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Personal blog · genneko.github.io/playing-with-bsdsystemsprogramming

genneko is a personal blog at genneko.github.io about systems and programming. Since 2020, 5 different Hacker News readers have linked it 7 times, most often “Understanding VLAN Configuration on FreeBSD”. The last post was in 2020, but the archive is still widely read.

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7mentions?
5HN people?
2020–2025first – last linked?
Links on Hacker News per year · peak 6 in 2020

Too few sampled comments (2) to say how often HN recommends it.?

Why HN links it

Posts on BSD networking, such as running WireGuard in a FreeBSD jail and router IPv6 setup guides. Commenters link them as references for FreeBSD and IPv6 configuration.

Summarised by Claude from a sample of 2 HN comments that link here. Each comment is marked recommending, critical or neutral (citing without judging); how this works.

Most-linked posts?

  1. Understanding VLAN Configuration on FreeBSD
    2 people · 2 mentions · first linked 2020-05-04
  2. Building a WireGuard jail with FreeBSD's standard tools
    2 people · 2 mentions · first linked 2020-04-28

What Hacker News says?

  1. throw0101a · 2020-06-22
    > Hope to release wireguard on FreeBSD soon as well. Available as a Port / package: * https://www.freshports.org/net/wireguard/ * https://www.freshports.org/net/wireguard-go/ Running it in a jail for further compartmentalization: * https://genneko.github.io/playing-with-bsd/networking/freebs... * https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=23004061

    Comment linking /playing-with-bsd/networking/freebsd-wireguard-jail/

    on “WireGuard Merged into OpenBSD”
  2. sev · 2020-02-07

    Submitted ThinkPad T480 is my new main laptop which runs FreeBSD as a story · 338 points

    HN discussion
  3. throw0101d · 2025-08-02
    > Thankfully, Verizon FiOS rolled out IPv6 support to my area a while ago; otherwise, this whole thing would have ended here. Hurricane Electric (for one) offers IPv6 tunnels: * https://ipv6.he.net You can configure it on your router: * https://openwrt.org/docs/guide-user/network/ipv6/ipv6_henet * https://docs.netgate.com/pfsense/en/latest/recipes/ipv6-tunn... * https://docs.opnsense.org/manual/how-tos/ipv6_tunnelbr…

    Comment linking /playing-with-bsd/networking/freebsd-tunnelv6-he/

    on “I tried living on IPv6 for a day”
  4. rodrigo975 · 2020-04-28

    Submitted Building a WireGuard jail with FreeBSD's standard tools as a story · 157 points

    HN discussion
  5. vermaden · 2020-04-11

    Submitted Running X11 Applications on Jail Created with Bastille as a story · 4 points

    HN discussion
  6. rodrigo975 · 2020-05-05

    Submitted Understanding VLAN Configuration on FreeBSD as a story · 3 points

    HN discussion
  7. vermaden · 2020-05-04

    Submitted Understanding VLAN Configuration on FreeBSD as a story · 2 points

    HN discussion

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