A Technical Pro’s Home Network
I’m a career operations guy with some background in security and network engineering. This means my home network is something some people might call “over-engineered” (or even “completely overkill” if...
View ArticleHow Brocade totally missed the boat with Vyatta
When Brocade acquired Vyatta, it didn’t seem that they fully comprehended just what they had their hands on. Vyatta was an efficient, powerful, flexible network operating system based on Linux, which...
View ArticleLeaving pfSense for VyOS (formerly Vyatta)
A few months back I wrote a bit about my unusual home network topology and, in particular, how I’d been planning to modernize it. Though it had worked pretty well for years already, the aim then was to...
View ArticleRamNode Debian primer script
The out-of-the-box Debian experience on RamNode has improved drastically in recent days, but it can still be quite a chore to get your vanilla VPS to the point where it’s ready for the challenges of...
View ArticleHands-on with the new EdgeRouter Infinity
I was recently able to spend some time with Ubiquiti‘s new EdgeRouter Infinity (ER-8-XG). It’s a nice piece of hardware, especially for the money, with 8 SFP+ ports and an integrated gigabit copper...
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