Andres Plaza @AndresPlazaR@qoto.org

My #Atari 8-bit network card is almost working!

Thanks for all the suggestions!
Problem fixed after rebooting the AP... But I hate that I don't know the real reason, and I just hope it is a one-off.
(I know, I should have rebooted the APs yesterday, but because the other devices were working, I did not think that could help)

I have the weirdest problem with my laptop, and I have no idea how to even debug it. So, I'm posting it here in case anyone has an idea:

I'm using Ubuntu 22.04; all updates installed.
Almost all the time, I'm connected to my home wireless network (router + APs).

Last week, the connection to the wireless was working fine. I went on vacation for one week; I took the laptop with me so it was not connected to my home network. Today I tried to connect to my WiFi, but it is not working.

The laptop can connect to the wireless network,
and it gets the IP, DNS and routes assigned via DHCP. But pinging to the router does not get any response.

I tried the wired connection (same router), and it works.
I tried the WiFi hotspot from my phone, and it works.
All other devices connected to the wireless network work.
There are no firewall rules in the AP or router blocking my laptop (again, it connects to the wireless network and DHCP works).
iptables is clean.

If it is a problem between the laptop and the AP, how can it get all the DHCP info?

If the problem is between the AP and the router, how do the other devices work fine?

If the problem is the wireless driver in Ubuntu, how does connection to the hotspot in the phone work?

I removed and recreated the WiFi configuration to my home network; it does not fix it. I also tested using a static IP.

I have no idea what this could be.
Any ideas?

Reposts appreciated. :-)

I found my first #Twitter T-shirt! #Manhattan #CoreStorage #SRE

CRT TV in 2023!

It has been exactly one year since, together with thousands of other employees, I did not follow the infamous link sent by Elon Musk, and we were laid off from Twitter.

I won't make comments about that sad and tiny individual.

I only want to remember, salute and honor all the people I met during those 10 years at Twitter. I miss you all: you were a super capable and amazing group. So far, those had been the best 10 years of my professional career (of more than 25!).

I hope you are all doing well.

Prototype of a network card for #Atari 8-bit computers, based on the Atari 8-bit Ethernet Project but using an Olimex CS8900A-H board. #retrocomputer #retrocomputing

Ken Thompson interviewed by Brian Kernighan at VCF East 2019, super fun and interesting!
https://youtu.be/EY6q5dv_B-o?t=445

How do I know I'm getting old?
I just wrote a reminder for myself that says:
dermatologist
dentist
colonoscopy
😂

Today was my first day at Rackspace, as a Sr. SRE. 🙂

Many of you know that my family is helping a Syrian refugee family living in Lebanon. Last night the army went into their camp and took all their things, including some solar panels we recently helped them buy so they could charge their phones and have some light at night.

They are not allowed to work, so their situation is extremely difficult (besides the general situation in Lebanon).

I'm hoping you can help us raise some money to send them (our goal is $2500) and they can rebuild (a little bit) their lives.
If you can help, you can send the money via Venmo to:
@ Andres-Plaza-R

and, of course, we will send them the money in one transfer.

Thank you from the bottom of our hearts.

If you could also boost this message, I will appreciate it.

I'm telling my 11 yo daughter Chuck Norris jokes... She doesn't get them, and I need to explain them. 😆