For various reasons the IP I use to connect to my home WireGuard VPN changes depending on whether I am in the house or not. WireGuard only does a DNS lookup when you start the tunnel so if the IP changes, the tunnel will stop passing traffic until you manually cycle it.

Me being me, I wanted to automate this so I …

Context

The Bell provided Gigahub allows power users to use PPPoE passthrough to use their own routers, however it can restrict throughput and introduce latency while doing so. Some users may wish to bypass the Gigahub completely using third party devices. One such compatible device is the WAS-110 which has a well …

The Problem

Netgear decided to remove the ability to send SMS messages on the Nighthawk M6. Having SMS sending capability is handy, especially for alerting on events such as Internet outages. This workaround implements a simple HTTP server using Perl that can be used to send messages through the device. Perl was chosen …

These tools were tested on a Netgear LB1120 and LB2120, however they probably work on other models.

Firmware Version: M18Q2_v12.09.163431
App Version: NTG9X07C_12.09.05.30
Web App Version: LBHDATA_03.03.103.176

Requires bash and curl. Tested with curl 7.68.0 and bash 5.0.17.

Reboot Modem

This script will allow you to …

Note: These instructions are based on VyOS 1.4-rolling-202307250317.

1. Confirm whether you have DNS forwarding enabled:

1$ show configuration commands | grep "set service dns forwarding"
2$

If nothing shows up then you can continue. If you do have forwarding configured, you need to consider disabling it or …

Backing up your switch configuration is a great way to save your bacon in the case of hardware (or user) error. You can automate this process on Brocade / Ruckus ICX switches using SCP, SSH public keys and some scripting.

First ensure that SCP and public key authentication are enabled on your switch:

 1SSH@switch#show …