Introduction Ubiquiti's UniFi Network Management Software represents a leap in network administration. It combines features with a user-friendly interface, making it a popular choice among IT professionals and network administrators.…
Setup a Raspberry Pi
I didn't really appreciate what a Raspberry Pi was until sometime last year - it had passed me by really. However, it is now my go-to device whenever I want…
Unifi Dream Machine
For years, I used the network equipment supplied by my internet providers. More often than not, these are mediocre at best. So, for some time, I treated the internet provider…
Unifi US-16-XG
My home lab has undergone several changes over the last couple of years. The biggest one is that I upgraded to 10Gb networking. Initially, I used a SAN to hold…
Hyper-V Powershell Networking
Get a list of switches Get-VMSwitch Get a list of Network adapters Get-VMNetworkAdapter -all Change virtual switch each VM's Network Card points at: - Get-VM "VM01" | Get-VMNetworkAdapter With this…
HP 10Gb Dual SFP+ Network Card & Hyper-V
When I first started to upgrade my home lab server network to 10Gb, I was determined to do it on a sensible budget. As all of my networking infrastructure is…
Slow and Problematic Windows -> Linux SMB Share
Like many people, I have a Synology NAS that I use for backups. I backed up various Windows Servers to a Share on this NAS overnight using tools including Veeam,…
PiHole and lots of Block Lists
I have been running Pi-Hole for a while now. It is a great utility for blocking Ads and dodgy sites of one sort or another, and the default block lists…