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Berry-on-a-bush, router-on-a-stick: using the Raspberry Pi 4 as an inter-VLAN OPENWRT router

When the Raspberry Pi 4 was released in June 2019, it represented a huge generational performance jump from its predecessor - a substantially beefier BCM2711 quad core Cortex-A72 CPU, USB

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Aiyima A04 TPA3251 Class D Mini Amplifier Review

IntroductionHaving owned a relatively large Yamaha R-S202 stereo receiver for some time, I was looking to downsize my audio setup without compromising on quality. Over the years I had read

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BuyVM Las Vegas Ryzen KVM VPS Mini-Review

With the annual contract about to expire on a VPS on the East Coast that I was using as a personal VPN node, I decided to shake things up and see what else was out there in terms of hosting options. BuyVM always seems

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The T620 Plus dies: the search for replacement pfSense/OPNsense x86 hardware on the cheap

An older Dell SFF PC from eBay makes a fine replacement for my old pfSense box.

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TTL modification for outgoing traffic with OpenWRT

Introduction Do you often find yourself in the position of having to access the internet by tethering your 4G/LTE smartphone? I sure do, because my local cable ISP sucks ass. Unfortunately, however, cellular carriers have a number of tricks up their sleeve to

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An extra layer of privacy: setting up a private, in-tunnel DNS-over-TLS proxy for your OpenVPN clients

As concerns over privacy and government surveillance become more and more relevant, the use of VPNs have become increasingly popular. While VPN software such as OpenVPN encrypts and protects "first-hop" client traffic from the prying eyes of ISPs and the increasingly widespread use of

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ServerCheap Pure SSD KVM VPS (2GB) Mini-Review

I recently decided to move most of my personal/non-production sites and services to ServerCheap due to their very competitive pricing - $3.60/month (after applying their 20% off coupon) for their entry-level KVM 1 VPS, which comes with the following specs: 2

hardware

The HP T620 Plus Thin Client: A hidden gem in the world of pfSense hardware

Build a low-power, quad-core, AES-NI capable pfSense machine with recycled hardware for less than $100.

hardware

TP-Link TL-PA7010 AV1000 Powerline Adapter Mini-Review

Introduction The TL-PA7010 is one of several offerings in TP-Link's portfolio of Powerline adapters. This particular model complies with the HomePlug AV2 standard and advertises a theoretical maximum speed of 1000 Mbps with gigabit Ethernet support. It can be found widely in the US

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Surface Pro 3 SIMPLO battery degradation

Update 3 July 26, 2016: The techs were able to confirm the issue and offered me a same-device refurb replacement. The replacement is a newer-revision SP3 with an LGC-LGC battery and came with Windows 10 build 1511 pre-installed. I'm a happy camper. Thanks for