Infrastructure

Downloading Google Music Library with Resume (YouTube Music Migration / Play Music End of Life)

June 26, 2020

As many Google Music users know, the service that we all enjoy is allegedly being ushered out of the product stable to migrate its…

Installing TP-Link Omada Controller on Ubuntu

February 25, 2020

I recently purchased a TP-Link EAP-225v3 and the results have been nothing short of extraordinary. My former access point, a D-Link DAP-1650 as mentioned…

Enable IP Forwarding / Routing on Ubuntu 18.04+

October 27, 2019

Enabling routing via iptables is slightly different on Ubuntu than Centos / RHEL. That is explained here in depth using firewalld. On Ubuntu the…

Configuring Centos 7 / RHEL as an Infrastructure Access Point WAP

September 7, 2019

With the right hardware, it can be possible (and effective) to run your wifi NIC as an infrastructure access point. This is entirely dependent…

Installing NMTUI / Network Manager on Centos / RHEL

March 31, 2019

On minimal installations of Centos / RHEL the text based network manager utility is not installed by default. It is a simple utility that…

Ultimate Custom Home Router (Mini ThinkCentre M73)

March 30, 2019

Introduction: There are many guides on building home routers – too many. Most of them revolve building a budget box out of cheap components…

Sending Shell Commands to Connected ADB Devices (Amazon FireTV)

March 24, 2019

Like many other individuals you may find yourself in the position of having multiple amazon devices on your network. In my situation, there are…

Using Netstat to Find Out What Ports are Open

March 19, 2019

The netstat command shows the services listening to ports on a Linux server and the details of any connections currently made to them. The…

Installing the Net-tools Package on Redhat RHEL / Centos 7

February 25, 2019

The the network command line tool ifconfig is not installed thus missing by default on CentOS 7 Linux. Users are instead encouraged to use…

Installing VMware Tools on Centos 7 / RHEL / Ubuntu