networking
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VMware
ESXi Change Hostname with GUI and Command Line
When it comes to the day-to-day management of VMware ESXi hosts, there are many activities a VI admin may need to carry out with ESXi hosts in the environment. While changing the hostname of an ESXi host in the environment…
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Networking
Segment your VMware Network with pfSense
There are many firewall solutions out on the market that are great. I am a huge fan of many of the enterprise solutions out there that provide excellent features, powerful robust networking, advanced threat protection, and many others. However, there…
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Networking
Palo Alto VM Series Basic Interface and Routes configuration in ESXi
It is now easier than ever to try out a Palo Alto VM series firewall in your home lab environment if you are running VMware vSphere or KVM. Palo Alto now offers a 30-day trial of the VM series firewall…
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Networking
Weatherproof PoE Switch Enclosure for Cameras
I have been working over the past few months at building out my outdoor security camera network. I have gone with a combination of Ubiquiti cameras which I will detail. However, in a couple of mount locations outdoors, I needed…
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Networking
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 many of the issues that can come about with the…
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Networking
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 projects and testing in mind. One thing I wanted to…
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Networking
Setup Multiple Gateways and Multiple Internet Connections One Host
These days, most organizations have multiple circuits and connectivity for egress traffic outside the core network environment. There may be certain use cases where a host needs to have connectivity to multiple gateways or ISPs for different network connections. In…
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Computers
StarWind Two Node VMware Hyperconverged VSAN
If you have not heard about StartWind Virtual SAN, it is a highly scalable and powerful virtual SAN solution that allows for a two node hyperconverged configuration for multiple Hypervisor configurations. StarWind VSAN allows you to take internal storage whether…
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Networking
GNS3 2.0 released new features
For those networking geeks out there like myself, no doubt you have used and continue to utilize GNS3 as a tool for mock ups, learning, and just about anything else you can think of. GNS3 today has some major news…
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Networking
How to add Cisco NX-OSv in GNS3
In provisioning a quick lab scenario inside of GNS3, I wanted to use the NX-OSv image to simulate some real hardware. For those that may not know, as I wrote about, you can take images downloaded via the Cisco VIRL…
