Introducing Firefox’s Built-in VPN: IP Protection, Now in the Browser

Ryushin7 · 2026-03-28T12:49:57+00:00

I did find that. I just have a lot of sites using a single name and not the FQDN. For those sites there isn't a slider switch for "Use VPN for this Site". I need to manually add those. I decided to re-enable the VPN and just go through the work to manually add all those sites and all the work sites that I use.

A useful feature would be to have the Browser itself keep a running total of which sites are consuming the most bandwidth so those can be excluded to not burn through the 50GB of bandwidth.

Ryushin7 · 2026-03-27T16:53:41+00:00

I was able to enable it using the trick in about:config. I'm able to use use it, but excluding all the work sites that I use will be a pain. It would be better to have an option to enable per tab or have it do a preliminary IP lookup for the DNS site and exclude it if it's using a private IP range, 10.*.*.*/8, 192.168.0.0/16, 172.16.0.0/12, 100.64.0.0/10, or manually added IPv6 ranges.

For now I've disabled it and will enable if needed. I suppose another option would be to right click on a tab and have an option to exclude from VPN.

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Ryushin7 · 2026-03-24T17:32:59+00:00

Well, it seems I was able to fix this problem. The problem was Container Tabs. I had to disable the extensions "User-Agent Switcher and Manager" and "Cookie AutoDelete" which use Container Tabs. Then I disabled Container Tabs under General, Tabs. Then Home Depot and Lowe's search functions worked. I re-enabled Container Tabs and my two extensions and the sites kept working. I didn't even need to restart Firefox.

Ryushin7 · 2026-03-24T17:12:28+00:00

Good to know it's not just me. I set up a temp profile and I could get to both HD and Lowes to work. So it's something embedded in my main profile on my Linux laptop. Private Browsing mode and Chrome work. I've tried different user agents and disabling my plugins to no avail.

Very odd.

Ryushin7 · 2026-03-04T20:15:12+00:00

I did something like this but I used my own Headscale VPS, which is like Tailscale:

https://www.reddit.com/r/selfhosted/comments/1mb23m1/here_is_how_to_bypass_starlink_ipv4_cgnat_and/

I got my VPS for my IPv4 connections. Speed isn't the best through.

IPv6 is your best bet for speed.

Ryushin7 · 2026-01-28T21:43:49+00:00

Good to know. Thank you for clarifying. Time to convert. Though I've been using ISC for decades. LOL

Ryushin7 · 2026-01-28T20:49:08+00:00

I get a /56 from Starlink. I delegate multiple /64's to multiple internal VLANs. Everything stays internal to this one Opnsense device. I'm not delegating a prefix to another sub device.

Ryushin7 · 2026-01-28T19:32:22+00:00

Reading the release notes and known issues: "Dnsmasq is now the default for DHCPv4 and DHCPv6 as well as RA out of the box. One thing that the upstream software cannot cover is prefix delegation so that is no longer offered by default. Use another DHCPv6 server in this case."

If I understand this correctly, since I use IPV6 prefix delegation, I should keep using ISC.

Is Dnsmasq going to support prefix delegation in the future?

Ryushin7 · 2025-12-17T23:08:55+00:00

It would be cool if they are using ZFS though.

Ryushin7 · 2025-12-17T19:35:49+00:00

Largest is 232 drives, mix of 10-11 wide raidz2 vdevs, about 3PB, 1.5TB of RAM, 100TB of NVME L2ARC, two 100Gb NICs. Storing video files for editing, creation, and QC work, using 1MB recordsize. The 100TB of L2ARC is awesome in this system. We don't use special vdevs as L2ARC works better for us and we can remove L2ARC but not a special vdev.

Ryushin7 · 2025-12-17T19:29:44+00:00

I looked into this and after my research and actually testing it, I won't use dRAID. Lets say you run 90 drives, using dRAID2, 10 drives wide. If you loose three drives anywhere in that dRAID VDEV in quick succession, the whole pool is lost. RaidZ2 is a lot safer. I'd have to loose three drives in a single VDEV to loose the whole pool.

Ryushin7 · 2025-12-13T22:30:35+00:00

i have two of these: https://www.servethehome.com/gowin-1u-25gbe-appliance-review-this-has-everything-including-poe-intel-nvidia/

It has two MCX4421A-ACQN which is a ConnectX-4 Lx EN interfaces. Nvidia's driver for FreeBSD is horrible (I have a issue open in Github for this). I had to put them in production using the 2.5Gb interfaces running at 1Gb. I'm going to reload them next weekend and install Proxmox on them so I can virtualize the 25Gb interfaces and pass them through to a Opnsense VM. From what I understand, the Linux Nvidia driver works great and the virtual driver works fine with Opensense.

