I ditched OPNsense for UniFi, and the speed gain wasn't the real win
…Being able to see network diagrams and issues easily makes my life better, and gives me more time to do other things. I might write about networking often, but I don't…
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Bots found my home server in minutes - here’s how I kept them out
…network safe is part of knowing that you will get found, and what to do to make sure there’s nothing worth finding. My server was on a list before my coffee…
I turned a spare USB drive and Wi‑Fi router into shared storage, no NAS required
…to move large files in my house Sneakernet FTW! Gain access from a Mac Use Finder and SMB Since I have a Mac on my network, there are times when I need…
I connected my NAS directly to my PC with 10 gigabit Ethernet, and skipped upgrading the rest of my network
…Then, I switched to my PC and headed to the Network Settings within the Control Panel. Since I’ve got two network cards connected to my PC, I chose the 10GbE NIC…
Ntopng turned my home network into something I could actually understand
…Meanwhile, the latter’s responsibilities include scanning my LAN for the connection of my devices and creating a topology map. However, ntopng is the one that single-handedly fixed my network monitoring…
I never configure a home firewall without these three rules, and they stop the attacks most people don't know are happening
…They stop traffic coming from known bad actors, reduce the threat of devices inside my home network betraying me, and stop automated scripts from hammering through my defenses. The best part is…
This $900 network switch has been flawless for nearly a decade, but it was still a mistake
…The center of my home network is OPNsense and a few switches, including an almost-decade-old EnGenius ECS2512FP. This eight-port multi-gig network switch helps make the magic happen, taking…
I mounted my Immich library in Finder, and now I never open the web app
…your own network. I've spent a lot of time organizing my photos into albums, and having access to them via the Finder has made a measurable improvement in my image-viewing…
My old switch has a feature I ignored for years, and it fixed my home network
…Sign in to your XDA account When I upgraded my network stack after dipping my feet into the home lab ecosystem, I had simple goals. First, I wanted a home LAN with…
Tailscale is the only home lab change I made this year that I actually noticed
…It's on my jailbroken Kindles, every Android or iOS device I own, and anything else that I could find a hackable way to put the secure overlay network on. And that…