If you use Wireguard with peers whose IP address changes (e.g. because they are on a private DSL connection), you have to check the IP address regularly. Wireguard itself only does a DNS resolution when starting the interface to get the current ...
Continue readingXiaomi Redmi Note 5 Pro: VoLTE with Android 9.0
In principle, all o2 customers (also from other providers like Drillisch) should be able to use VoLTE. So far, this did not work on my Redmi Note 5 Pro ("whyred"), but with HavocOS 2.1 (Android 9.0) it now works: HavocOS is ...
Continue readingVodafone Callya: top-up by bank transfer
If you use a Vodafone Callya prepaid card, you will sooner or later come across the limited top-up options. However, it is easy to top up via bank transfer without having to use the Klarna ("Sofortüberweisung") service, Paypal or a credit card.
Continue readingWhy WordPress security is important
Those who run a small blog may think that a secure password or 2-factor authentication are not so important. However, this is a fallacy: even a blog little only a few dozen accesses a day ...
Continue readingFreeNAS: Speed up SMB/CIFS collection
If you have set up a Windows share with FreeNAS, you can significantly reduce the time it takes to list the files in a folder. For this, some parameters have to be passed to Samba. This can be done easily via the ...
Continue readingRemove Xiaomi MIUI advertising
In the current Android interfaces from Xiaomi, there are "recommendations" that are nothing more than advertisements - fortunately, they can be turned off, which will be briefly described in this post. Xiaomi makes an effort to ensure that the ...
Continue readingFreeNAS 11.2: new web interface & new features
After FreeNAS 10 "Corral" was a first - quickly failing - attempt to introduce a new user interface, there is now a new, AngularJS based UI with FreeNAS 11.2. This is also mobile optimized. Apart from the web interface, ...
Continue readingSupervising: Experiences after 10 days
Since Deutsche Telekom provides super vectoring 35b as the fastest offer at my location, I booked the corresponding MagentaZuhause XL. The provision based on a regular vectoring connection (100/40 MBit/s) was completely problem-free: on the announced changeover day ...
Continue readingFreenas 11.1: use the integrated OpenVPN client
For some time now, I have been using two FreeNAS boxes at two locations to back up my data using ZFS snapshots and replication. This connection should be additionally secured via OpenVPN. The idea: at both locations one Raspberry ...
Continue readingApple Pay comes to Germany
A good four years after the launch of Apple Pay in the USA, the service has now also been announced for Germany. Apple Pay requires an approved credit card and NFC-enabled payment terminals - the latter are already available in many ...
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