Added Some Collections to the FLINT 2 Router

I decided to add a way to gather statistics on the wireless connection to Connect in my apartment.  I found that luci-app-statistics uses collectd to gather system statistics and uses rrdtool to display them.  I installed luci-app-statistics and collectd on the FLINT2 Router.  Since I have an MQTT server running on port 1883 of the EXP-PiHole RPi, I decided to open up icmp to WAN (port 10) and WAN2 (port 9) on Edgerouter-12.  I then added passthrough of MQTT (1883) to WAN (port 10) on Edgerouter-12 to EXP-PiHole.  I am not sure if WAN2 will pick up the same passthrough message to port 1883; that I will have to test separately. I also installed the following packages on FLINT2: collectd-mod-cpu, collectd-mod-ethstat, collectd-mod-interface, collectd-mod-ipstatistics, collectd-mod-iwinfo, collectd-mod-load, collectd-mod-memory, collectd-mod-mqtt, collectd-mod-network, collectd-mod-rrdtool, collectd-mod-thermal, collectd-mod-uptime, and collectd-mod-wireless.

Update: I have removed the collectd items from FLINT2 because it appeared that it was slowing down the download/upload throughput.

Project #36 - Setup Monitoring of the WiFi Connections

I need to setup a way to monitor the WiFi connections in my HomeLab.  I have been away from the IC Subcommittee for a long time, but now I have sparked an interest in keeping track of what the current system is doing in terms of dropouts and changes of bandwidth.  I need something to characterize what is happening so that I can talk intelligently about it.

State of the Network in June 2025

I just recently changed my connections between the living room and the back bedroom.  Now I have a flat cable going between the FLINT 1 router in the living room to a switch in the back bedroom where I have connected both the PiHole Raspberry Pi and the switch originally in the living room to my rack.  In this way, I now do not have any vlans accessible in the living room.  I basically decided that all of my activities should be done in the back bedroom where I have my rack equipment.  I also now have the TCL TV connected directly to the FLINT 1 router.  I may still try to do a BGP from the FLINT 2 router in the back bedroom to the FLINT 1 router in the living room, but I have plenty of time to tinker before that happens. I do have some thoughts about how I might change things in the future:

• Complete the task of setting up a Certificate Authority in the HomeLab
• Add VLANs to the FLINT2 router
• Arrange the power so that the FLINT2 router can remain on if I shutdown the Rack
• Alter the way that I connect my laptop to the network so that it remains connected at all times on the correct VLAN
• Implement the PiHole to give out DNS and DHCP IPs within the HomeLab
• Work up some 3D printed components to stage the remaining Raspberry Pis external to the Rack, but still be present within the HomeLab
• Work up the use of my STREAM deck to issue MQTT messages for HomeLab control
• Spin up a file server on the HomeLab
• Finish setting up the Raspberry Pi display/controller; connected via Tailscale