Search Results

If you are running ESXI free license in your home lab environment, chances are, you might have wonder about how to backup the ESXI config data. Fortunately, you can export the config data from the ESXI host itself through a few simple command lines. Backing u...

pfSense have the option to restore from the configuration file on the USB installer during the initial install process. This is very useful when you are looking to upgrade pfSense from one major version to another, such as going from version 2.4.5 to version 2...

Adding VLAN ID In order to allow Netgear switch to process VLAN traffics, we have to add the VLAN information to the switch first. Login to the webGUI of your Netgear Switch. Almost all the Netgear switches will have a similar webGUI layout. In this guide, I...

Prerequisites 8GB or bigger USB Flash Drive Windows 10 Media Creation Tool requires at least 8 GB USB Flash drive The actual Windows 10 21H1 ISO is 5.42 GB BACKUP ALL YOUR IMPORTANT DATA Before any installations, always backup your important dat...

To start installing Windows 10, plug the USB Flash drive into your PC boot into the USB flash drive. You may need to choose your boot order in the BIOS setting in order for your PC to boot from USB flash drive. On some motherboards, you can use F11 key to laun...

Raspberry Pi 5V Power Source, Raspberry Pi 1, 2, 3 and Zero uses a MicroUSB connector for power 2.1A or higher Power Supply is enough for Pi 3 and lower models Raspberry Pi 4 uses a USB Type C connector for power 3.1A or higher Power Supply is...

Step 1: Download First, download the OS from the official Raspberry Pi Foundation website below. There are three different versions of the Raspberry Pi OS. The Raspberry Pi OS with desktop and recommended software is suitable for beginners. Raspberry Pi OS wi...

Adding new user accounts to the pfSense local database can be useful for services such as OpenVPN and Captive Portal. You can add a new admin user to increase the overall security for your pfSense machine. One good security practice is to disable the built-in ...

For most people, a simple WAN/LAN two interface setup is enough for a firewall. For some, that may not be enough. There are plenty of motherboards out there with more than two NICs onboard, or you might have come across a cheap quad-port PCIe NIC that you want...

There are a lot of add-ons packages that you can add to pfSense to expand on what pfSense can do. Packages such as Snort and Suricata can turn pfSense into a network wide IDS/IPS system, while packages such as Service Watchdog and Arpwatch provides better moni...

For this guide, I will show you how to edit the DHCP server settings on pfSense, as well as how to find DHCP leases and set Static IPs for your devices. DHCP Server To edit the DHCP settings for a LAN, login to the pfSense WebGUI. Click on the Services -> DH...

Firewall rules are the one of the basic fundamentals of networking. They are a set of rules that a firewall will follow when data flows through the firewall. The firewall can reject, block, or accept data according to the rules. pfSense’s WebGUI makes creatin...

pfSense’s WebGUI makes it very straight-forward to create your own CA for your local network. In this guide, I will show you how to create and install your own self-signed CA and Certificates on pfSense 2.4.5 p1. Creating the Certificate Authority Navigate a...

Sometimes, computer hardware can fail when you least expected. Sometimes, you might have accidentally made a mistake in the pfSense settings, and you can’t get any internet traffic anymore. Fortunately, pfSense can export the current system configuration as a ...

The default Java version that comes bundled with Minecraft is Java 8. While Java 8 is still supported, it was released back in 2014, making it pretty old for today’s standards. There have been many other Java editions releases since then that have many improve...

In this guide, I will guide you through how to set up Pi-Hole for your network. Because Pi-Hole is very resource efficient, it can run on any version of Raspberry Pi. You can even run it over Wi-Fi on a Raspberry Pi Zero! Prerequisites A working Raspberry Pi...

Below are some of the Pi-Hole Adlists that I currently use on my network. They block out a lot of ads, but may also have a lot of false positives. Use the whitelist feature to fine-tune the list to suit your needs. https://raw.githubusercontent.com/StevenBlac...

By now, you probably have flashed the Raspberry Pi OS and boot up your Raspberry Pi for the first time. In this guide, I will list some of the useful commands you should do when you first login to the Raspberry Pi OS. This guide will be updated as I find new ...

By default, Raspberry Pi uses the MicroSD card as the boot storage device. MicroSD cards, even the ones rated for Class 10 and above, are not highly rated when it comes to write endurance. The more data you write onto a MicroSD card, the higher the likelihood ...

If you ever need to change the BookStack instance's URL, run the following command within the BookStack application folder (/var/www/BookStack/): # Searches for <oldUrl> and replaces it with <newUrl>. Case-sensitive. sudo php artisan bookstack:update-url <o...