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Category: Networking

Spanning Tree Sucks, Long Live Spanning Tree!
Networking

Spanning Tree Sucks, Long Live Spanning Tree!

Have you ever been there before? You accidentally plug in the wrong cable in your home lab or enterprise environment and you realize what you have done when pings stop,…

by Brandon LeeSeptember 11, 2025September 11, 2025
How I Use VLANs to Isolate Docker and Proxmox Services (+ Free Worksheet)
Networking

How I Use VLANs to Isolate Docker and Proxmox Services (+ Free Worksheet)

One of the core disciplines in networking that you will want to learn is segmentation. We can benefit from segmentation even in the home lab environment. You can treat your…

by Brandon LeeJuly 7, 2025July 7, 2025
Wireshark 101: The 2025 Beginnerโ€™s Guide
Networking

Wireshark 101: The 2025 Beginnerโ€™s Guide

If you are like me, when you manage networks, whether in the home lab or production environment, you probably use tools like ping, traceroute, netstat, etc. These are great tools…

by Brandon LeeJuly 3, 2025July 3, 2025
Dell S5224F-ON 25 gig Switch iSCSI Configuration
Networking

Dell S5224F-ON 25 gig Switch iSCSI Configuration

Recently, I got my hands on a pair of Dell S5224f-on 25 gig switches. These were to be used for a new VMware vSphere installation for a data center refresh,…

by Brandon LeeAugust 21, 2024August 21, 2024
OPNsense Port Forwarding Tutorial Step-by-Step
Networking

OPNsense Port Forwarding Tutorial Step-by-Step

Port forwarding is a feature that allows you to answer outside traffic requests for a certain service even though the server lives on the internal network. OPNsense is a great…

by Brandon LeeJuly 4, 2024July 4, 2024
pfSense Virtual Machine as a Network Firewall
Networking

pfSense Virtual Machine as a Network Firewall

The pfSense network firewall solution is a great free and open-source firewall that many run in their home labs or even SMB environments. PfSense has many enterprise features, and the…

by Brandon LeeJune 3, 2024June 3, 2024
Setting DNS in Ubuntu and Troubleshooting
Networking

Setting DNS in Ubuntu and Troubleshooting

If you are working with Ubuntu servers in your home lab or production environment, you may have seen issues with DNS resolution. One of the reasons that DNS can cause…

by Brandon LeeApril 18, 2024April 19, 2024
Install Pi-Hole in Ubuntu 24.04 LTS
Networking

Install Pi-Hole in Ubuntu 24.04 LTS

Pi-Hole is arguably one of the most popular ad-blocking solutions for home networks and home labs. Likewise, Ubuntu is one of the most popular Linux distros around. While Ubuntu 24.04…

by Brandon LeeApril 15, 2024April 15, 2024
New Unifi Port and VLAN Manager Walkthrough
Networking

New Unifi Port and VLAN Manager Walkthrough

The new Unifi Network Application release, starting in v8.0.7, is one of the best upgrades to the Unifi Network Application in some time in terms of features and capabilities that…

by Brandon LeeJanuary 2, 2024August 20, 2024
Unifi Network Application 8: New Features and Enhancements
Networking

Unifi Network Application 8: New Features and Enhancements

The latest release of the Unifi Network Application, version 8 has improved a lot of things for managing Unifi environments in the application for Unifi OS, especially those with many…

by Brandon LeeDecember 29, 2023August 20, 2024

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