Simplicity is a form of art...

Have dhcpcd wait before backgrounding
by Sven Vermeulen, post on Sun 08 February 2015

Many of my systems use DHCP for obtaining IP addresses. Even though they all receive a static IP address, it allows me to have them moved over (migrations), use TFTP boot, cloning (in case of quick testing), etc. But one of the things that was making my efforts somewhat more …

A simple IPv6 setup
by Sven Vermeulen, post on Mon 20 May 2013

For internal communication between guests on my workstation, I use IPv6 which is set up using the Router Advertisement "feature" of IPv6. The tools I use are dnsmasq for DNS/DHCP and router advertisement support, and dhcpcd as client. It might be a total mess (grew almost organically until it …