Slightly Nerdy

This isn't a how-to or guide, just a show and tell of something I think is cool.

I was reading a blog post1 the other day, and in my usual ADHD way, was flicking back and forth to other tabs.

Following on from setting up the basics of our router, here's how I add a second WAN connection via a 4G router, and use Andrews & Arnold's L2TP service to keep my public IPv4 and IPv6 networks available in the event of a failure of my fibre service.

I use NixOS as a router for my FTTP ISP in the UK.

This started as a post about how I use NixOS to build a router, but the aside on AAISP was getting a little unwieldy.

Here's a snapshot of the services I'm currently running for myself, and approximately how.

I've often heard code review spoken of as a chore, and have witnessed (and myself been guilty of) reviews that reflect this attitude.

After a few months of getting comfortable with NixOS as my desktop operating system, I decided it was time to try it out for servers.

My home network is effectively in two segments, with the cable modem, router/server and access point wired together downstairs and another access point acting as a bridge, connected to a wired network in my office upstairs.

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That whole writing more thing went well, didn't it?

I want to improve my writing, so I need to do more of it.