Over the years, I have used several different VPNs, both at work and for my home network. Most have worked well enough, but they all force all traffic through the…
Twingate – It’s not a VPN, or is it?
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…
Dell XC730-16G
I recently acquired two Dell XC730-16G servers. According to the Dell web site, they are a Hyper-Converged Appliance: - The Dell XC730-16G system is web-scale converged appliance based on the…
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…
Heimdall
In an era where the efficiency of managing various web services and applications is paramount, dashboards like Heimdall play a crucial role. Heimdall, named after the Norse deity, the vigilant…
Homarr – My new homepage
For years, I have added bookmarks to my browsers to enable me to navigate to the different systems I use. Typically, I open a list of pages whenever I launch…
Moving VMs and Containers on Proxmox
Unlike Hyper-V server, moving a VM or Container in Proxmox is really simple. You simply select the source VM or Container in the Datacenter area on the left and then…
Updating a Copy Code WordPress Plugin
As you will see, throughout this site, there are code snippets that have been nicely formatted and colour-coded with the ability to copy that code to the clipboard. Initially, I…