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Table of Contents Device under test Benchmark tools Network setup Virtual router setup Test router setup Create virtual network Setup Create server Setup accel-ppp on server Create router Create client On ppp/pppoe vs accel-ppp Openwrt settings Results Virtual Router EdgeRouter Lite 3 (OpenWrt) EdgeRouter Lite 3 (EdgeOS) GL.

When running the Gnome Desktop Environment on Debian there is a secrets tool that automatically runs called Gnome Keyring. This tools provides multiple functions: ssh keys - ssh keys in ~/.

I recently found out about DevTerm Kit R-01 via Bryan Lunduke. I’ve been interested in RISC V for ages and so far have resisted buying any dev boards as they would just sit in boxes.

Linux Networking Config is a complex beast these days. In fairness networking is complicated, and there has to be a way to configure a multitude of of technologies: ethernet, wifi, ppp, vpn, mobile, bridge, bonding, vlan, tunnels.

Recently I wanted to see if I could make my public cloud based Linux infra more secure via LUKS (Linux Unified Key Setup) disk encryption. I realise that one must fully trust ones cloud provider, as they have access to the hardware.

Modern Linux can have complicated DNS setup. However this is now necessary, gone are the days when you could just set one static name server in /etc/resolv.conf and walk away. This little piece just documents how I’ve got my systems setup.

Recently I helped troubleshoot a networking issue with a 1Gbps link that was being fully saturated. In the end we configured a mirror port and dumped the traffic to analyse it.

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kunzite Kunzite was my main UML and laterly kvm virtual machine hosted by Bytemark, they are an amazing company, and I highly recommend them! It was long lived, kunzite was first installed on 18th October 2005 with 80Meg ram with 4GB of disk and it finished with 488Meg ram and 20G disk.

My Tomsweb site has been on MoinMoin for 11 years and has served me well! However I’ve just migrated to a staticly generated site builder called Hugo. It’s stored in gitlab.