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Documenting SDR install

Posted on April 10, 2019 by larry

So I feel like I got things pretty smooth now. Hoping to get install documented on CentOS linux tomorrow. One final thing is to get trunking working. If I can get that, I will call it good. In the meantime … Continue reading →

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More RTL SDR Adventures

Posted on April 9, 2019 by larry

Figured out a few more things with RTL SDR, found out the physical dongle i had did not support it. May not be too late to order one that does. I still have yet to try the Blue Dongle though. … Continue reading →

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RTL_433 vs RC-SWITCH

Posted on April 5, 2019 by larry

I really in my heart wanted the RTL_433 to work. To be fair it kind of does, but it is so so much easier to use a superhet on esp8266 then RTL on a PC. The polling on Linux on … Continue reading →

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More SDR on Linux

Posted on April 4, 2019 by larry

Got RTL_433 Mhz working. Kickstart not going so well. It seems to not install MATE. Everything else is fine. Stopped taking Aleve (Naproxen) changing it to a more stomach friendly Ibuprofen.

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Getting SDR Working

Posted on April 4, 2019 by larry

This is a post backdated. Forgot to post yesterday. Got RTL-SDR working on CentOS 7. Will work on documentation. But just reinstalled. Kind of late.

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RTL SDR on CentOS 7

Posted on April 2, 2019 by larry

Getting instructions together on running RTL SDR on CentOS 7 Of course it devolves into a rabbit hole. Start with here Then goes to a Git Hub for CubicSDR Which has a ton of source code that needs to be … Continue reading →

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Two Factor Auth and QR Codes

Posted on March 28, 2019 by larry

Talk about going down a rabbit hole. Finally got to factor authentication going though ssh. As with trying new things, this had several challenges. One thing that I missed was that the method I found online requires an ssh key … Continue reading →

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New Firewall In Place

Posted on March 25, 2019 by larry

Got a the new pfSense firewall in place. Pretty sure the rules have not imported 100%. It was done manually. This was needed, our stuff is old. At least it is virtualized and I can go physical as well. Also … Continue reading →

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Son Wants To Learn WordPress

Posted on March 24, 2019 by larry

My son asked me about wordpress today, looks like he wants to learn how to author a web site. I got a temp site going, and if he likes it, will try to encourage it.

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Home Monitoring

Posted on March 20, 2019 by larry

Looking for a way to have a pi monitor the home via nagios and work without a network connection. Also would like it to monitor wifi, bluetooth and other things. Need to see if I can get a new SIM … Continue reading →

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