Website Updates

Q2RePro Quake 2 builds available

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I compiled q2repro for linux and windows, i386 and x64, with or without variable fps and anticheat.

Completely untested for the most part currently, sorry. (Edit: they crash when running my servers so.. shrug)

Based off the latest git commit from https://github.com/Paril/q2repro

No OpenAL support in this one.

https://quake2.itbacon.com/public/q2repro

Edit 6-22-2026: I recompiled these using what I learned from the q2pro rebuilds I did after. They may work better now!

Website Upgrade: Now on Symmetrical Fiber!

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The website now runs on symmetrical fiber (1000mbit). This doesn’t really mean anything but hopefully it feels a little snappier now. Much faster than the ~15mbit the site was running on before!

I upgraded from Spectrum cable to AT&T fiber internet. Even though I was paying for 1000/40 from Spectrum, I rarely was able to get above 20mbit for upload.

I can’t believe my last real post was so long ago… I really do want to update some of my guides.

Edit: Whoa, todays date is a palindrome!

Portainer as Docker Compose file

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Updating portainer becomes:
docker compose down
docker pull portainer/portainer-ce:latest
docker compose up -d

version: '3.0'
services:
  portainer:
    container_name: portainer
    hostname: portainer
    command: --sslcert /certs/lan.fullchain --sslkey /certs/lan.key
    image: portainer/portainer-ce:latest
    restart: unless-stopped
    network_mode: bridge
    environment:
      - "TZ=EST5EDT"
    ports:
      - 9443:9443
    volumes:
      - data:/data
      - /certs:/certs:ro
      - /etc/localtime:/etc/localtime:ro
      - /var/run/docker.sock:/var/run/docker.sock

volumes:
  data:

Paste the above into a docker-compose.yml file, I placed mine in a ‘portainer’ folder inside my home directory. Then just run docker compose up -d

Once it’s up and running, you have 10 or 15 minutes to browse to the login page (http://ip.address:9443 or equivalent), or you’ll have to restart it. The first visit to Portainer will have you create your admin credentials.

I use a folder on my system, /certs, which I map to /certs inside the container. You will have to modify your certificate locations in the volumes section, and the command line towards the top of the compose file. If you are not using SSL, then simply comment out or remove the command line at the top of the compose file and remove the volume mapping.

Recent Downtime

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Power outages from storms the last couple of weeks have caused some recent downtime. Apologies for that! I guess 30-45min of battery backup just hasn’t been enough. Unfortunately, currently, I have no plans to move itbacon.com. At least not unless it gets way, way more popular!

Motherboard RAID

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I will not use motherboard raid.

I will not use motherboard raid.

I will not use motherboard raid.

I will not use motherboard raid.

I will not use motherboard raid.

I will not use motherboard raid.

Fixing Windows IPv6

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Update 8-13-2023: You may or may not need some or all of these commands anymore.

Below is a set of commands you can try running to help resolve issues with multiple random temporary addresses, and seemingly all of IPv6 stops working randomly. I use DHCP6 on my home network and this has helped to resolve a lot of connectivity issues for me. I don’t seem to lose IPv6 connectivity anymore.

The interface does seem to still get more than one address, which is frustrating, but probably due to router advetisements on my firewall. It only seems to use the primary one it gets from DHCP however, which is good. I have tried doing netsh int ipv6 set interface “<interface>” routerdiscovery=disabled store=persistent but, it does not persist after a reboot, and netsh int ipv6 show interface “<interface>” shows that it is enabled again. I imagine there is some registry edit that can be done, or adding it to task scheduler but, until it becomes an issue I am find that the below works for me.

I don’t know why Microsoft has made this so hard. All of my Linux and FreeBSD machines can acquire and maintain an IPv6 address forever. A singular address.

You’ll need to run these in an Administrator command prompt. You can access that by right-clicking your Start button and choosing either Command Prompt (Admin) or Windows Powershell (Admin). If you only have Powershell, once it opens, type cmd and press enter to go into a command prompt shell. Alternatively, press your Windows key or click the start button, and type cmd and press CTRL-SHIFT-ENTER once you see Command Prompt in the list (you will only need to type cmd, the start menu will select Command Prompt after a moment in ‘Best Match‘ at the top of the search results.)

netsh int ipv6 set privacy state=disabled store=active
netsh int ipv6 set privacy state=disabled store=persistent
netsh int ipv6 set global randomizeidentifiers=disabled store=active
netsh int ipv6 set global randomizeidentifiers=disabled store=persistent

Afterwards, I find going into Control Panel, (small icons) Network and Sharing Center, Change Adapter Settings, and right-click on your interface and Disable it, then Enable it with another right-click. Or you can reboot.