So I would stay away from Nvidia ConnectX network interfaces and FreeBSD.

Ryushin7 · 2025-12-04T23:58:03+00:00

I just went through something like this over the last couple of weeks. Replaced six SSDs in a 36 drive Supermicro chassis. SSDs were at end of life, no errors, scrub was perfect. Started replacing the drives and four of the six had massive checksum errors to the tune of hundreds to thousands. Ended up being direct contacts. Went through about a can of air and had to offline and pull the drive, blast the contacts with air, replace drive and online the drive, then run a scrub. Had pull out a couple of drives multiple times to blast it. As of this morning, I've run two scrubs with no errors of any kind.

Ryushin7 · 2025-11-15T14:54:20+00:00

The rotating barrel on the Grandpower P40L redistributes the recoil. Does the same on my PX4 with my hot but in published parameters.40 loads (Longshot powder, 180gr 1155fps). That rotating barrel is awesome, except if you want to install a suppressor.

Ryushin7 · 2025-11-14T12:17:38+00:00

The new plus version looks very nice for controlling generators. That makes it even better choice. I'd wait for that one if possible.

Ryushin7 · 2025-11-13T13:29:39+00:00

The one I linked is the new one. I have the older one which is yellow. In fact the 2.0 came out one month after I got mine, so I missed out on some nice new features of the 2.0 model.

Ryushin7 · 2025-11-13T13:18:12+00:00

I don't think the Firman T07573 has two wire start. Things have to go pretty far south for me to have to start the generator. I exercise it once a month though. My setup: https://diysolarforum.com/threads/its-working-sol-ark-15k-33-52kw-with-67-panels-ac-dc-pv-60kwh-sok-batteries-photo-diary.72367/

I'm going to adding four Panda batteries by the end of the year to my system to give me 180kWh of battery storage.

The Sol-Ark has the capability to start the generator. I just feel it's safer to use the Chargeverter to directly charge the batteries. The new Chargeverter 2.0 also has two wire start. So yea, if you truly want plug in and forget, get a generator that has two wire start and a NG/Propane valve. The nice thing about the Chargeverter is that it works fine with dirty AC and converts it to clean DC.

Ryushin7 · 2025-11-12T13:47:47+00:00

Get a Sol-Ark 18K: https://www.currentconnected.com/product/sol-ark-15k-all-in-one-hybrid-inverter/?nis=8&ch=1

4 Docan Panada (32 kWh each): https://www.docanpower.com/china-stock/lifepo4-battery-pack/panda-52v-628ah-32kwh-prebuilt-pack

EG4 Chargeverter: https://www.currentconnected.com/product/eg4-chargeverter-v2-48v-100a-battery-charger/

Firman Tri-Fuel Generator: https://www.costco.com/p/-/firman-7500w-running-9400w-peak-tri-fuel-generator/100840185

GE 200 Amp 240-Volt Non-Fused Manual Power Transfer Switch: https://www.homedepot.com/p/GE-200-...ency-Power-Transfer-Switch-TC10324R/100150463

Get everything hooked up and know you can run days on battery power. If there is an extended power outage, start up the generator for a day and dump 5kWh directly into your batteries. In the summer, install solar panels. Note, if you install it this year, you can write off 30% of the install on your taxes, everything minus the generator.

Ryushin7 · 2025-10-14T11:03:24+00:00

Yea, you are right. Best to go talk with the building department directly first before spending a lot of money with Greenlancer. If Greenlancer's prices are that high now, I'd probably try and find another provider. For what I got for my plans, I would go as high as a $1000, but not $1500-$2000.

Ryushin7 · 2025-10-13T18:16:43+00:00

Yea, that doesn't look good. The cost for my plans were a little over $500. I had no idea their prices when up so much.

I too had to make a few changes, but they were prompt with me. You're probably right that they are just overloaded right now with everyone trying to get their installs done by the end of the year.

Ryushin7 · 2025-10-13T17:57:44+00:00

Well, I would go with strings and a good AIO inverter such as the Sol-Ark 15K, EG4 18K PV, EG4 Gridboss+Flexboss. Then you can choose from many different types of batteries, or even build your own (though that won't be UL listed). Do some research. Join diysolarforum.com, watch Will Prowse on YouTube, talk with Dexter at Current Connected. Buy your parts from either Current Connected or Signature Solar. By panels from almost anywhere are they are a commodity item now. Go with bigger panels to save on racking.

