So, I’ve started a new job back in the IT career field and I couldn’t be happier. I’m able to do things related to my expertise again. One of the challenges in my job has been a community-wide lack of #MFA in our network environments. I won’t discuss which community, because it will start a […]
Category: Hardware
If you have ever spent much time working with the Ubiquity UDM Pro, you will find that it is a great device for many things (network controller, video and phone controller, etc.). However, it’s not the best firewall if you are going to do some advanced rulesets or want to have that extra peace of […]
This was probably one of the most exciting things I’ve done in a long while. I’m going to apologize now for this being a long post. More important than the “How” for this entry is the “Why”. I wanted to share that with you before I get into the specific details. A lot of folks […]
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The New Addition to the HomeLab
So I had mentioned previously that I was looking for a new server to help reduce the overall electric usage in the apartment. Unfortunately, I live in an area with progressive electric bills and I was well on my way to having a $1000 monthly electric bill by the end of the summer. I did […]
So there I was…isn’t that the way it usually starts out with these things? My desktop PC is a great beauty. I built her in late 2018 to provide a solid baseline for light development, gaming, and virtualization with VMware Workstation. She has an Intel i9-9900K processor with 64GB of GSkill TridentZ RGB 3200 memory. […]
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HomeLab Upgrades
Well, I’m learning a painful lesson about running a #HomeLab environment 24/7: Electricity is Expensive! I had always heard electricity was more expensive in Korea, but after 3 consecutive months of a higher electric bill (well above average) I’m now a believer. Unfortunately, I need to find a way to cut the bill before the […]
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 […]
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 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 […]