Author Archives: matthannan

Santa done brung me a drone!

Posted on 26 December 2016 by matthannan

First flight… Read the rest

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VICTORY IS MINE!

Posted on 22 December 2016 by matthannan

It is so beautiful, I could cry!

Not really, but I am wicked happy about this.
Laptop “Mobile” via iPhone to OpenVPN on OpenWRT.
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OpenWRT, follow-up

Posted on 22 December 2016 by matthannan

It has been a really, really good day on the router front.
I am very happy with OpenWRT and you should be, too.
Everything is cranking right along with plenty of room to spare.
With the help of these links, I was able to get my DNS server settings pointing to OpenDNS, even in IPv6.… Read the rest

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Hello from…

Posted on 21 December 2016 by matthannan

Mobile the Laptop, connected via my iPhone’s hotspot to the OpenVPN server running on the OpenWRT router!

I can see devices on the network, but only the wireless one. I am wondering if this is a firewall issue or something. In any event, it should be easy to fix.… Read the rest

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OpenWRT

Posted on 21 December 2016 by matthannan

Well, that was quick.
I was able to make a connection from remote back to the Gargoyle router via the OpenVPN tunnel. But, I was unable to see anything on the LAN. Sure, this was not one of the objectives when I started this journey, but after seeing that option in action in SoftEther, I now want it…because it is wicked cool.… Read the rest

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Hello from…

Posted on 20 December 2016 by matthannan

my iPhone via OpenVPN connecting to the Gargoyle-Router. Setting up OpenVPN on the iPhone was the toughest part.… Read the rest

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Everyone is Irish

Posted on 20 December 2016 by matthannan

My floater coworker brought in a genealogy packet today just to show me. An aunt had put it together for a family reunion in 2000. It was half handwritten and half typed, and full of black and white photocopied pictures. Genealogy has come a long way. … Read the rest

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Gargoyle Router…with OpenVPN

Posted on 19 December 2016 by matthannan

As it turns out, I have two routers on my home LAN. The one I have had in place for a long time is a Netgear WNDR4300. It is not the best router in the world, but it has been very stable for me over the years.… Read the rest

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OpenVPN…for Windows

Posted on 17 December 2016 by matthannan

So, like most times I post to the Internet that I am having an issue with something, the answer becomes immediately available.
This time, I said that OpenVPN seemed to be Linux-only.

Well, it turns out that this is not so much the case.… Read the rest

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SoftEther VPN, follow-up

Posted on 17 December 2016 by matthannan

I am writing at work on my laptop which is connected via WiFi to the guest network.
This guest network dumps you straight out to the Internet, but subjects you to internal proxy rules.
No Social Web anything. And, quite honestly, screw these guys and their data collections.… Read the rest

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