A Special Interest Group focused on computer networking. Building networks for Today and Tomorrow!
Half of the meeting is education, or presentation. Half is sharing, and problem solving.
Bring a laptop with Wireshark installed: We’ll be running a hands on workshop using iptables/ip6tables/bpf (BSD Packet Filter)
Thursday, February 20, 2020
6:30 PM to 8:00 PM
Q-CollegeSuite 303 771 Vernon Ave · Victoria, BC
Saturday, Jan. 25, 2020 – Computer Language Series – Part 4
Learn the basics of Computer Languages: c, PHP, Python, Bash
All four languages will be covered, where it will be apparent the similarities and differences of each.
Be sure to BRING a LAPTOP, as these are hands on sessions.
Saturday, January 25, 2020
10:00 AM to 12:00 PM
Camosun College Interurban Campus
4461 Interurban Road · Victoria, BC
Tech Bldg, Tec 177
Sat. Feb 8, 2020 – Stomping Out Ads
Sure you can run an ad blocker on your device, but only your device benefits.
In this talk, we’ll compare PiHole, a popular ad blocker for the Pi with adblock for OpenWrt, and the benefits of doing so.
Saturday, February 8, 2020
10:00 AM to 12:00 PM
Q-CollegeSuite 303 771 Vernon Ave · Victoria, BC
Saturday, Jan 11, 2020 – Amateur Radio
Using Nexus DR-S hat on your Pi to control your Amateur Radio. Nexus DR-X (aka: DigiLink) is a digital radio cross patch that allows you to link the Raspberry Pi sound card of your choice to nearly any amateur radio transceiver to enable perfect digital data communications.
The Buster RPI image includes a host of Ham apps and a simple dialog box that makes updating and installing your favorite programs easy. Deid’s presentation notes are here.
10:00 AM – 12:00PM
Q College Suite 303 771 Vernon Ave · Victoria, BC
Thursday, Jan 23, 2020 – NetSig
A Special Interest Group focused on computer networking. Building networks for Today and Tomorrow!
Half of the meeting is education, or presentation. Half is sharing, and problem solving.
Bring a laptop with Wireshark installed: We’ll look into scanning networks with NMAP, and what info you can glean from it.
Thursday, January 23, 2020
6:30 PM to 8:00 PM
Q-College
Suite 303 771 Vernon Ave · Victoria, BC
Sat. Dec. 14th – Building a Seismometer
A Raspberry Pi Shake and Boom is just one way to watch the earth move under your feet. See how Cody and Eileen found the Rpi Shake and Boom and more.
10:00am
Q-College,
Suite 303 – 771 Vernon Ave, Victoria
Fall 2019 Poll
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Sat, Nov 23, 2019 -Electrical measurements in the unsteady state
10:00 AM to 12:00 PM
Learn how to measure the electrical world using your embedded device. In this talk, we’ll answer the following, and show you lots of cool stuff:
- When does Ohm’s law apply?
- Measuring inductance and capacitance, and formulas for these
- Recording transient currents when a motor starts and stops.
- Protecting devices with inrush current limiters and transient suppressors.
Camosun College Interurban Campus
4461 Interurban Road · Victoria, BC
Tech Bldg, Tech 177
Sat, Nov 9, 2019 – Computer Language Series (part 3)
Learn the basics of Computer Languages: c, PHP, Python, Bash
All four languages will be covered, where it will be apparent the similarities and differences of each.
Be sure to BRING a LAPTOP, as these are hands on sessions.
10:00 AM – 12:00PM
Q College Suite 303 771 Vernon Ave · Victoria, BC
Sat, Oct 25, 2019 – Computer Language Series (part 2)
Learn the basics of Computer Languages: c, PHP, Python, Bash
All four languages will be covered, where it will be apparent the similarities and differences of each.
10:00 AM – 12:00PM
Camosun College Interurban Campus
4461 Interurban Road · Victoria, BC
Tech Bldg, Tech 177
Sign Up with Meetup here
Part 3 is Saturday, November 23, 2019
NetSig – October 24: Who’s Knocking? An Introduction to Network Scanning
6:30pm Q-College · Suite 303 771 Vernon Ave · Victoria, BC
In this session we’ll look at basic network scanning technologies such as ping, netcat, and nmap. Please bring a laptop with wireshark, netcat, and nmap installed.
The presentation slides are here.
NetSIG is a Special Interest Group focused on computer networking. Building networks for Today and Tomorrow!
Sat. Oct 12, 2019 – IPV6 To The Rescue
Learn how to use IPv6 to rescue your embedded device which has lost it’s IPv4 address (for some reason).
