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“If you’re into the server ecosystem, you may already have a couple of monitoring tools set up on your home lab. While Uptime Kuma and Prometheus + Grafana configurations have their perks, you’ll require something […]
Well, this was no mean feat in the end, but lots of preparation did help make it ultimately migrate with only 70 minutes of downtime. Why I did this My home network does include one […]
“If you’re new to the hobby, securing your home lab is paramount to ensuring the integrity, confidentiality, and availability of your systems and data. It’s easy to inadvertently expose your entire system to online threats, […]
Key issues covered in my video are: I show some of the issues I experienced with my new Asus ROG Rapture GT-AX6000 gaming router. It is one of only about five or six routers of […]
Your internet service provider offers its own DNS servers, which help you turn websites like www.howtogeek.com into their respective IP addresses. Your devices use those by default, but you can set your own preferred DNS […]
Yes, well over 10 years that IPv6 has been formally announced and in the process of being rolled out (and out, and out). Reading the linked article though regarding backwards compatibility, it does remind me […]
Wi-Fi extenders (basically just adding a remote router connected by an Ethernet cable, or even just Wi-Fi) are, on paper at least, quite appealing. And why wouldn’t they be? Who doesn’t like an inexpensive solution […]
The latency (time to respond) from your chosen DNS server, determines how quickly your web browser will find the IP address to load a website. You can choose other DNS servers apart from the default […]
Port Forwarding (or port mapping) allows external traffic from the internet to connect to a device, like a computer, on a private network. Say you want to host a Minecraft server for your friends on […]
Dynamic DNS is a useful service that allows you to use a fixed and memorable address for your home network even when your ISP changes your home network’s IP address. You can often set up […]
