I recently bought a Telstra Prepaid (ZTE MF823) 4G stick to use while I’m out and about. It works great for internet, getting a nice 20Mbits in some locations, but I’ve run into some issues with the IP addressing scheme of the stick’s network.
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I’m a Dad/Electrical Engineer/Tinker/Hacker/Woodworker/crazy hobbyist and I’m always building weird projects. I thought my latest project “RPiKids” was worth sharing with everyone. I have young kids with NO exposure to console gaming. I wanted to build them a system that was not just fun, but a system that could begin to explain at least the hardware fundamentals of computers. Watching their little faces soak in the Linux command line kernel unpacking, installing all sorts of subconscious goodness has been a real joy!
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I finally got around to playing with the Telstra SMS API some more after very successfully using it to send messages from my Zabbix instance at home.
I wanted to get responses from the messages so that I could potentially automate some responses if I get an alert via my Zabbix instance.
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