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The Promised LAN

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Re: The Promised LAN

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Post by tonymet »

immibis wrote: post #164
tonymet wrote: post #110

There are true P2P lans using microwave radios for ham operators https://hamwan.org/ I knew guys who set up something like that in Culver City / West LA. It was slow, but it was self-reliant . Basic email, image transfer etc.

Note that encryption is illegal in ham radio - and they don't care that you're tunneling some other protocol for which encryption is standard - it's still illegal. It's possible to use ham skills to make links that are not ham-class though, of course. For example encryption is (typically) legal on ISM band general use licenses (such as used by wifi).

good point on this .

Are there bands where licenses are reasonable? i would be interested to rekindle this sort of network with some friends.

Re: The Promised LAN

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Post by omnicognate »

fc417fc802 wrote: post #134
omnicognate wrote: post #128

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I don't know why we're even having this debate, but this thread is in response to someone literally complaining they didn't say what games they play on it (as if they necessarily even do). They've given plenty of technical info about it - certainly more than they're obliged to, which is none - and anyone who would do something like this is going to do it their own way anyway. I'm clearly in the target audience as I'm…

Probably because I'm in the same camp as the person you originally responded to. It's an intriguing project and clearly a lot of effort has gone into it so I'm left wondering about how it's being used. If I were going to build something similar (as they advocate) what might I use it for? > around half of the people on the LAN have thermal receipt printers with open access, for printing out quips or jokes on each othe…

I guess you're not into networking? If so, perhaps what seems obvious to me isn't obvious to you: the network is the toy. Building it is the game. The purpose isn't the things you can do with it, it's how you do them and who you do them with. Two cans and a piece of string is still fun in the age of cellphones, and a treehouse is still fun to be in when you have a nice living room with a telly.

If the idea of setting up one of these doesn't sound like fun in its own right, I wouldn't recommend attempting it.

Re: The Promised LAN

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Post by icedchai »

immibis wrote: post #162
icedchai wrote: post #32

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I have my own Wireguard mesh network between my home network and a couple of VPSes. I configured it all manually, too. I'm basically running a virtual public network and have it routing a /24 (BGP announced at the VPSes) back to my home.

How did you get a public /24?!

I was an early Internet user (early 90's.) They gave them out to anyone who asked back then.

Re: The Promised LAN

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Post by bevr1337 »

icedchai wrote: post #174
immibis wrote: post #162

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How did you get a public /24?!

I was an early Internet user (early 90's.) They gave them out to anyone who asked back then.

A little morbid, but have you considered setting up a beneficiary for the allocation or detailing this asset in a will? That's some special, virtual real estate you have there.

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Post by kentonv »

deanputney wrote: post #159
ericdiao wrote: post #72

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Haha, have to drop the link to the recent Linus Tech Tips video on your house! https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=97Y0MVUgjOw

This video is great, but it must have been awkward to have Linus narrating about your own house while you sit there. Why not interview Kenton?

Honestly I think interviews are just not something Linus does a lot of. He has a particular workflow where he writes a script for himself and then acts it out for the camera. Changing it up would be going outside his comfort zone and there wasn't a lot of time.

That said there is a "behind the scenes" video where we initially toured him through the house which is a lot more conversational, but it's on their pain subscription service.

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Post by kentonv »

quxbar wrote: post #163
kentonv wrote: post #28

Heh, of all arguably-valid definitions of "LAN Party" I think this one is as far away from mine as you can get. Traditional LAN party: Everyone brings their computers to one place to connect via a LAN, where they play games, swap files, demo stuff to each other, etc. My LAN party: All my friends come over to my house and use the computers that I have already set up for them. Nobody brings their own. The point is to i…

Do y'all get mosquitos on the roof? My back patio is screened in and some are still sneaking through. Would love to know the wired-ethernet-certainty type of approach to dealing with this.

There are sometimes mosquitoes, but there's usually a pretty nice breeze on the roof which makes it hard for mosquitoes to navigate there.

Re: The Promised LAN

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Post by kentonv »

som wrote: post #144
kentonv wrote: post #79

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At the time the pictures were taken, we hadn't gotten around to populating the walls much. Now we've hung up a lot of our kids' art, nicely framed. Amusingly a lot of it looks sort of like abstract modern art, like Jackson Pollock or Rothko, enough so to confuse guests. :)

I actually had a similar question / comment but about plants! We have (at least) one in every room in our house and they do wonders for the space. Not suggesting you go out and buy plants for the gaming rooms (maybe you already have) but wondering if it was a conscious decision not to have any?

Indoor plants are tricky with cats. They will chew on them, and many plants can be poisonous to them. Also keeping them watered is work, and they can create a mess if they grow in the wrong direction.

We have a lot of plants outside, though.

Re: The Promised LAN

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Post by som »

kentonv wrote: post #178
som wrote: post #144

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I actually had a similar question / comment but about plants! We have (at least) one in every room in our house and they do wonders for the space. Not suggesting you go out and buy plants for the gaming rooms (maybe you already have) but wondering if it was a conscious decision not to have any?

Indoor plants are tricky with cats. They will chew on them, and many plants can be poisonous to them. Also keeping them watered is work, and they can create a mess if they grow in the wrong direction. We have a lot of plants outside, though.

Makes a lot of sense. Mystery solved, thank you :)

Re: The Promised LAN

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Post by icedchai »

bevr1337 wrote: post #175
icedchai wrote: post #174

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I was an early Internet user (early 90's.) They gave them out to anyone who asked back then.

A little morbid, but have you considered setting up a beneficiary for the allocation or detailing this asset in a will? That's some special, virtual real estate you have there.

I’m hoping IPv4 is obsolete by that time. That’s a good idea though.
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