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I have a hobby network full of mostly software routers in L3 mode predominately running Linux and a few running FreeBSD.

A couple weeks ago I wrote a blog on T-Mobile Home Internet and I felt like I needed to post a quick follow-up.

I’ve been waiting for about 2 years for the T-Mobile Home Internet to be available in my area (I suppose I was technically waiting on cell tower slots) and recently it was, so I got the “backup Internet” plan for $20/mo (no equipment fee)!

This isn’t a year in review article, it’s more of an article I’m writing to encourage myself to blog a bit more than every 6 months.

I run lots of Linux-based software routers on my home network to route IPv4 and IPv6.

In both $dayjob and my personal networks, I use iproute2 extensively as it’s the main tool to interface with Linux’s Netlink socket API from the command line.

My parents and I are both lucky to be in a Verizon Fios service area and get FTTH Internet, which is generally far superior to DOCSIS or xDSL when it comes to speed but also, more importantly, latency and jitter.

I forgot to do a 2024 review.

I’m not all that interested in writing long year in review (YoR) articles anymore, so I’ll just create some bullets and a bunch of photos.

FreeBSD isn’t dead.