The goal: I want to be able to stream to my Chromecast when I’m outside from my home network via VPN. The problem: the Chromecast use the multicast protocol SSDP (Simple Service Discovery Protocol) to work and this protocol is not routed (usually) by a VPN connection. The solution: to Read more…
I use often lftp to move data from server to server/client. I like this FTP client because is small, very powerful to use and present in every Linux distribution. Plus, I can run lftp from the shell (maybe from a screen session) and forget it until the job is done Read more…
You can bind a specific IP address from the router, but if you are not the network administrator (eg: you work with your laptop) you can try to request your “preferred” IP address editing your dhclient.conf like the following example (append this config to the bottom of the file): interface Read more…