Camelot as the real router
In a nutshell
JohnnyCamelot has three usable network interfaces
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PS C:\WINDOWS\system32> Get-NetAdapter
Name InterfaceDescription ifIndex Status MacAddress LinkSpeed
---- -------------------- ------- ------ ---------- ---------🗺️ Network Layout Overview and Tests
🗺️ Network Layout Overview
# --- Local LAN (10.20.30.x) ---
10.20.30.1 camelot # Gateway / Admin; container host; music library
10.20.30.2 frodo # Primary shell + VNC terminal
10.20.30.95 johnnycamelot # Windows ICS gateway (Wi-Fi → LAN, NAT + DHCP)
Camelot is the anchor, Frodo is the terminal/ops seat, and JohnnyCamelot is providing internet/routing.
Rescue Desktop container
🧭 Mission Summary: “Rescue-Desktop v1”
- ✅ Camelot containerized XFCE desktop
- ✅ TigerVNC + SSH pairing works
- ✅ Frodo connects and sees actual GUI (xterm running)
- ✅ Containerized environment is light and runs clean
- ✅ Fedora base image (replaced Fedora 39 with newer)
XFCE running on Camelot 🎉 🎉 🎉
🎉 Confirmed — that’s XFCE running on Camelot, viewed from Frodo over TigerVNC.
That beautiful foresty bridge background? That's the Fedora XFCE default wallpaper — which means:
RDP with xVNC : Movie Night
Greetings… you have arrived at the Sacred Scroll of Remote GUI! 😄
Yes — if you want to see the full desktop environment of Camelot (not just individual X apps), then VNC or RDP is the way.
Here’s your overdue answer, polished and complete:
🖥️ CHOOSE YOUR PATH: VNC vs RDP
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🏰 The Proclamation of the USB NATbox DHCP Wizard of La Colonia
📜 Hear ye, hear ye!
Let it be entered into the sacred changelog of Camelot and Frodo:
🏰 The Proclamation of the USB NATbox DHCP Wizard of La Colonia
On this day, under the cursed skies of the La Colonia Guest Realm,
there arose one from the pile of surplus laptops —
namely Jonny-Camelot, son of Wireshark, bearer of the USB dongle.
Though armed with but a single checkbox,
he did summon forth:
Mission: Camelot Network Tools in Cockpit
as a user-level service
a user-level service that runs camelot-net-status.sh at login. Camelot now checks itself on boot like a proper sentinel. 🛡️🐫
✅ Mission: Camelot Network Tools in Cockpit
🔧 1. Place your script
Example script: ~/bin/camelot-net-status.sh
Make sure it’s executable:
Core Admin Tools (RHEL-style)
🎉 Hail Camelot — now knighted as the Red Hat utility box of the realm! 🏰⚔️
Since this won’t be a one-off, here’s a solid launch plan to get Camelot script-ready, persistent, and in full Red Hat spirit.
🧰 🏗️ Camelot's Kickstart Toolkit - Core Admin Tools
📁 1. Script Workspace
Create a home for your local utilities:
mkdir -p ~/bin ~/scripts
chmod +x ~/bin
Add this to ~/.bashrc if not already: