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TP-Link Archer C5 and OpenWrt

I just replaced my good old WRT54GL by a brand new TP-Link Archer C5 AC1200. The C5 has the exact same hardware as the TP-Link Archer C7 AC1750, so if you plan to use it with OpenWrt, there's no need to buy the expensive one. For me everything is working fine, I'm using BARRIER BREAKER (14.07, r42625).

The only issue is that you cannot configure 5 GHz Wifi in 802.11ac mode. I tried the workaround described in the wiki and configure it on the commandline using uci, but I failed. I have to investigate on that...

But most probbably I'll just wait for Chaos Calmer.

Tame Ubuntu's DNS config

I am a big fan of Linux Mint and happily using it. However, since it's based on Ubuntu, they sometimes have convinient, but non-standard ways of doing things. One thing is DNS.

You will have the following "features":
  • You will only have 127.0.1.1 in your /etc/resolv.conf
  • there listenes dnsmasq and forwards your DNS requests
  • any further config in /etc/resolv.conf is ignored by dnsmasq
  • /etc/hosts is ignored
  • you can't find a config file for dnsmasq
  • dnsmasq is configured via D-Bus by NetworkManager
So to figure out which DNS server(s) you are actually using you have to either look in your log file or use some tools like nm-tool: 
root@system ~ # nm-tool
.....
  IPv4 Settings:
    Address:         192.168.1.246
    Prefix:          24 (255.255.255.0)
    Gateway:         192.168.1.1

    DNS:             192.168.1.1
.....

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The shruggie

This is more or less just for me, so that I don't have to google this damn string all the time: 

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IMHO this is one of the most usefull emoticons, expressing a variaty of things, totally suitable in many situations.

I usually ended up copying it from this site: The Life and Times of ¯\_(ツ)_/¯

Hello World!

There has to be a first post everywhere, so here it is: Hello World!