Wireless Bridge for Disaster Recovery DR
One of the cool little home lab projects that I have been working on lately is testing a wireless bridge for DR purposes. Aside from being a cool “tinkering” project…
Category: Networking
Keep Track of IP Addresses Automatically with GestioIP
I have been testing different IPAMs for use in the home lab as of late and seeing what I like about them and what I don’t. I am doing this…
Free IPAM Open Source Netbox IP Scanner
I have been looking recently for a better way to manage my IP Addresses in the home lab. With multiple VLANs and constant churn in the home lab, it becomes…
Netbox Network Modeling and Documentation Ubuntu Installation
Typically in many environments, most keep up with documentation of network information through various spreadsheets and other documentation, including perhaps Visio diagrams and such. Some have an IPAM or DCIM…
Enable VMware Virtual Machine 802.1X Authentication
As I eluded to in a previous post about NIOC and consolidating my networking in the home lab using vSphere Distributed Switches and Network I/O Control, I had a few…
Configure Windows 10 for 802.1X User Authentication
In enterprise networking, many are familiar with 802.1x authentication mechanisms that allow performing authentication at the port level on a supported switch. There are many cool things you can do…
Physical Device Microsegmentation with Extreme Networks Policy
One of the powerful security mechanisms that we hear about in today’s infrastructure is microsegmentation. Microsegementation is talked about a lot with VMware NSX and other software-defined network technologies that are…
Monitor Network Traffic with Port Mirror and TAP Port with Palo Alto
Recently, I added a cool piece of networking gear to the home lab environment – a Palo Alo PA-220 next generation firewall. I have always been a fan of Palo…
Configure Windows DNS Server and Linux to Use Cloudflare 1.1.1.1 DNS
It seems like as of recently there has been much movement in the public DNS space. Not long ago, the “quad 9” public DNS server was announced that touted as…
How to View Network Connections in Linux with IFTOP
There are a myriad of network utilities in both the Windows and Linux world. If you are working with a Linux distribution and you are needing to view network connections…