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Raspberry Pi OS – setup USB network file sharing – works with Windows 10/11 via Samba SMB2/3 – NAS/NFS alternative

Posted on November 7, 2021November 7, 2021 by avinesh

I had a spare 2.5″ spinning hard drive lying around with USB to SATA adapter. I wanted to share this drive and its content over the home network and the most recommended and obvious solution was to set up a dedicated NAS server. While setting up a NAS server over your Raspberry Pi (or any…

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IPFire interface selection dialog box

Install IPFire on a box with single NIC using VLAN

Posted on August 8, 2021August 8, 2021 by avinesh

I recently moved from using pfSense to IPFire while still using the same box as my previous setup – which basically meant I had only one ethernet port on my IPFire box, while IPFire supports VLAN capabilities – if you have tried to install IPFire on a similar setup, you would have quickly realized that…

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VLAN schematic

Single NIC pfSense with external Wireless AP using old laptop and a WiFi router

Posted on June 2, 2021August 8, 2021 by avinesh

I really wanted to try out pfSense; while I had lots of ARM based single-board computers such as Raspberry Pi, Rock Pi E lying around – I did not have a spare x86 machine to host pfSense on – as pfSense does not support ARM CPU (yet). I had an old laptop that I could…

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Building robust Raspberry Pi wireless router with firewall and QoS inbuilt

Posted on August 23, 2020August 24, 2020 by avinesh

Why? Raspberry Pi 4 with the 8GB variant is out, and I had to do something about my older Raspberry Pi 2 which was still lying around without much use. I needed an excuse to buy the new Raspberry Pi 8GB variant without feeling guilt about not utilizing the Pi 2 I already had. Guilt…

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Simple React state management without external libraries using BroadcastChannel API

Posted on July 5, 2020July 6, 2020 by avinesh

I know, I know – this is a very controversial topic in React sphere. In this article I am not going to recommend you any state management library (Redux and MobX folks can put your pitch-forks down), nor am I recommending anything “revolutionary”, but something rather interesting, and mildly unconventional that I discovered. Read along…

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Convert eKYC to full regular KYC online

Posted on April 12, 2020April 12, 2020 by avinesh

Aadhaar is a controversial document, especially for privacy enthusiasts; but it did make our lives convenient, especially for first time investors who no longer had to stand in queues and visit broker offices or send letters through snail mail to get their KYC done before they can start investing in SEBI regulated stock market and…

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Recent Posts

  • Raspberry Pi OS – setup USB network file sharing – works with Windows 10/11 via Samba SMB2/3 – NAS/NFS alternative
  • Install IPFire on a box with single NIC using VLAN
  • Single NIC pfSense with external Wireless AP using old laptop and a WiFi router
  • Building robust Raspberry Pi wireless router with firewall and QoS inbuilt
  • Simple React state management without external libraries using BroadcastChannel API
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