Thanks for the info. The Internet moves at a fast pace, hard to keep up 😀

Thanks for the compliment!

What kind of problems do the travel routers cause? They are merely a way for my non technical family members to use a hotel or ship wifi without having to figure out the log in process. I log in to the wifi with the travel router at the hotel or cruise ship. Their devices just sign in to the travel router no matter where they are. Much simpler for them and I dont have to do tech support on our vacations.

@@BlueMonkey4n6 They duplicate a process that the network is already doing, DHCP, which is assigning IP addresses to devices. I recently retired from managing networks for one of the largest retailers in the US. The Store Employees would connect their own wireless routers to the store network and cause issues with duplicating IPs. We spent a lot of time chasing them down and blocking the switch ports. However, if the ships aren't blocking them, maybe they have a way to prevent issues.

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that's odd. Can you double check that you clicked to a created VM on that left side and not a container or the disks? You should have somewhere that tells you how many CPUs are in your VM and the amount of memory you allocated etc.

To run commands, you will need to launch a Shell window, then log in to the bash shell. You should see the Shell button on the top right of your Proxmox dashboard once you click on and select the Proxmox server.

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Hmm interesting that it works for about half an hour then stop. I have been on a few Princess Cruises in the last 2 years and the TPLink and Mango both work well. What model of router are you using? And I winder if there is some setting on your router that times out after 30 minutes?

@@BlueMonkey4n6 Good question. I have the TL WR902AC. I could not find a timeout value on the admin pages, but I may not have been looking at the right places? As a test, I also brought a GL-SFT1200. That also times out (but it took longer to time out) and there seems to intermittenet re-connection activity (it will work for 30-60 minutes randomly thru the day). Are these clues helpful?

Quick Update - still having intermittent time outs on both Routers. Really trying to find a solution to this - perhaps my earlier message was helpful in providing clues? This has become a little more "interesting" because we are now looking at going on another (much longer) cruise on Princess in the coming months and I'd love to get your expertise to implement a longer-term and reliable solution. Would a different router be a better choice? Is there a potential to create a configuration "script" or file that would be helpful? Even a set of instructions that (if followed) would be a more robust solution?..... Thanks for reviewing ....

Sorry but I dont have any answers for you. The fact that the timeouts are pretty regular leads me to think its a setting on your router. I cant imagine the ship kicking your connection off but letting you back on later. Unless you are using a random MAC address every time, maybe? Then again you are using two routers from different companies so I can imagine they both have default timeout settings. I also have these same two brands of routers and have used them on Princess without issues. This is a mystery.

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Forgot to add that it’s a transatlantic cruise

Thanks so much for your reply in your opinion do you think it’s worth it?

Thanks again. Your help has been very valuable to me thanks.

😄 Linux is like the weight loss drug ads where they show happy people doing fun things. Linux is fun and easy! Then the announcer starts talking super fast about all the side effects that can come with the drug like headaches, nausea, rapid heart beat, fever, diarrhea, vomiting, seizures, death… Linux could also be a pain in the butt!!! With that being said, I still love Linux 🤓

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Sorry to hear that but as stated in the video, the eSIM relies on the cruise ship having the Cellular-at-Sea service for the eSIM to connect to. Perhaps you can get a refund from the eSIM company since they were not able to use the service.

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Its read only using FTK Imager. If you want to write, you will need to download specific drivers

@BlueMonkey4n6 thank you for your response. Which driver do you mean?

@Artstye4you drivers for whatever file system you want to write to.

interesting, tell us more! how does it mess up the drive? does it make it inoperable and you lose your data?

great explanation, I bet you its KWA. Thank you!

Excellent suggestions on the cluster size, I just did the default values that Windows uses as the starting point. I will add that to the list of possible future videos. Good points about the configuration of the computer and the entropy level of the drive. For this video, I was more focused on the difference between dd/E01 and NTFS/ExFAT so I figure a computer with a reasonable recent processor and enough RAM was sufficient. As for the source drive, I had it probably 80% filled with a mixture of data files (that lend well to compression) and video files (that wont compress).

thanks for the squids

Glad you found this useful. Dont forget to use the code in the video to get a discount. Enjoy your cruise!

Excellent questions. I would recommend that if you are newbie, you watch my video tutorial on the vi file editor program first so you know how to navigate and write a file. Otherwise, I would recommend using the nano program to edit the config file as that program is a LOT more intuitive. Hope that helps.

