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Cake day: June 24th, 2023

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  • I made an 8 outlet box with relays connected to each outlet (might post a how to). That’s connected to a Pi via GPIO.

    The Pi runs PiKVM, but also has a service that:

    • Checks if the router can be pinged
    • Checks if the internet can be pinged
    • Checks if the router webUI is up

    If any of those fail, it toggles the plugs for modem and router.

    I run OpnSense on a 5V miniPC. I have a second one and will be setting up CARP, too.

    Note: Cellular backup is more involved, but a separate Cellular inbound might not be. I’ve considered putting one on the Pi above.













  • Yea the catch was we were asking for TLS for a long time, and this was pre- Let’s Encrypt, so those patching on their own didn’t have a free (minus work) way to handle it. It took a releasable POC to get action.

    All out devices just have a permanent Wireguard client since it uses basically no battery, and then a allow rules for households. If you don’t want to run the client, and don’t want to take the time to learn, you don’t get access. But I totally get how that’s not for everyone.



  • Cloudflare is a good choice. I used DNSExit for a while, and also NS1, but settled on Cloudflare. You don’t have to use their proxying, just DNS.

    Here’s a Docker Compose for you that will set myhost.mydomain.com to point to your public IP of wherever it is run:

    dyndns-cloudflare:
        image: oznu/cloudflare-ddns
        container_name: dyndns-cloudflare
        environment:
          - API_KEY=<key>
          - ZONE=mydomain.com
          - SUBDOMAIN=myhost
          - PROXIED=false
        restart: unless-stopped
    





  • I agree, 90%. That being said, some people can’t afford a car that isn’t provided by their construction employer. Some people have hobbies that involve moving things (motorcycles, mountain bikes, wood, etc) and can only afford one car. And I’m sure there are reasons I’m not thinking of.

    Most people with pickups around me do not need them, but having owned a small S10 years ago for a similar to above reason, I try to see why they exist, and try not to judge if it’s not obvious.

    All that being said, Why oh why are they so big now?