Tarbos
The year 2234CE was to be a momentous one in human history. Early in that year, Robert Pritchard, the Project Director for Off-World Mining & Exploration’s operations on the planet Tarbos, called a meeting of delegates from the thirteen worlds to discuss solutions to the loss of OWME freighters. While the causes of the losses were not known at first, the hostile Grugell were suspected, and this was later confirmed.
However, Director Pritchard’s meeting was to have far more lasting results than initially planned. Even before the delegates began to arrive on Tarbos, the meeting evolved into what would become a Constitutional Convention founding the Confederated Free Planets.
The Grugell swiftly discovered the intent of the various planetary officials gathering on Tarbos, and moved to prevent the formation of an interplanetary human government. Efforts were undertaken by at least one Grugell warship commander on several different fronts, all ultimately unsuccessful.
The new Confederate Constitution was swiftly ratified by the thirteen settled worlds. Tarbos Project Director Robert Pritchard was elected the first Confederate President; a key point in his campaign was the founding of the Confederate Navy. The human expansion continued, at a faster pace now, borne by ships carrying the blue banner of the Confederacy. – Morris/Handel, “A History of the First Galactic Confederacy,” University Publications, 2804CE
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Oh so a woman can’t be first Confederate President how backwards. The presidents pronouns were not even mentioned.
And that, kids, is how I met your mother.
Oh wait. The Epilogue was last week.
I am hoping it will lead to more in the series.
RJ – It does, it’s another whole book, and a very good one.
Hurrah! for the Bonnie Blue Flag that bears a single star!
Tangentially related to war and such:
American dude decides to go fight the Rooskies in Ukraine. Then he writes about it for Bay Area midwits.
https://www.astralcodexten.com/p/your-review-the-russo-ukrainian-war
I’m only part way through, but I have to say good on him. I see a lot of my friends say we should fight for Ukraine. They are’t going to be doing any fucking fighting though. They want other people to do the fighting. Everybody is brave until it is time to do war shit.
I find it interesting since the guy is an example of a type that AFAICT has always existed — a guy who is not averse to (or perhaps even eager for) violence, looking for excitement/adventure. The people in the comments section are apparently unaware that this has ever existed and/or horrified that humans haven’t evolved into the New Civilized Man.
“You dig it, you go.”. Protestor back in ’67 said that to me and it did change my whole outlook on the War in Vietnam.
The comments at the end over his use of long covid are perfect.
Almost as good as the article!
“These groups were often staffed by volunteers who did not have backgrounds in related fields. Couch surfing world travelers, waiters, misfits and nomads. One guy I met had spent years working in a traveling circus…A lot of people were running from something. A lot of people had problems back home. Messy divorce, death of a child, terminal disease, previous suicide attempts, mental illness, PTSD, legal issues, substance abuse issues. I saw all of these things that I listed in multiple people.”
This matches my experience living in Eastern Europe in the 90s though it’s probably more like that in a war zone.
A buildup to new chapters in this series would be awesome!
TPTB: I had a moment and typed up an article on the DFW Cryptid Museum as extra content to use as you all see fit.
I just had an idea for a parody museum – a Cryptid Museum of Humans, which is about humans from the point of view of creatures trying not to be seen by them.
That would be good. Every human needs to be shown carrying around and staring at a phone.
GRRRRRrrrr
So I have the current network topology
Desktop -> AR/Switch -> Linux Gateway -> Router -> Modem
But the Linux box still wants to route out via the AR/Switch. I am clearly screwing up the configuration.
*AP/Switch
**AP/Switch
🙄
So you’re saying you have both a select-fire M16 and a Glock with a switch?
Going to need some IP/netmask/default routes..
Then we get into the “why” dual routers?.. not that you can’t but what is the added value.
This is an AP/router that you are trying using in a bridge/AP mode.. but not as a router?
The AP provides wireless and internal wired connectivity. the router is a firewall. the gateway runs IDS/IPS.
We are going to have to see the IP assignments, and who is providing the DHCP services?
Desktop – gets DHCP from Linux Gateway
AP – Static 10.1
Gateway – Static 10.2 inside, static 50.2 outside, provides DHCP and DNS to all 10.* network, (other devices getting DHCP like Desktop not shown, not relevant to discussion)
Router – Static 50.1 inside, DHCP from ISP outside.
Only gateway and Router are on 50.* network on one wired link.
Why are you using non-private IP space (50.1 and 50.2)?
Roat, those are the last two octeds because typing it all out was pointless.
*octets
Ah, sorry. The 10.* got me thinking you were using that private range.
ok, so how does the desktop get a default router of the AP/switch? 10.1
Is the AP/switch/(not used router) still have its DHCP server enabled? Then you need to turn that off.
Next up.. packet capture.. we need to see the packet that assigns the AP/switch to the desktop.
The Desktop does not get a default router of 10.1, it gets the correct 10.2
The AP has not been serving DHCP for years, it’s always come from 10.2
The Linux box at 10.2/50.2 won’t talk external to 50.1, getting stuck on 10.1, which was the old route before I decided the AP was getting old and I didn’t want it on the internet directly.
