/

what #desktop?

Strange DNS issue #networking #dns #dhcp

https://askubuntu.com/q/1560618/612

#unifi
Okay so I tackled part one, I ripped out all the APs and replicated my wireless configuration and I still hate #ubiquiti.

60% of the IoT devices won't work except on channel 6. Why? No idea. I had them on three separate channels previously.

Performance is a nightmare and half the Wi-Fi cameras work... Occasionally. Hardly useful.

#esp32's seem to hate everything.

#ugh

Now to figure out how to build a firewall with a firewall already in place. Without causing loops or #dhcp issues.

Damn you #fortinet.

Kea DHCP: Modern, open source DHCPv4 and DHCPv6 server

https://www.isc.org/kea/

#HackerNews #Kea #DHCP #open #source #DHCPv4 #DHCPv6 #server #ISC

My #FreeBSD jail needed a second interface in the storage #VLAN.
I like to use #DHCP for central configuration, but this extra interface should not set the hostname, routing, etc.

Ended up adding a kind of dummy entry to the dhclient.conf which only gets the IP address AFAIS.

interface "epair13b" {
send host-name "myhost-vlan1";
request subnet-mask;
}

✅ 💪

Tips for a better way to do this?

Just figured out the other day how I managed to cut off my Google Home speakers off the internet and put them into a limbo for a couple of months...

https://webknjaz.me/prose/google-home-in-exile/

#openwrt #googlehome #dhcp