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That is an option but not all cellphones can become a WiFi hotspot. Glad your phone does

did you try to use modprobe to load wl into the kernel?

Thanks for the compliments and glad you found the videos useful. In terms of practice, here is what I have my class doing: 1. Boot Paladin on your forensic workstation and format a destination drive with NTFS and then do it again with ExFAT (for my Linux class I have them do ext4) 2. Boot the machine that you want to image with Paladin. Attach destination drive and perform these 3 types of imaging: 2a. Image to dd using 4GB segments and obtain a hash (MD5 or SHA1) 2b. Image to E01 using 4GB segments and compression and obtain a hash (MD5 or SHA1). Check that the hash matches the one when you imaged using dd. 2c. Perform a clone. Insert a USB thumbdrive into machine and use it for the output log. Once again check the hash to make sure it matches the one from the previous steps. Bonus: convert the clone image into an E01 image. Again always check the hash to ensure the image integrity. Not sure if this is what you are looking for but I hope it helps.

@ I’m a big visual learner. Do you think I could either sit in on one of your classes or watch a video on what you’re telling me, showing me how to do it? It’s just how I learn

@@BlueMonkey4n6 also, what should I put on the flash drive before inserting it into paladin? Or does it have to be a blank drive?

Different models of travel routers may have slightly different features but the basic steps should be the same: configure the router to connect to the ship WiFi, sign in to the captive portal, connect devices to router for Internet access. I’m just too cheap to buy a newer router otherwise I would demo what those routers look like. Have a great time on your cruises 🚢!!

@@BlueMonkey4n6 Thank you for the prompt response and the well wishes. In digging a bit deeper, I'm looking at the pending ban in the U.S. for the TP-Link routers and am taking a close look at the GL-MT3000 (Beryl AX) router as an alternative. Any feedback?

It's unclear how the "ban" will affect the gazillions of TP-Link routers already being used in the U.S. but as an alternative, the Beryl AX you mentioned as well as the other GL-iNet products of the Mango and Slate AX are all excellent routers. Really depends on what you are trying to do, how much you want to spend, and the size/weight you are willing to lug around. Do me a huge favor, if you can click on the links in the description for this video to buy the routers through Amazon, it will cost you nothing more but I get a few pennies as an affliate. Thank you!

@@BlueMonkey4n6 Once I decide on the travel router, I will be happy to support your efforts through an affiliate purchase

You need to be root to run dhclient so try doing: sudo dhclient. If that still doesnt work then perhaps you dont have dhclient installed on your machine. Try doing: sudo apt install isc-dhcp-client

Another great usage example. Thank you for adding to the comments!

Yes, the software does make a difference! I have speed tested using the command line (dd/ftkimager*) to create E01s and whatever Guymager is doing is faster than dd/ftkimager. * in case people dont know, Access Data FTK Imager has a linux command line version.

Absolutely. The main reason is the engineers and the amount of work they do on this or that tool. When you make a freeware, there are not so many test cases and performance testing done with various PC configurations, OSs and everything. Typically, a status of free software leads to less accountabiity and that leads to less development effort. So I would predict very different results for such imagers under different conditions. As opposed to that, commercial imagers are faster. Hardware imagers are way faster than anything else due to the fact that vendors have a very specific hardware. So the engineering team can focus on performance with a specific set of hardware and software and deliver the best value. You know, to some extent, it's like a PlayStation 5 which is highly optimized to run all the games.

Yup, you get what you pay for with Hardware Imaging boxes like the TX1.

The method you cited about using the phone first to connect is another valid way of connecting. That method is a bit more involved in my opinion that's why I recommend my method. The MAC cloning method has these steps: 1) log in to cruise network via phone and log out; 2) change MAC on router to match MAC on phone; 3) configure router to connect to ship WiFi 4) sign in to captive portal 5) all devices can now log into router The method I recommend has these steps: 1) log in to router network via phone 2) configure router to connect to ship WiFi 3) sign in to captive portal 4) all devices can now log into router To answer your question about the MAC that the ship will see, they will only see the MAC of the router and not of the devices behind it.

@@BlueMonkey4n6 thank you for the explanation... i shall try this on MSC Meraviglia in a few months time... i shall post updates when i come to it.. Thanks.

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I have not tried but I highly doubt if this would work on a locked phone.

I am very curious to find how the Neo does, thank you.

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I think the Tableau devices are using some flavor of Android from what I recall

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thank you!