Ok, so we are at the Linux gateway.
dump its route table, and all interfaces.
netstat -ar
ifconfig -a
arp -an
# netstat -ar
Kernel IP routing table
Destination Gateway Genmask Flags MSS Window irtt Iface
default 10.10.10.1 0.0.0.0 UG 0 0 0 eth0
default 192.168.50.1 0.0.0.0 UG 0 0 0 enxbcfce7295829
localnet 0.0.0.0 255.255.255.0 U 0 0 0 eth0
192.168.50.0 0.0.0.0 255.255.255.0 U 0 0 0 enxbcfce7295829
# ifconfig -a
enxbcfce7295829: flags=4163 mtu 1500
inet 192.168.50.114 netmask 255.255.255.0 broadcast 192.168.50.255
inet6 fe80::f9e9:dfd2:b42:25bf prefixlen 64 scopeid 0x20
ether bc:fc:e7:29:58:29 txqueuelen 1000 (Ethernet)
RX packets 0 bytes 0 (0.0 B)
RX errors 0 dropped 0 overruns 0 frame 0
TX packets 0 bytes 0 (0.0 B)
TX errors 0 dropped 0 overruns 0 carrier 0 collisions 0
eth0: flags=4163 mtu 1500
inet 10.10.10.2 netmask 255.255.255.0 broadcast 10.10.10.255
ether 10:7c:61:75:91:20 txqueuelen 1000 (Ethernet)
RX packets 4181721 bytes 467596613 (467.5 MB)
RX errors 0 dropped 0 overruns 0 frame 0
TX packets 4150165 bytes 413062311 (413.0 MB)
TX errors 0 dropped 0 overruns 0 carrier 0 collisions 0
[loopback redacted]
# arp -an
? (192.168.50.1) at a0:ad:9f:6f:fc:64 [ether] on enxbcfce7295829
[DHCP local clients redacted]
? (10.10.10.1) at 78:d2:94:7b:2e:d8 [ether] on eth0
? (185.125.190.48) at on enxbcfce7295829
Yes, it says 50.114, I’ve been calling it 50.2 because after I sort this out I’ll be re-IPing that part of the network.
Does the DHCP service on the gateway specify the router IP option to point to the gateway?
The DHCP info handed out by the linux box gives itself as the gateway. This is working. I can tracert from the desktop to the internet and see it go over to the linux box and then go on its merry way.
From the DHCP configuration on my service server pointing to my gateway:
subnet 192.168.1.0 netmask 255.255.255.0 {
…
option routers 192.168.1.1
…
}
The problem isn’t the DHCP info.
I swap the modem cable from AP to Router and the linux box doesn’t want to talk to the outside via that interface, the traffic heading back to 10.1 and getting confused.
What is the default route on the gateway? It should be to the router.
I got a two for one special:
# route -n
Kernel IP routing table
Destination Gateway Genmask Flags Metric Ref Use Iface
0.0.0.0 10.10.10.1 0.0.0.0 UG 1002 0 0 eth0
0.0.0.0 192.168.50.1 0.0.0.0 UG 1003 0 0 enxbcfce7295829
10.10.10.0 0.0.0.0 255.255.255.0 U 1002 0 0 eth0
192.168.50.0 0.0.0.0 255.255.255.0 U 100 0 0 enxbcfce7295829
I believe you should only have the 192.168.50.1 with the 0.0.0.0 mask. The first entry is hijacking traffic.
0.0.0.0 10.10.10.1 0.0.0.0 UG 1002 0 0 eth0
is your problem..
so where did you configure that?
My guess would be it should be:
0.0.0.0 192.168.50.1 0.0.0.0 UG … enxbcfce7295829
192.168.50.0 0.0.0.0 255.255.255.0 U … enxbcfce7295829
192.168.10.0 0.0.0.0 255.255.255.0 U … eth0
🤷♂️
I have no idea.
Well, that is the issue.. so we need to track it down.
which linux are you using…
Is it /etc/defaultrouters ? It will be something in /etc. I would search for 10.0.10.1 in every single file under /etc
Right now you can delete the route by hand.. and it should start working
route del 0.0.0.0 10.0.10.1 (adjust as needed)
Can you remove the first entry using the command line?
it’s Ubuntu 24.04.3 LTS according to the login motd.
Google says:
/etc/netplan/01-netcfg.yaml network:
version: 2
renderer: networkd
ethernets:
eth0:
addresses:
– 192.168.1.100/24
routes:
– to: default
via: 192.168.1.1
nameservers:
addresses:
– 8.8.8.8
– 8.8.4.4
so I would look around there to start.
While that removed the route from the table, the result became that the linux box just crossed its arms and went “Now I won’t talk to anybody” I eventually rebooted and it restored to the previous state of wanting 10.1
That’s not entirely accurate, it did ping both 10.1 and 50.1 with the route removed.
