Author: Gareth

  • World’s tastiest fudge

    This recipe is from a website that is no longer online. To make it easier for us to find again in the future, and for others to find it too, we are posting it here. Original source: hildas.se – via web.archive.org The original author got the recipe from an old school friend, made it the…

  • Valid SSL certificate on a UDM Pro

    As a follow on from Valid SSL certificate on a UDR, here is an update for the UDM Pro. I recently upgraded again to a UDM Pro, after the December offer on both UDM Pro and the G4 Doorbell Pro. I have got round to setting it up and discovered my instructions for valid SSL…

  • Configuring Unifi USG with WireGuard

    This post lists how to set up a wireguard network on the original USG. It uses the wireguard module from https://github.com/WireGuard/wireguard-vyatta-ubnt. The assumption here is: The json below doesnt format fantastically well, however this should be included in your config.gateway.json. Once added and the change provisioned, you should be able connect to your public IP…

  • Wireguard on Unifi

    In a recent Beta firmware for various Unifi cloud consoles, Teleport was released. Under the covers, this appears to be run over wireguard. I have been using Wireguard as VPN for some time, though when I migrated off my USG I have had to run this from a raspberry pi in my network instead. After…

  • Valid SSL certificate on a UDR

    I recently got a Unifi Dream Router as an upgrade from the Unifi Security Gateway. One of the differences is that the controller is hosted on the router itself, i quite often use the local access as opposed to going via unifi.ui.com. Since this is exposed locally on 443, i wanted to be able to…

  • Configuring Multicast DNS and IGMP across VLANs on Unifi

    Since I have two VLANS, some things stop working if I am trying to use a device on one network from the other. As an example, at the moment I have put my Sonos speakers on the IOT VLAN, but i want to be able to control that from my mobile which connects to the…

  • Adding host records and cnames to a Unifi USG

    At the moment I have my local domain name set to gsellis.com – the first issue I came across was that I lost the ability to look up my domain names on the internet – because the USG held the record of truth for gsellis.com. I am fairly sure I should be able to configure…

  • Configuration of a Unifi USG

    Having recently upgraded our home network to Unifi, I figured it would be useful to record some of the configuration changes i’ve made. I have set up the network with two main VLANs – our normal VLAN, and an IOT network. The aim of the IOT network is to seperate IOT devices from the rest…

  • Monitoring of an IVT Vent 302

    I have an IVT Vent 302 for heating. Along with the heatpump, there is also an addon – IVT Anywhere Gateway. This enables the heatpump to: Be controlled remotely via an app Decide when to heat the house/water according to the current energy price Events currently being monitored: /system/sensors/temperatures/switch /system/sensors/temperatures/supply_t1 /system/healthStatus /dhwCircuits/dhw1/actualTemp /system/sensors/temperatures/return /heatingCircuits/hc1/actualSupplyTemperature /system/sensors/temperatures/outdoor_t1

  • Configuring OpenVPN

    After my vpn stopping working due to changes in openssl, i reinstalled it on a newer raspberry pi and tried to move my keys over – this didn’t work, first due to the diffie hellman only being 1024 bytes, then for some reason my client couldn’t negotiate tls, so rather than invest time getting the…