Freedom and Privacy, Mesh Networks, Technology, Tutorial, Ubuntu

How to completely uninstall/remove Freenet from ubuntu

Just a quick post because while Freenet from Freenet.org app is in early days, and you are moving from computer to computer and because there is currently no apt remove option (yet at least) I decided to post this so others can easily find it and execute. If you’re like me, you installed Freenet on an Ubuntu machine via the…

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Amateur Radio, Freedom and Privacy, Life Skills, Mesh Networks, Technology, Tutorial, Ubuntu

CONNECTING RETICULUM APP SIDEBAND TO THE GENERAL INTERNET FOR A TEST CHAT CONNECTION

What is this even for? This is a follow up to my How to get started with reticulum on an Ubuntu machine article, after getting everything going and chatting with myself and my guinea pig mom in my own home network… it was time to see if I could do the same through the world webs… but it was harder…

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Freedom and Privacy, Mesh Networks, Technology, Tutorial

Converting a Zsun Wifi Card Reader into a Wifi Range Extender

This post is a follow-up post to my original where I successfully flashed OpenWRT onto these Zsun devices. Be sure to see that post first if you haven’t already flashed OpenWRT onto the device. Note that this tutorial should also work for any device upon which you can put OpenWRT (ie any compatible old router you have kicking around). With…

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Freedom and Privacy, Life Skills, Mesh Networks, Technology, Tutorial, Ubuntu

How to Flash OpenWRT onto a Zsun Card

Background EDIT JAN 7, 2019Warning! Before beginning this tutorial, note that I have **fried** two Zsun devices nearly immediately after doing these steps. My theory appears to be correct that as soon as you flash to OpenWRT the default power output is way, way too high and so it starts heating up and frying it. Within about 15 minutes of…

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