Recently, I decided to create a second network in my home for testing computer systems. I wanted to keep these systems from being able to access my main network. After doing some research I decided to make use of another router, and a different subnet mask to accomplish this. My previous setup already has a second router plugged into our Google Fiber box. Many people find the Fiber box to be extremely limiting, and our Fiber box also has a wifi radio, which does not quite reach to the back of our apartment. I added a Linksys 1200AC router to help overcome this. Off of this router I have been running a network on the 10.18.57 with a subnet mask of 255.255.255.0. I have its DNS servers pointed to the OpenDNS server IPs.

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In the last article, Stupid BASH Tricks One I went over escape codes, customizing the BASH prompt, and having fun with Fortune, and Cowsay. This time around we are going to cover BASH aliases, and end with a fork bomb.

As I’ve been customizing my servers, I’ve come to the time where it is time to customize my shell environment, which leads to Stupid BASH tricks. Some of these are useful, some are not, but they are all Fun.

I have gone into detail regarding configuring my server already. I have written my SSL with Let’s Encrypt guide. I also wrote my Rsync with SSH guide. This article is about how I finished the steps of securing and customizing my server This article is about how I finished the steps of securing and customizing my server.