Network Engineering is not just a job. It is a lifestyle
I donated my entire Cisco CCIE homelab to Goodwill the other day. One of my life long career goals is to get the Cisco CCIE, but with my current work schedule and personal life; it seems to be impossible. This Cisco homelab got me through my CCNP. It had been great to have a physical […]
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Installing the ShinobiCCTV as a dedicated NVR for to replace my current surveillance system. I have been searching for a new NVR. I am currently using Reolink desktop client as my NVR on a Windows 10 VM. Yes, the only Windows node in my network. Reolink‘s IP cameras seem to work really well with Windows
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If you are looking for a network-wide ad blocker, Pi-Hole is the product you are looking for. Pi-Hole blocks advertisement at the DNS level; therefore, all your clients who use your Pi-Hole as their DNS server, will be protected by Pi-Hole. As far as I can tell, Pi-Hole was developed for Raspberry Pi. However, the
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This mixed content was my issue for several hours. I am going to keep this short and straight to the point. If your WordPress site is behind a reverse proxy server, chances are you probably have other services behind the same reverse proxy server. Otherwise, the website should have its own certificate like Letsencrypt. Assuming
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Today, I am taking Techno Dad Life (TDL) challenge. I am going to attempt to install Piwigo an open source photo management server on my OMV. I am going to assume that TDL’s challenge is to use Docker container. I am going to update this post and make it look a bit more organized in
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I finally fixed my issue with my local DNS issue with my Xubuntu laptop. A little back story on this issue. I use a couple of Pi-Holes as my networks’ DNS servers. This is mainly to block ads and to serve as my internal DNS server for my services such as Jellyfin, LibreNMS, netbox, etc.
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I really like this XFCE desktop environment. Everything feels lightweight and does not take up too much RAM. The cool thing is it is very customizable, so my first impression is very positive and the experience so far is pretty good. I have been using elementary OS since 2016, and recently switched to Xubuntu. After
How does one back up their Remmina settings and connection profiles? I have been using Flatpak for a while. I like to install my apps from a single source. Hopefully, Flatpak will be a standard soon to all distro. Apparently, there are two different locations if you are using the installer from Debian or from
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I created several stencils for VyOS. These are not the official VyOS stencils, but an unofficial one. The outcome came out pretty nicely, so I think I would share them. I made these four stencils using draw.io. See the comment section for the download link. Unzip the .zip file and let me know what do