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American dates and brokerages

Yes, I’m looking at you Schwab. BrokerageStatementDDMMYYACCT.pdf is not a sane filename.

Duncan 2022-04-122022-05-15 Technology Read more

Running Kubuntu under Hyper-V with xRDP

A polkit1 KDE agent authentication dialog for network control

I’m playing with the latest version of Kubuntu (21.10 as of writing) in a Hyper-V VM to see what the current state of Linux on the Desktop is, and to work out if I want to switch back to running

Duncan 2022-03-232022-05-15 Technology Read more

Unifi controller on OpenWRT (on a Pi4)

Unifi controller on OpenWRT (on a Pi4)

It turns out that it’s not too hard to get the Unifi Controller software to work on OpenWRT. “Not too hard” is a relative term, mind you. You can’t install it on the base OS, but since OpenWRT provides LXC

Duncan 2021-11-132022-05-15 Technology Read more

Eir, an ONT, and OpenWRT without the F3000 modem

A screenshot showing a new aliased device configuration, of type 802.1q. The VLAN ID is set to 10, and the base device is eth1 (the physical interface). The resulting name is eth1.10. Enable IPv6 is ticked.

Eir have finally offered their FTTH service in my area; the black box went up on the pole a few months ago, but it’s taken them a while to get it all hooked in. Installation was done about one week

Duncan 2021-11-112022-05-15 Technology Read more

False alarm leads to real problem (AIS, antennas)

False alarm leads to real problem (AIS, antennas)

In a previous post, I noted how the AIS sentences had caused me to think that the VSWR alarm was being triggered, but in fact they were inactive alarms. However, I decided to get a baseline SWR reading, and a

Duncan 2021-07-112022-05-15 Sailing, Technology Read more

AIS alarm sentences redux

A screenshot of the B600s configuration tool; serial data view showing NMEA sentences

Back in 2020, I posted about the alarm sentences for the B600s AIS transceiver by Alltek Marine. While on the boat this weekend, I was monitoring the NMEA sentences while testing some new software, and I noticed that the sentences

Duncan 2021-07-052022-05-15 Sailing, Technology Read more
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