Post B3h227QkcQbAnOjAzQ by NAB@mastodon.me.uk
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(DIR) Post #B3h22553M83PVWYotM by NAB@mastodon.me.uk
2026-02-25T21:39:08Z
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For weeks I've been trying to get #HACS to install on the #homeassistant VM in the camper van. For weeks it's failed - the wget of hacs.zip gets to around 80% and then bombs out. I spent hours diagnosing what on earth was happening, but couldn't get to the bottom of it. I ruled out everything - it just didn't work.In desperation, I took a backup of the VM and spun it up in the office. It worked fine. WTF? That made no sense at all.
(DIR) Post #B3h226F12ZcL6iEI3k by NAB@mastodon.me.uk
2026-02-25T21:43:10Z
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I double-checked that MTU wasn't the issue. It wasn't.This evening I started from scratch. The only difference between the office and the camper installations were the means of connecting to the Internet. The office has a FTTC connection and the camper has an LTE link with Three as the ISP."Hmmm", thinks I, "I wonder what happens if I route everything out over a VPN".Spun up a Mullvad Wireguard VPN and, well, whaddayaknow, it worked.
(DIR) Post #B3h227QkcQbAnOjAzQ by NAB@mastodon.me.uk
2026-02-25T21:44:40Z
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So, 'download a file over Three' is a no-go, whilst 'download a file over a VPN over Three' is absolutely fine.I don't get it.Anyway, the camper now has a permanent VPN connection and connectivity just works.
(DIR) Post #B3h228ATsPB75E7hGi by picofarad@noauthority.social
2026-02-25T22:04:39Z
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@NAB this sounds suspiciously like the sort of crap ClearWire used to pull. downloads would get slow and slower until they timed out, unless clearwire couldn't tell they were a binary download. Listening to mp3 streams? for 10 minutes, then it would start to buffer until no longer playable. Their response nearly every time? "We don't support that. we only support basic web browsing"...