router - discursions

Arch Linux-based Home Router, Part VI (dynamic DNS client)

Jan 21, 2022 3 min read Arch Linux

Unless you have a static IPv4 address with your ISP, it is likely that your WAN IPv4 address will change at some point. If you want to be able to access your home

Arch Linux-based Home Router, Part V (bind)

Jan 20, 2022 7 min read Arch Linux

Having a caching Domain Name System (DNS) daemon is not a hard requirement for a home router, but most commercial routers have some caching DNS capabilities, as well as providing mappings between hostnames

Arch Linux-based Home Router, Part IV (dhcpd)

Jan 20, 2022 5 min read Arch Linux

Most off-the-shelf home routers contain a DHCP [https://wiki.archlinux.org/title/Network_configuration#DHCP] (Dynamic Host Control Protocol) server, to assign IP addresses on your network. Your ISP likely has a DHCP

Arch Linux-based Home Router, Part III (firewalld configuration)

Jan 20, 2022 8 min read Arch Linux

Configuring the firewall is of utmost importance in protecting your network! There are many options for setting up the firewall. The venerable iptables is now deprecated by the newer nftables framework. Both of

Arch Linux-based Home Router, Part II (systemd and sysctl/kernel configuration)

Jan 19, 2022 9 min read Arch Linux

This is the second post in my Arch Linux-based Home Router series. This article covers my systemd-networkd [https://wiki.archlinux.org/title/Systemd-networkd] and sysctl/kernel [https://wiki.archlinux.org/title/Sysctl] configuration.