How To
Best Wi-Fi 7 Access Points for a Homelab
Buying a Wi-Fi 7 access point for a homelab is mostly a fight against marketing. Half the APs…
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Networking
How To
Omada vs UniFi for a Homelab: Which to Self-Host
Both TP-Link Omada and Ubiquiti UniFi hand you a free controller you run yourself, so the Omada vs…
Containers
Run a Self-Hosted Omada Controller in Docker (with HTTPS)
You bought TP-Link Omada gear because it is cheap, solid, and centrally managed. What you probably do not…
How To
Quality of Service (QoS) Explained for CCNA
Bandwidth is finite, and when a link fills up, something has to wait. Quality of Service decides what…
How To
How to Configure SNMP and Syslog on Cisco IOS
When something breaks on a network at 3 a.m., the device already knew. It logged the interface going…
How To
How to Configure NTP on Cisco IOS (Client and Server)
A router with the wrong clock will happily timestamp a log entry from 1993, reject a valid certificate…
Networking
OPNsense vs pfSense on a Mini PC: Throughput, IDS, and WireGuard
Both firewalls run the same FreeBSD packet filter, so on a mini-PC the raw speed numbers come out…
Networking
Fix Intel i226-V Random NIC Drops on OPNsense
You buy a fanless N100 or N305 mini-PC, load OPNsense onto it, and everything looks perfect until the…
Networking
Best pfSense and OPNsense Hardware: Fanless Mini-PC Firewall Boxes
Before you buy a box to run pfSense or OPNsense, settle one question: how fast is the link…
How To
Configure a Cisco DHCP Server and Relay
A laptop that joins a network gets its IP address, subnet mask, default gateway, and DNS server in…
How To
Configure NAT and PAT on a Cisco Router
Every phone, laptop, and server on a private network needs to reach the internet, yet they all carry…
Networking
CCNA 200-301 Domain 5 Practice Test: Security Fundamentals
Security Fundamentals covers more separate skills than any other part of the Cisco CCNA 200-301 exam. It is…