GestioIP vs phpIPAM Comparing IP Address Management IPAM Solutions
I have been looking at various IPAM solutions in the home lab over the last few months and especially looking at open source offerings. I had settled on GestioIP a…
Category: Networking
vSphere 6.7 vSphere Client IP Pools
Things have changed when it comes to using the new vSphere Client to perform administration tasks. Workflows have been updated and certain functionality is found underneath different tabs than they…
What is the vSphere Distributed Switch Health Check?
VMware vSphere networking can often be plagued by misconfigurations and other settings that can cause issues in your vSphere environment. Even though the vSphere Distributed Switch (VDS) helps to eliminate…
Ubiquiti NanoBeam 5AC Gen2 Bridge VLAN Configuration
As I have written about recently, I have been working with a pair of Ubiquiti NanoBeam 5AC Gen2 bridge devices to connect my house with a shop for PTP connectivity…
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…
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…