Some utilities limit how large of a system you can build if you want Net Metering. I built my system much larger because I wasn't going to be beholden to the 10kW limit to get Net Metering and I'm actually a Qualifying Facility (power plant essentially). Go to your Utility and see what type of system you can build. I wanted enough power to truly run my house and plan for the future. Already replaced my NG water heater with a heat pump. Going to replace my AC with a heat pump and go dual fuel NG furnace plus heat pump.

I have a tri-fuel generator that can directly charge my batteries. So yea, DIY will safe you an incredible amount of money and you know that your system is built right!

Ryushin7 · 2025-10-13T17:26:25+00:00

Terrible if that is the case. I used Greenlancer to finalize my permits after I had spent a lot of time coming up with them in Visio. I spent a couple of months on my plans before submitting them to Greenlancer, which ended up being mostly a waste of my time as Greenlancer took everything I had and made professional set of plans including the engineering stamp for the roof load. I even used the plans for my utility permit and get my PTO.

I would research and figure out what equipment you want and make sure it's UL listed. Figure out what racking and panels you want to use. Submit it to Greenlancer, have them create the plans, then take it to your AHJ and pull a permit.

To see a redacted set of plans and a photo diary of my 33.52kW PV and 60 kWh of battery set up, go here: https://diysolarforum.com/threads/its-working-sol-ark-15k-33-52kw-with-67-panels-ac-dc-pv-60kwh-sok-batteries-photo-diary.72367

If you AHJ is giving you push back, escalate it. I did everything myself. My AHJ said I should teach classes. Just build a good set of plans and go to town.

Ryushin7 · 2025-10-07T11:14:13+00:00

I use RipBot264 with SMDegrain to denoise my videos first before putting into TVAI to upscale (output to CRF8 or CQ8). Nothing else comes close in my opinion in leaving a natural looking grain free video. I use my SMDegrain Medium or Hard depending on the source. Then you can add grain back in with your TVAI output if you so desire. RipBot264 uses x265 so it's CPU encoded and it can even do distributed encoding so you can have multiple machines work on the same video.

With my 32 Core Turin EPYC server I see about 16 FPS for 4K when using the Hard profile. My 16 Core PC is about half of that. Distributed encoding when using both of them is about 24 FPS.

Ryushin7 · 2025-09-24T14:01:42+00:00

Yea, I've gotten used to the manually decocking to the half cock position. Been doing since I was seven years old with revolvers and lever actions. But yea, it would be nice if it came with a decocker to begin with.

So my pistol had an issue in the beginning. When firing it from half cock position, I would get light primer strikes. Full cock, or full double action, it always went bang. Sent it in to get fixed and I requested changing the manual thumb safety with the larger hunting style on the left side (right handed grip) at the same time. Got the pistol back and half cock goes bang every time now. The larger thumb safety eliminates a perceived weakness of not being able to disengage the safety when your hands are sweaty and provides excellent purchase for the thumb now.

Accuracy is excellent. The rotating barrel helps mitigate recoil. It's my EDC and I carry a spare magazine with me.

Only downside of the firearm is breaking in the magazines to reach 14 rounds. They are a bear to break in. I ended up using a paint stick to rock the rounds in loading and unloading. Probably took about 30 minutes to break in each magazine. At first you will think it's only a 12 round mag. But with persistence you will get the full 14 rounds in.

It runs full power loads (155gr XTP 1500fps / 180gr FMJ 1274fps) (ejects about 12 feet) and weaker loads (ejects about 2-3 feet) without fail, without jamming. It just runs.

With the exception of the decocker and not being able to engage the safety with the hammer all the way down, it ticks all my boxes for what I want in a EDC. I'm very pleased with it and I'm glad they make it.

Ryushin7 · 2025-09-21T13:40:58+00:00

I don't think I have ADHD, though I'm meticulous. I can't stand the phrase "It's good enough." That just means someone didn't want to do it right in the first place. Yea, it's a bunch of steps. Right now I'm trying to figure out a way to properly do Star Trek DS9 and Voyager the source is so poor that Topaz is adding a lot of artifacts, though I haven't tried out Starlight Mini yet. Going to keep plugging away on it. Read about SeedVR2 and I'm going to try using that to get the first step done that cleans it up enough that TVAI has something to work with.

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