Look /\/\a, No Head!
Background Motorola's R1225 repeater series is a unique series in the legacy of Motorola repeaters. While considered a base tier repeater, it was quite functional and quite adaptable and could…
AlmaLinux with TP-Link Omada
For the last six months or so, I have been using TP-Link's Omada wireless solution in my home. It works well, it's not UniFi (I'm not a fan of Ubiquiti…
Revisiting the GPS Time Server
One of my first posts to this blog involved using Mikrotik's RouterOS to create a local NTP server. I even thought about using a Raspberry Pi and a USB GPS…
Straying from Wireless
Many, if not most, of my posts recently have involved seemingly non-wireless related topics. I tend to focus primarily on computer and networking related topics. Part of the reason is…
Linux for Day In and Day Out Computing
Over the last few months I've been contemplating the idea of using Linux as a daily driver. A decade ago while I was in college I was a very heavy…
PiKVM, It’s as easy as Pi
IP KVM's are generally not cheap. They sure do come in handy though especially for someone who is not interested in lugging around a monitor, keyboard and mouse with them…
VyOS vs RouterOS vs EdgeOS
In the VyOS and Mikrotik OSPF Routing post, I set up a small OSPF lab with a Fitlet2 running VyOS 1.2.8 and two Mikrotik RB450Gx4's on RouterOS 6.47.10. The performance…
VyOS and Mikrotik OSPF Routing
In a previous post we walked through Building VyOS Because…We Can as it is an open source routing platform and further, allows one to supply their own hardware. This is…
Building VyOS Because…We Can
VyOS is an open source routing operating system and is the successor to Vyatta. VyOS is based on Debian Linux. VyOS is considered an enterprise solution and while it is…
Basics of Project 25
What is Project 25? To put it simply, Project 25 (P25) is a Land Mobile Radio (two-way radio) wireless communications standard that originated in North America in the mid-1990's. The…