Then give us the route table after the delete.. If they both went, then you need to add back in the 192.168.50.1 route.
this is always building blocks..
Interfaces (with correct netmask)
Routes
Arp tables.
you can ping the “peers” since the 10.10.10.0/24 and 192.168.50.0/24 routes are still in the table.
the route delete command must have nixed both default routes.
It did not delete both default routes, it retained the 50.1, but I’m wondering if the router is blocking DNS traffic from pihole making queries outbound.
Here’s the Stupidest development that makes all the resting moot.
The New Router is refusing to get a DHCP address from the ISP when plugged into the modem. It recognizes the port has been connected but doesn’t do a DHCP lease despite appearing to be set to do so.
😡🤬
Of all things a router is supposed to do out of the box – get an upstream DHCP address is right there at the top of the list. The config says it should. But nooo, it just never bothered
I was told there would be no networking.
*Holds tiny “NERDS!” sign to camera.*
You willingly associate with Nerds. You have accepted the terms and conditions which includes occassional nerd talk.
I’m a geek not a nerd …
that explains the chickens with the heads bitten off.
I was trying to find this book on my kindle and realized it was in the same book as the last series.
It’s been awhile since I read this one, I bought the book in Feb of 2020, right before the world lost its mind.
#ows587 🔎 5/5 (00:47)
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🔥 streak: 1
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https://x.com/libsoftiktok/status/1972672606823121109
That’s gonna cost her some votes.
Best and brightest, Sean.
It’s great to have over achiever kids.
Mine got into community college so there’s that.
I got into my first choice for community college!
When I worked at a factory, some guy used to brag that the college he went to (Edison Community College in Piqua, OH) was “one of the top five community colleges in the country”. Then every time he said or did something dumb – which was frequently – we’d say to him “top five community colleges in the country!”
I’m ashamed enough of having gone to college. Don’t make me try to think if it ranks anywhere in the heirarchy of academic nonsense.
Mine is ranked in the top 200.
blue no matter who
It’s way too important!
In NJ? Just put the thumb on the scales in Essex, Hudson and Camden Counties.
Woot! Got my official assignment for Race Gun Nats, and it will be the Range Master audition. The process was more work than I expected.
This whole range master process seems poorly documented and managed.
What? But it uses SumTotal!
It’s the result of an ad-hoc attempt of formalizing a “procedure” which was originally purely consensus-based. Compared to the only other large volunteer-based organization I have experience with (the Boy Scouts of America) it is completely adequate. Admittedly, the BSA has had over 100 years to get their shit together, but they also own a lot more property than USPSA does.
From your updates I get a general sense of confusion and miscommunication.
Compared to my workplace yes.
https://x.com/WallStreetApes/status/1972740951891423641
It’s a trap!
Fuck that noise. Your shitholes aren’t worth visiting, let alone worth that much data.
Seriously.
Especially with all the 3rd worlders running amok.
I don’t want to visit our cities. Why would I visit yours?
The US government doesn’t have my finger prints, I don’t trust them. Now I have to trust the EU.
Just booked trip to Italy for next summer.
My wife wants to go to Italy too.
I hear Naples, Florida does a good impersonation minus the volcano.
Iceland is on the list, Glibcruisers.
*gets out sandpaper*
This is my key Go-To place that’s a) affordable; b) not-yet visited by me; c) fairly easy to get to, frankly; and d) seems better off (more rural helps, methinks) than their fucked up Euro ‘neighbors.’
I’ve spent plenty of time in Europe and the UK. I really can’t imagine going back. Things would have to line up *just* right. A yet- unknown Helen of Troy (OH) would have to be remarkably insistent upon that shit. I’d feel much safer, and more grounded, ‘used to it’ with SE Asia. (Dammit, no euphemism. Y’all know I used to live there.) Singapore’s my dream spot to take my nephews exploring, with only a few days there to absorb that madness and then to Chiang Mai or whatever mainland struck their fancy.
I partied plenty and wasn’t always the safest, but having a US passport, and not being a fucking asshole, are two big keys to why SE Asia is purposefully careful ’round Americans. Too much tourism $$ and don’t wanna screw the pooch. (At least for dudes. I wouldn’t travel solo as a chick in many /most places I’ve been outside of Far East Asia.)
Helen of Troy (OH)
I don’t know any Helen, but we have plenty of Karens!
Well done, Animal. I’m curious how the ‘new order’ Founders will do with the Convention of their Confederation.
Oooh, ya wrote it long before, but this is oddly timely:
Early in that year, Robert Pritchard, the Project Director for Off-World Mining & Exploration’s operations on the planet Tarbos, called a meeting of delegates from the thirteen worlds to discuss solutions to the loss of OWME freighters.
(I…presume our Russian agent wrote this *before* Hegseth summoned all 1-Star+ Generals for a sit-down with Trump, not actively knowing of such a tie. ‘Twould be curious misdirection from our Animal had he known all along. Knoweth not, I, with он…)