The D In DNS Stands For DOOM
As literally everything ought to be able to play DOOM in some fashion, [Adam Rice] recently set out to make the venerable DNS finally play the game after far too many decades of being DOOM-less. Yo…
🚀 Wow, folks, the government is playing router police now! But fear not, because apparently, with enough Linux, you can turn your toaster into an enterprise-grade network hub. 🔧🤖 Who knew the secret to circumventing tech bans was just hoarding old PCs and a sprinkle of tech wizardry? 😂
https://nbailey.ca/post/router/ #routerpolice #LinuxToaster #techwizardry #networkhacks #oldPCs #HackerNews #ngatedHow to turn anything into a router
I don’t like to cover “current events” very much, but the American government just revealed a truly bewildering policy effectively banning import of new consumer router models. This is ridiculous for many reasons, but if this does indeed come to pass it may be beneficial to learn how to “homebrew” a router.
Fortunately, you can make a router out of basically anything resembling a computer.
I’ve used a linux powered mini-pc as my own router for many years, and have posted a few times before about how to make linux routers and firewalls in that time.
Linux Fu: UPNP A Port Mapping Odyssey
If you’ve ever run a game server or used BitTorrent, you probably know that life is easier if your router supports UPnP (Universal Plug and Play). This is a fairly old tech — created by…
When Mains Networking Fails, Use Phone Wires
A quiet shift over the last couple of decades in many places has been the disappearance of the traditional copper phone line. First the corded landline phone was replaced by cordless, then the phon…
Tolerating Delay With DTN
The Internet has spoiled us. You assume network packets either show up pretty quickly or they are never going to show up. Even if you are using WiFi in a crowded sports stadium or LTE on the side o…
Raspberry Pi Becomes Secure VPN Router
OpenWRT is a powerful piece of open-source software that can turn plenty of computers into highly configurable and capable routers. That amount of versatility comes at a cost, though; OpenWRT can b…
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