A practical walkthrough of configuring a Cisco 1941/K9 router as a home office gateway backup. Covers console access from Alpine Linux using screen, pulling config from a live router via SSHv1 in Docker, adding IPv6 (SLAAC + DHCPv6), pushing config over serial, and fixing policy routing on a dual-NIC Linux host.

How to set up a Cisco 1941/K9 as a home office gateway — including console access via serial, cloning config from a running router, adding IPv6 with SLAAC and DHCPv6, and fixing dual-NIC asymmetric routing on Alpine Linux.

Configure a Cisco 1941 Router as Your Home Office Gateway with IPv6

A step-by-step guide to installing Alpine Linux on old, low-powered hardware and configuring it as a mobile backup gateway using Android USB tethering. Covers BIOS quirks, disk identification, NAT/iptables setup, and hotplug automation with mdev.

Turn an old, dusty PC into a reliable 4G/5G backup internet gateway using Alpine Linux and Android USB tethering — no expensive hardware required.

Tag: Nat

Tag: Nat

Configure a Cisco 1941 Router as Your Home Office Gateway with IPv6

Repurpose Your Old PCs: How To Install Alpine Linux on Them