Re: [weewx-user] Re: AcuRite bridge and DNS setup

Just to close this thread, I decided to let the bridge have port 80 and configured apache to listen on port 8000. It's not an elegant solution, but everything works. I may revisit it later, after learning more. I wouldn't have gotten this far without the generous help of the community. Thanks

Re: [weewx-user] Re: AcuRite bridge and DNS setup

Thanks for all the help and patience with my bumbling. I can now report success, as far as the topic of this thread is concerned. I'm currently using Vince's suggestion, Pi-hole for DNS. Once I got a functional bridge, it worked immediately. Of course, I've still got some issues to deal with

Re: [weewx-user] Re: AcuRite bridge and DNS setup

"Supported" makes sense. Thanks for making that distinction, as well as explaining the change. On Thursday, March 8, 2018 at 11:04:32 AM UTC-5, vince wrote: > > On Thursday, March 8, 2018 at 6:39:27 AM UTC-8, RobbH wrote: >> >> Is dpkg still recommended? I came to my conclusion after reading the

Re: [weewx-user] Re: AcuRite bridge and DNS setup

On Thursday, March 8, 2018 at 6:39:27 AM UTC-8, RobbH wrote: > > Is dpkg still recommended? I came to my conclusion after reading the docs. > > The latest revision of the installation guide for Debian-based > distributions doesn't even mention dpkg. > http://www.weewx.com/docs/debian.htm > > >

Re: [weewx-user] Re: AcuRite bridge and DNS setup

Is dpkg still recommended? I came to my conclusion after reading the docs. The latest revision of the installation guide for Debian-based distributions doesn't even mention dpkg. http://www.weewx.com/docs/debian.htm It is still one of the recommended ways to upgrade an existing installation,

Re: [weewx-user] Re: AcuRite bridge and DNS setup

On Wed, 7 Mar 2018 19:58:44 -0800 (PST) RobbH wrote: > This is on Debian, with Weewx installed using dpkg. (I see now that > that's no longer a recommended way to install.) Of course it's a recommended way to install - I'm not sure how you came to that conclusion. Liz --