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Jul/20

WiFi Features To Consider

Filed Under Networking at 1st July 2020 0:01 by

Overview Here a few considerations I think are worth looking into in your next networking setup. I tried to list things that are less commonly known and marketed but makes living the wireless lifestyle easier. Fast Roaming The ability to … Continue reading →

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Mar/20

Filtering Websites With Ubiquiti Security Gateway And OpenDNS

Filed Under Networking at 2nd March 2020 0:01 by

Overview The Unifi Security Gateway (USG) can be setup to assign a custom DNS server. The DNS server itself will perform the blocking based on the sites people/devices access. Pre-Requisites In order for everything to work beyond a working Unifi … Continue reading →

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Dec/19

Pi-hole DNS Filtering

Filed Under Container, Infrastructure, Linux at 2nd December 2019 0:01 by

Overview Pi-hole is a very light weight, DNS filtering server. It’s so light that there are reports it can even run on a Raspberry Pi 1! Example reasons for filtering DNS include blocking ads to filtering out harmful sites (content … Continue reading →

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Feb/14

Keep VPN Alive On Ubuntu

Filed Under Linux, Networking at 24th February 2014 0:01 by

Overview I have tried VPNs in the past but for whatever reason they always disconnect after a certain amount of time despite selecting automatically connect. I found a post on how to keep a VPN alive by using network manger … Continue reading →

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Mar/10

Megabit To Gigabit Network

Filed Under Networking at 26th March 2010 7:50 by

Overview I have finally made the switch to Gigabit networking! Thanks to an Amazon deal I bought some switches to kit my network out. Because I do move large files about such as video files as well as streaming from … Continue reading →

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Feb/10

Change MAC Address In Windows

Filed Under Windows at 11th February 2010 13:52 by

It is possible to spoof the MAC address in Windows without going into the registry. The network will go down during this process so it’s best to stop or wait till all downloads or any other network related activity has … Continue reading →

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Aug/09

Windows 7 Sleep & Wakes Up Unexpectedly / Instantly

Filed Under Windows at 7th August 2009 20:36 by

I had a problem with my system where I put it to sleep and it would wake up for no reason. I found an article where if you turn off the option “Allow this device to wake the computer” for … Continue reading →

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Jul/09

Epson Stylus SX600FW Review

Filed Under Hardware, Review at 1st July 2009 0:01 by

Overview I recently bought a new printer and wanted an all in one unit as well as a cross platform compatibility. I’m bias towards Epson printers which I have had in the past and have had good experience with them. … Continue reading →