Category Archives: Geek

“We’ve arranged a civilization in which most crucial elements profoundly depend on science and technology.” –Carl Sagan

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

Posted in Geek | Tagged , , , , , | Leave a comment

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

Posted in Geek | Tagged , , , , , | Leave a comment

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

Posted in Geek | Tagged , | Leave a comment

SoftEther VPN

Posted on 16 December 2016 by matthannan

So, long story short, I will no longer be an AT&T employee as of Dec 31. On Jan 1, I begin the next chapter in my career, working for a small company based out of North Carolina. They usually are a contractor shop, but due to the nature of the support required by my client, my whole team has been on-boarded.… Read the rest

Posted in Geek | Tagged , | Leave a comment

Start, Run, cmd: Ping a range of IPs

Posted on 14 July 2016 by matthannan

Source: Start, Run, cmd: Ping a range of IPs… Read the rest

Posted in Geek | Tagged | Leave a comment

Home Movies

Posted on 28 December 2015 by matthannan

I recently installed a larger capacity hard drive in my computer at home. I went from two 250GB drives to a 1.5TB drive. I also freed up a 1TB external USB drive that I was using for Downloads and general backups.… Read the rest

Posted in Geek, Life, Photography | Tagged , , , , , , | 1 Comment

My Find-A-Grave Link

Posted on 17 May 2015 by matthannan
















Search Matt Hannan’s cemetery records at by entering a surname and clicking search:






Restrict search to
Surname








… Read the rest
Posted in Geek, Genealogy | Tagged , | Leave a comment

A good start to the summer plans

Posted on 15 May 2015 by matthannan

Have a look at my autosomal DNA matches graph.

The goal this summer is to meld my geekiness with my genealogical pursuits.
Java, which was pretty much selected from a hat as a course of study for me, is going to play a big role in this.… Read the rest

Posted in Geek, Genealogy | Tagged , , , | Leave a comment

Static route for ICS

Posted on 17 March 2015 by matthannan

route -p add 10.25.68.0 mask 255.255.255.0 192.168.137.250… Read the rest

Posted in Geek | Tagged , , | 1 Comment

Blizzard 2015

Posted on 27 January 2015 by matthannan

Snowmageddon 2015 in Attleboro.
This doesn’t seem all that bad, but keep an eye on the chainlink fence across the street.

And, sorry, folks, but I bungled the start of the storm by using inferior and untested software on the camera.… Read the rest

Posted in Geek, Photography, Videos | Tagged , , | Leave a comment