Category: wifibox
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My FreeBSD Dashboard
I saw this theme https://www.tumfatig.net/2022/give-windowmaker-a-macos-mojave-look/ and I decided that I needed the conky dashboard for my FreeBSD ThinkPad. I’m already using conky for a different dashboard developed by Vermaden: https://vermaden.wordpress.com/2019/03/20/freebsd-desktop-part-18-global-dashboard/ This would be a great addition to my “new” openbox desktop. Also, since I use wifibox as a solution FreeBSD’s lack of proper WiFi drivers,…
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Cron job for when devd fails to renew wifibox0 IP, so that connection is re-established after waking from sleep.
For some reason, beyond my knowledge and understanding. The ACPI resume entry in devd works, and the wifibox0 interface renews it’s IP: 10.0.0.2. The problem is that it only works for abut a minute or 2 then it disconnects. Sometimes it disconnects in seconds as depicted below: I am not sure what is causing it…
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Wifibox on my GhostBSD laptop
Tired of having issues with WiFi connectivity when using my Dell Lattitude 5591 laptop I decided to investigate Wifibox as a solution. Now I have been using it for almost a week and I have to say that for FreeBSD, this is the way. Project FreeBSD Wifibox: https://github.com/pgj/freebsd-wifibox Wifibox deploys a Linux guest to drive…
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Allowing ssh through wifibox
Wifibox is an amazing solution to FreeBSD’s lack of good properly working wifi drivers. It also isolates your network connection enabling no access back to the machine. Currently I can ssh in via the wireguard IP of an automatic connection to a wireguard server I have setup. But this is slow and not ideal since…