Bring a laptop with SSH installed for hands-on demo.
10am Q-College · Suite 303 771 Vernon Ave · Victoria, BC
Click here for Craig’s demo notes.
Sat Sep 14, 2019 – What I did over the Summer
Sat, Sep 28, 2019 – Computer Language Series (part 1)
Learn the basics of Computer Languages: c, PHP, Python, Bash
All four languages will be covered, where it will be apparent the similarities and differences of each.
10:00 AM – 12:00PM
Camosun College Interurban Campus
4461 Interurban Road · Victoria, BC
Tech Bldg, Tech 177
Sign Up with Meetup here
Part 2 is Saturday, October 26, 2019
NetSig Launch
NetSig
First Meeting – Thursday, July 25, 2019
6:30 PM to 8:00 PM
Q-College · Suite 303 771 Vernon Ave · Victoria, BC
Bring a laptop with Wireshark (download) installed:
We’ll be covering the basics of packet capture, and seeing what is actually on your network. More Wireshark: pad
What is NetSig?
A Special Interest Group focused on computer networking.
Building networks for Today and Tomorrow!
1.5 hours on a weekday evening
Half of the meeting is education or presentation.
Half is sharing, and problem-solving.
A gathering of like-minded persons.
Understand and solve some of the challenges in networking today.
Are you IPv6 ready?
Help Victoria become a leader, rather than a follower in Networking.
Topics
Education | Traffic analysis: ELK stack and Packet Beat | Virtualized Networking in Cloud containers | IPv6 | Routing |
Saturday, Aug 3, 2019 Linux Sig
9:30 AM to 12:00 AM
Quality Foods, Upstairs Large Boardroom
Eagle Creek (near Victoria General Hospital)
27 Helmcken Rd · Victoria, BC
Summer Break 2019
Victoria PiMakers and Others are on a summer break. We will meet again on Saturday, September 14th, at Q-College. The presentation(s) will be “My Summer Show & Tell.”
In the meantime…
Linux Sigs!
First Saturday of the Month
July 6th and August 3rd
9:30 am – 12:00pm
Quality Foods, Upstairs Large Boardroom
Eagle Ridge Plaza
27 Helmcken Rd
And The Net Sig!
First meeting
Thursday, July 25, 2019 and the next meeting is August 22.
6:30 PM to 8:00 PM
Q-College
Suite 303 771 Vernon Ave · Victoria, BC
A Special Interest Group focused on computer networking. Building networks for Today and Tomorrow!
Half of the meeting is education or presentation. Half is sharing and problem-solving.
Bring a laptop with Wireshark installed: We’ll be covering the basics of packet capture, and seeing what is actually on your network.
Sat June 22, 2019 – Useful Tools part 2
Over the years, we have found certain software tools, which not only make our life easier, but make the project more fun to do.
In this meeting, we’ll share some more of these software tools, and ask the group for other tools that they have found useful.
10:00 AM to 12:00 PM
Camosun College Interurban Campus
Tech Building, Tech 177
4461 Interurban Road · Victoria, BC
Sat June 8, 2019 – Node Red – Take Two
This time we’ll delve into how to write a Node-Red program using the web-based GUI.
Presentation Notes are here.
10:00am
Q-College,
Suite 303 – 771 Vernon Ave, Victoria, BC
Find Part One here.
Sat 6 July 2019 – Linux Sig
9:30 AM to 12:00 AM
Quality Foods, Upstairs Large Boardroom
Eagle Creek (near Victoria General Hospital)
27 Helmcken Rd · Victoria, BC
Sat. May 25, 2019 – Jekyll and Github Pages
Jekyll sites can be connected to cloud-based CMS software such as CloudCannon, Forestry, Netlify or Siteleaf, and Github enabling content editors to modify site content without having to know how to code.
Here is the link to Gordon’s fine presentation.
Saturday, May 25, 2019
10:00 AM to 12:00 PM
Camosun College Interurban Campus
Tech Bldg, Tec 177
4461 Interurban Road · Victoria, BC
Intro to Pi and Others: Part 4
Tuesday, May 21, 2019
6:00 PM to 7:30 PM
Q-College
Suite 303 771 Vernon Ave · Victoria, BC
Intro to Pi & Others is a 4 part series of short monthly sessions to help get you up and running with your Pi or Other (embedded device). It is a structured hour-long session where you can ask questions.
Please bring in your Pi, HDMI cable, and power supply. All other equipment will be provided.
This is a four-part series with each session building on the previous sessions, where Pi basics of software and hardware will be explored. Read More
The Linux Pages – Tools
Git to GitHub – Sat 11 May 2019 – QCollege 10am