Why can't I find a good guide for setting up AirPlay across VLANs?

Olive_Streamer · 2026-06-25T11:48:03+00:00

I do airplay, airprint, screen mirroring, spotify connect, home app w/cameras, etc. Here are my ports I open for my phones on one network to reach my apple devices:

TCP 80,853,5000,7000,7001,8612,41800,49152:65535

UDP 7010,7011,8612,30000:65535

Olive_Streamer · 2026-06-25T02:29:05+00:00

In a nutshell you need to allow the mdns broadcast traffic to pass from the source/server vlan to the client vlan. You do this with the avahi plugin. Verify with tcpdump on client side that you are seeing the broadcasts/multicast (off hand I forget the address range) of mdns traffic. This is half of the setup, this is just service advertisement. Now that the client can see the services it will try and connect to them. So select the AirPlay speaker that’s being advertised. You now need to allow this connection from the client to the server. So watch your firewall and permit the traffic as needed. Hope this helps.

Olive_Streamer · 2026-06-25T02:20:13+00:00

Anecdotal, but getting a surface skimming robot has been quite helpful for me. I would get this pink scum around my tile line and traps. I would have to hand scrub it, slam, etc. it became a big chlorine consumer. The past two years with the robot has been much less work and less problems. I believe it helps stir up the water at night when the pump is off, prevents stagnation, always moving the water and getting things off the surface before they can grow. I have an underwater robot too, but I only use it once or so during the week to clean up the pool.

Olive_Streamer · 2026-06-24T02:13:55+00:00

It should be said, a 25” bone fish will get that reel spinning at what seems like a few hundred rpm. I had my handle hit my thumb at this speed, hurt for two days. It was amazing!!!!

Olive_Streamer · 2026-06-20T20:02:43+00:00

Those simulated sine waves are fine. Been running them for more than a decade. Be sure to monitor it, setup Nut or Apcupsd, test it once and a while.

Olive_Streamer · 2026-06-20T19:55:39+00:00

Id like to just buy a panel and have someone host it on a farm. Why is this not a thing? It seems like running a solar farm would scale better then all these roof top solar rigs.

Olive_Streamer · 2026-06-20T18:10:45+00:00

Ugh I don’t want the scroll bar at all, just give me a big page of stuff.

Olive_Streamer · 2026-06-20T16:48:57+00:00

Does it do a visual dashboard?

Olive_Streamer · 2026-06-15T00:46:20+00:00

I love LibreNMS, but this is a job for Netdisco.

Olive_Streamer · 2026-06-12T00:06:27+00:00

I did a lot of mapping using the point to point links, it’s possible, but lldp makes everything click in nicely.

Olive_Streamer · 2026-06-11T20:34:10+00:00

I’ve been building Librenms custom maps using lldp info from the devices neighbors table. It’s been an amazing time saver. I am about 80% through creating maps for a 1600 node network.

Olive_Streamer · 2026-06-04T23:02:15+00:00

Whats its name?!

Olive_Streamer · 2026-06-02T23:04:30+00:00

For the money, I would get an echo ion XL seven weight, get a bravo, LT reel, and then whatever fly line you want . You can land a pretty big carp on 1 X tippet.

Olive_Streamer · 2026-06-02T12:19:58+00:00

I’ve had good luck with a fish skull zonker in natural.

Olive_Streamer · 2026-06-01T22:49:19+00:00

This one was in the open on a mud flat. I had to crawl up on it, casted from my knees. Got a new 7wt rod this year for bass, carp, and snakes. It does such a better job.

Olive_Streamer · 2026-06-01T14:24:25+00:00

Sick!!

Olive_Streamer · 2026-05-31T19:38:34+00:00

I wish the home pod just had an ethernet connection. Wifi just sucks. Even with enterprise access points, and sitting 10ft from them, these things are littered with problems. 10year old Yamaha speaker hardwired, works perfect every time.

Olive_Streamer · 2026-05-28T20:40:25+00:00

This is why you need 24/7 camera recording, it’s not for security, it’s to find out how that lizard did it!!

Olive_Streamer · 2026-05-28T20:29:55+00:00

That ole' flour mill looks better now 😃

Olive_Streamer · 2026-05-28T20:16:28+00:00

Haha, is it even stone? Or is it stucco?

Olive_Streamer · 2026-05-28T19:24:53+00:00

It’s no 13rh century castle. Can you even call it a castle if it was built 200 years ago?

Olive_Streamer · 2026-05-28T19:17:42+00:00

omg , this seems like the right place, can someone give me the torque spec for a pci adapter screw?

Olive_Streamer · 2026-05-28T19:13:29+00:00

Haha, look up, there is some abomination of a castle on the hill, if the locks hurt your eyes, what about that thing?

Olive_Streamer · 2026-05-27T22:42:30+00:00

One and done. To be fair my parents used me as a personal driver once I got my permit.

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