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Networking
Wireshark 101: The 2025 Beginner’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 and can help you diagnose…
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Latest articles
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home lab
How to Document Your Home Lab (The Right Way)
It is something that we all hate to do, I know I do. But, it is something that you will…
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Mini PC & Server
Mini ITX PC Build Guide for 2025
Mini ITX motherboards I would say are gaining popularity even though they have been a favorite for a while now…
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home lab
Best Home File Server Storage Options in 2025
One of the most basic types of resources that most want to self-host is file storage. File storage in general…
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Computers
Rate My Best Home Server Build aka Workstation!
So, my new build is kicking off! Thanks to a motherboard sent over by Minisforum, the BD790i X3D with the…
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Computers
Free Up Disk Space in your Kubernetes Cluster
If you run Docker container hosts either standalone or in a Docker Swarm cluster, you are probably familiar with the…
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Mini PC & Server
Minisforum TB4-01 Thunderbolt 4 Dock Review
If you are a mobile creator or power user, even a mobile home lab user, carrying your laptop around doesn’t…
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home lab
Sync Pi-Hole Settings and Blocklists between Instances with Nebula Sync
If you were like me, when you saw the Gravity Sync project was archived and would have no future development,…
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home lab
DNS Failover for the Home Lab and Why You Need It
We have all heard the very common expression, “it is always DNS”. We joke about this often, but very often…
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home lab
Minisforum BD790i X3D Motherboard Review with AMD 7945HX3D and PCIe Gen 5
Minisforum sent over another very powerful motherboard they have just come out with, the Minisforum BD790i X3D. This board is…
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VMware
VMware Tools Vulnerability VMSA-2025-0005: What You Need to Know
In case you didn’t know, VMware released a new VMware security advisory noted in the VMSA-2025-0005 bulletin and notes the…
