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Raspberry Pi WiFi to ethernet bridge

The goal is to connect a non-WiFi computer to a WiFi network using a Raspberry Pi. We will use a Raspberry Pi 4 Model B as a bridge between the non-WiFi computer and the WiFi network. The Raspberry Pi connects to WiFi and shares its connection with other computers over Ethernet. These instructions were only tested and…

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The Limits of NTP Accuracy on Linux

Lately I’ve been trying to find (and understand) the limits of time syncing between Linux systems. How accurate can you get? What does it take to get that? And what things can easily add measurable amounts of time error? After most of a month (!), I’m starting to understand things. This is kind of a follow-on to a…

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Ansible vs. Chef (2015)

I wrote an earlier post about evaluating Ansible as an alternative to Chef. So after spending many years with Chef, I’ve found that Ansible is a lot easier to manage with startups. It’s easier to train developers, it’s easier to manage inventory and orchestration, and it works reasonably well on the scale of thousands…

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Monitoring My Homelab, Simply

Don’t get me wrong, I understand that they’re essential for large fleets of services with fast-changing software and teams of oncallers working around the clock to understand the complex ways that complex systems fail… but my stuff doesn’t change that often, failures are mundane and low-scope, and I’m the only person…