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Portracker – an open source self-hosted real-time port monitoring and discovery tool

2026-03-102026-03-10 Danie
Illustration of a cartoon dog with a magnifying glass (a tracker dog) near a harbor or port, promoting "Portracker", an open-source, self-hosted port discovery tool.

I’m using this tool to identify which docker container ports are published or exposed (from the container) as well as which internal ports are available on your containers. This tool helps see where there may […]

Blogdocker, networking, opensource, selfhosting, technology

Installed a network cabinet to tidy up my networking mess at home

2025-05-162025-05-16 Danie
A neatly organized electronic rack showcasing network equipment, a UPS, and a keyboard with a mouse on the bottom shelf.

In hindsight, I can say now this was really worth it. Apart from the rat’s nest of cables I had, the original stand I was using did wobble a bit if bumped, and that was […]

Bloghomelab, networking, technology

6 OPNsense plugins that make a home network a joy to use

2025-05-032025-05-03 Danie
Close-up of network devices and cables, showcasing a gaming console, HDMI ports, and lit indicators on a patch panel.

“When you finally get tired of your ISP router, one of the most-recommended replacements is making your own with a custom OPNsense firewall. This puts the power back in your hands, limits what your ISP […]

Blognetworking, OPNsense, security, technology

7 network security myths that make you less secure

2025-04-282025-04-28 Danie
A network rack cabinet with multiple switches and cables, displaying active lights indicating power and connectivity.

Number 5 interested me specifically as I recently installed Zenarmor to monitor my network from the inside using packet inspection. It demonstrated point 5 quite well in showing what the apps on mobile phones actually […]

Blognetworking, security, technology

SmokePing is a cross-platform open source deluxe latency measurement tool

2025-04-282025-04-28 Danie
Data graph showing RTT (round-trip time) over 15 days with median, average, and loss statistics, featuring green data points and a grid layout.

SmokePing can measure, store and display latency, latency distribution and packet loss. SmokePing uses RRDtool to maintain a long term data-store and to draw pretty graphs, giving up-to-the-minute information on the state of each network […]

Bloglinux, networking, opensource, technology

I monitor my home network by self-hosting ntopng – here’s how

2025-02-252025-02-25 Danie
Dashboard displaying network traffic statistics, including pie charts for traffic breakdown and sent/received data metrics.

“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 […]

Blognetworking, opensource, technology

I migrated from a Consumer Router to an OPNsense Firewall Appliance

2025-02-162025-02-16 Danie
OPNsense dashboard showing stats for the firewall

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 […]

Blognetworking, opensource, OPNsense, technology

5 networking tools to safeguard your home lab from the inside out

2025-02-102025-02-10 Danie
A person holds a 2TB Western Digital hard drive in front of a computer case with visible internal components and cables.

“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, […]

Bloghomelab, networking, technology

Challenges with Asus Router and VLANs (Video)

2025-02-012025-02-01 Danie
Teal colour background with white title text saying: Asus Router VLAN Challenges. It has inserted photos of an Asus router and a TP-Link network switch.

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 […]

BlogAsus, networking, technology, VLANs

How to Choose the Best (and Fastest) Alternative DNS Server

2024-12-042024-12-04 Danie
The image shows a computer screen displaying the results of a Domain Name Server (DNS) benchmark test. The foreground is dominated by a table of data showing the response times of various nameservers. The background features the title "DNS Benchmark" along with other menu options like 'Introduction', 'Nameservers', 'Tabular Data', and 'Conclusions'. The software appears to be 'Precision Freeware by Steve Gibson'. The image depicts a technical analysis of network performance.

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 […]

BlogDNS, networking, technology

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