Setup Windows Server 2016 Hyper-V VM Replication
Setting up Hyper-V replication allows you to replicate a virtual machine from one Hyper-V environment over to another. The nice things about replication in the Microsoft Hyper-V hypervisor world is…
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Configure Splunk for Meraki MX
In looking at firewall upgrades for home lab and network, I have been taking a look at a variety of firewalls. Recently, I was able to get my hands on a…
Setup GNS3 VM VMware ESXi
GNS3 has definitely matured as a product and offers tremendous functionality especially if you look at the cross vendor platform support that it offers. I definitely prefer the interface of…
VMware vSphere 6.5 Configure Encrypted VMs
One of the new exciting features that was introduced with vSphere 6.5 is the encrypted VMs feature. Security these days is on everyone’s mind and encryption provides a solution to…
Create LACP LAG between Extreme and Enterasys switches
A late breaking project I was involved with recently with a client was adding 10G port count to an environment that had simply outgrown the number of 10G ports that were…
Stretch layer 2 with OTV
Lately, in looking at different ways to stretch layer 2 with various technologies, I have been proof of concepting various ways to do this in router labs. In a recent post…
Meraki MS220-8P unboxing and initial setup
Recently, I was excited to get my hands on a new Meraki MS220-8P cloud switch. So I wanted to go through some of the unboxing highlights as well as some…
Windows Server 2016 Containers Basic Setup
If you would like to lab and play around with containers, there is a really great setup script and a few easy steps you can follow to get a copy…
Mikrotik Setup Multiple Virtual APs and VLANs
Recently, I picked up a Mikrotik RB951G-2hnd for an additional AP to play around with in the lab and to eventually replace an aging Netgear SOHO router/AP that currently only…
How to enable thinprint VMware Workstation 12
Since VMware Workstation 12 has all but eliminated the problems I was having with the VMware workstation console interfacing with my VMs, I have since moved back to using the…