So this is something that has caused me about a week of frustration all to get fixed in about 5 minutes of re-reading the same posts over and over again. The Googles were short on answers here, and to be honest, I still don’t understand why this works the way it does. If you have […]
Author: Alex Ackerman
Introduction I figure this is as good a place as any to talk about the challenges and many changes I had to undergo to get my networking setup in a way that helps me try out the tech. This is going to be a long one, as I want to help share my reasoning for […]
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HomeLab Setup
Hello! So I’m a little late for this posting, but I had to clear up a few things with my employer before I got too deep into this blog. With that out of the way, I’m hoping to try and get at least 1 post per week up, if not more, depending on progress I […]
Happy New Year! I hope you are all enjoying the start to, hopefully, a wonderful year. I thought I’d start my first real “content” piece with something that isn’t really about virtualization, but incredibly important for anyone: How do you ensure that software or file you downloaded is authentic and not Malware/Ransomware? There have been […]
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HomeLab Components
So the first stop on this journey is to talk about the hardware and software components that make up my HomeLab. These were not all acquired overnight, but it has taken a while to try and figure out how it’s all going to fit together. I’m still not entirely fixed on this setup and it […]
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Welcome to my Blog!
This is my first foray into sharing my experiences and frustrations. I hope you find the content engaging and informative. I have been working in and around IT for most of the past 24 years. However, I’m currently working outside of that arena and I wanted to help maintain and build new skills. I decided […]