networking
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VMware
vSphere Distributed Switch Configuration and Best Practices Guide
VMware vSphere has many advanced networking features as part of the solution. These allow VIadmins to configure just about any setting they need for their network. By default, the vSphere Standard Switch is the default network configuration that comes “out…
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Nutanix
Nutanix Hypervisor Networking for VMware vSphere Admins
Many organizations are looking at their options right now for running their virtualization workloads. VMware by Broadcom has been a sour spot for many over the past several months. Many have seen 10-15x price increases. With this being the case,…
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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 community edition is free to download and install. Running a…
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VMware
Cannot connect to host VMware storage Migration
In moving a lot of VMs around over the past couple of days trying to get my home lab resources situated so I could start consolidating down my server resources for the hot summer months, I ran into a problem…
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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 fits in Ubuntu and other Linux distros is multiple files…
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home lab
Firewalla Gold SE Review for Home Lab
I was recently sent one of the new Firewalla Gold SE devices to test out in the home lab. However, other than the unit being sent to me for my thoughts, this is not a paid review, and I only…
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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 devices and clients, etc. Table of contentsAdmin settings change activityNewly…
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Networking
Alta Labs AP6 Pro Wireless Access Point Review
I have seen Alta Labs information, YouTube videos, and blog posts increasing in visibility over the past year or so. After contacting Alta Labs, they sent over a couple of Alta Labs AP-6 access points for me to try out.…
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Networking
pfSense Force Safe Search Configuration
Safe search is a feature on firewalls that allows you to filter out search results that might not be appropriate for young ones or in certain environments. Let’s look at pfSense force safe search and how to implement it. Table…
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Networking
pfSense VLAN Cannot Access Internet – A Troubleshooting Guide
If you are new to setting up pfSense or setting up VLANs inside of pfSense, you may have issues getting traffic on your VLAN out to the Internet. Let’s see why your pfSense VLAN cannot access the Internet. Table of…
