The call that started it A customer calls us about their main production application. Operators are complaining the system keeps timing out. They have to redo work, restart the app, sometimes lose...
If you use both a desktop PC and a laptop on the same desk, you already know how messy things can get. One machine might be better for gaming or heavy local workloads. The other might be your work ...
The Problem With Learning IT Online If you’ve ever tried to learn something like PowerShell, or Proxmox, or Active Directory from scratch, you know the drill. You search YouTube, find a video, it’...
The Problem: Configuring VLANs Without a Plan Picture this: You’ve just decided to segment your network into separate VLANs. You’re excited to isolate your IoT devices from your home servers, lock...
Hardening Windows securely is harder than it should be. Too often, environments rely on: Random GPO templates Overly strict CIS settings Inconsistent security policies across systems Micr...
You don’t need a server rack or expensive hardware to start a homelab. With a single laptop, you can build a complete, portable lab running Proxmox and OpenWRT, with Wi-Fi passthrough and Multi-WAN...
If you’re managing more than one Proxmox VE node in your homelab, things just got a whole lot easier. The release of Proxmox Datacenter Manager (PDM) 0.9 Beta brings a centralized dashboard...
Introduction If you’re running Proxmox VE, backups are not optional, they’re essential. Proxmox Backup Server (PBS) is the official backup solution for Proxmox environments, offering dedup...
If you’re moving your home lab or production workloads from Hyper-V to Proxmox, this guide walks you through the entire migration process, including installing drivers, exporting, converting, and i...
TL;DR A flat /24 network for everything (servers, printers, switches, APs, clients, phones, IoT, cameras, …) finally ran out of steam. Immediate relief: we added two temporary /24 scopes in a sup...