Now that I have more time to myself, I was thinking of getting back into the LED Cube Project. I was also thinking of adding a reflective LED projector to the experiment in order to have something that I can use later during the Halloween and Christmas seasons. The controls are about the same except that the LED projector would have moving mirrors to reflect an LED strip onto a wall (for instance). The reflection could also be done to a Conical shaped mirror for use on the lawn.
I have also purchased an additional breadboard to get some of the previous ideas prototyped up and working. Remember, at last juncture I was unable to get enough control lines due to the chip that I was using running out of address space.
This is a blog mostly about techie things, what I am doing to my apartment network on the cheap, IOT, 3D Printing, Raspberry Pis, Arduinos, ESP32, ESP8266, Home Automation, Personal Weather Stations, Things That Go Bump in the Night, and some side issues that need discussing. Remember, sometimes the journey to an end is as much fun as the goal achieved!
Monday, February 10, 2014
Manuevered Some connections around to make way for a special VLAN
Over the weekend I made some changes to my network in preparation for venturing out as an Anonymous user. My real reason for doing this is to see if I can somehow escape Google's tracking. This is an interesting twist since I am using Blogger to blog on and that in turn is owned by Google.
I have been reading up on the DarkNet and what that really means. Since I am getting more involved with security I thought it might be a good thing to explore various anonymization networks, e.g. TOR, to see how they function and what to expect when I am out there. This obviously involves assuming a pseudo id to mask who I really am - new territory, haven't ventured there before.
I was able to set up a VLAN on the ActionTec router from http://support.actiontec.com/doc_files/Creating_an_Ethernet_VLAN.pdf on the ActionTec site. The instructions are a little old but after a bit of trying out different things, I was able to have a VLAN (tagged) on a specific port with a DHCP server and a localized subnet. I then proceeded to change the wiring around a little, moving my MacMini ethernet connections from the tail-end switch to the one just before it. I set up the first switch to have a tagged input port then connected an Ethernet cable from the ActionTec to it. Next I set up the switch to send the new VLAN down a trunk line to the second switch and from there to the third and last switch. In the process of doing this I consolidated a number of Ethernet connections to one switch which actually speeded up my access to the outside. I was also able to reduce the usage of the last switch in the stream to make it more experimenter like, including adding the new VLAN.
I now have a line from the ActionTec router that has only one port (I will be putting a laptop on this port) isolated from my network that I will be able to use for Anonymity.
I have been reading up on the DarkNet and what that really means. Since I am getting more involved with security I thought it might be a good thing to explore various anonymization networks, e.g. TOR, to see how they function and what to expect when I am out there. This obviously involves assuming a pseudo id to mask who I really am - new territory, haven't ventured there before.
I was able to set up a VLAN on the ActionTec router from http://support.actiontec.com/doc_files/Creating_an_Ethernet_VLAN.pdf on the ActionTec site. The instructions are a little old but after a bit of trying out different things, I was able to have a VLAN (tagged) on a specific port with a DHCP server and a localized subnet. I then proceeded to change the wiring around a little, moving my MacMini ethernet connections from the tail-end switch to the one just before it. I set up the first switch to have a tagged input port then connected an Ethernet cable from the ActionTec to it. Next I set up the switch to send the new VLAN down a trunk line to the second switch and from there to the third and last switch. In the process of doing this I consolidated a number of Ethernet connections to one switch which actually speeded up my access to the outside. I was also able to reduce the usage of the last switch in the stream to make it more experimenter like, including adding the new VLAN.
I now have a line from the ActionTec router that has only one port (I will be putting a laptop on this port) isolated from my network that I will be able to use for Anonymity.
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