I have moved my Tor-Relay from my Synology NAS to a Raspberry Pi running Raspbian. This was due to the reason that the TOR-Relay-package from Synology Italy works like a charm on my x86-NAS but not on my “web”-NAS (running on ARM-Processor). Configuration was fine, ports were open but starting the Tor-deamon always brought up “Bad Arguments” Errors. The package seems corrupt. I therefore set up a Pi/with Debian based Raspbian as Webserver (Apache), Torrelay, Torrent-Client (Transmission-Deamon with nice webinterface and App on F-Droid), FTP-Server, Mail-Server and Jabber-Server. I want to keep the webservices server apart from my datastorage-NAS for...
Continue reading...November 2017
Free Internet for everyone with my Freifunk Router
On Ebay Kleinanzeigen I have bought a TP Link WR841ND Router (15,- EUR) that can be installed with the Freifunk Firmware. Download it from the Freifunk Website (pay attention to the hardware version) and flash your Router with it. The Router reboots and is available under http://192.168.1.1 (make sure your Computer is connected to the Router with a cable). You now can configure your Freifunk Network and give the baby a name. After finishing the installation hook the Router up to your network and make it boot. After a while it will show up on the Freifunk Map. Mine is...
Continue reading...DIY Hifi with Volumio and HifiBerry
In case you are looking for a device to play your FLACs heres the ideal solution. Its cheap, it has SUPERB audio quality and it’s fun to build it (DIY 😉 The Software is Volumio a free and cost effective network audio player which has a responsive html interface. It runs on a raspberry pi and different other plattforms (e.g. x86, Sparky and many others). You can attach a 7” Touchdisplay to it and add plugins for Spotify and others. The DAC (digital audio converter) is a HiFi Berry DAC+ Pro. It has integrated dual-domain ultra-low-jitter clocks and gold-plated RCA...
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