On Saturday, May 31, 2025 11:06:36 PM UTC, I submitted a link to the How often does my IP address change post on this blog to the famed “Hacker News” web site.
On Saturday, July 26, 2025 2:25:36 PM UTC, I submitted another link, this time to the 10 Lessons from Napoleon post on this blog to the same web site.
I signed up with Fathom Analytics for a few months to see what “web analytics” were, and how they are gathered.
My house has 2 CenturyLink fiber optic connections to The Internet. On July 5, 2025, the connections didn’t work for 3 periods of time.
I made two NTP servers using Raspberry Pi single-board computers and GPS receivers.
The resulting NTP servers seem to work well.
A couple of years ago, I made an attempt to create a NTP server using a GPS receiver. I failed.
I tried again in 2025, this time I succeeded.
In January 2025, I started monitoring my network with Smokeping.
I had previously noticed increased latency when a Velop router was connected via powerline ethernet. After upgrading it to OpenWrt, I put that particular Velop back on my network via a $20 TP-Link 8 port 1GbE router. I saw a much smaller increase in latency using the router versus a direct cabled connection.
Matt Sayar investigated how often his home’s IP address changed. I did the same, inspired by him. Thanks, Matt!
Install and configure LLDP on OpenWrt Linux
A few months ago, I started monitoring my network with Smokeping, more about it later.
I’d also never bothered to check the speed of powerline ethernet. It “feels faster” than WiFi, so I was happy.
When I did my last Velop upgrade to OpenWrt, I did the physical manipulation at my home office desk using the powerline ethernet for various phases of the install.
I have an old web page here on my personal web site. It’s actually my single most popular page.
I write specifically about my scripting FTP file transfers web page. Go take a look, then come back for some navel gazing about it!
