Networking - Spans' Blog

Raspberry Pi + Arch Linux ARM + bcache + iSCSI + LVM cache + VDO + KVM + ZFS

Yep, that's how mad I've got during this lockdown. What gave the ideaAbout two months ago, an update to the Raspberry Pi OS (ex Raspbian) added Microsoft's VS Code package repository and its corresponding GPG key to the system. There's discussion about it over

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6U desktop network rack build

My "core" LAN network consists of two rackmounted switches and a router. After moving into a new apartment, I didn't want to keep them in a zero-ventilation closet on the

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I thought PiHole was kinda bad so I made my own

TL;DR: it's a Rust binary called Singularity (because of the gravity lists, domain blackholing? it sounds cool don't judge). You give it sources for malicious domains and it outputs a Lua script that the PowerDNS Recursor uses to automatically respond with a null

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Why your port-forward doesn't work

There's a million and then some guides online that tell you how to set up a port-forward in your home router box, but what about when the forward doesn't actually work? In this post I've collected the common reasons why after a port-forward you

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Why I'm not recommending VyOS anymore and how I built my own

I used to like VyOS quite a lot as a general-purpose lightweight Linux-based easily virtualised router appliance. It didn't really have anything to complain about, other than the fact that the latest build for its version 1.1.8 was released late-2017. Starting October

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Hyper-V Server 2016 + Intel I350 = weird problems

I have a two-node Hyper-V failover cluster where both nodes have a four-port gigabit PCI-e NIC installed for additional reduntant network ports. The first node has an older Intel PRO/1000, whereas the other one has the PRO/1000's new brother the I350. The

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VyOS RADIUS user authentication

Authenticating VyOS users with RADIUS is easy, but there's a couple of gotchas you should know of. How to actually do itYou can configure one or more RADIUS servers for authentication under system login: set system login radius-server 192.168.0.100 secret YourSharedSecretInPlainTextKeepItSafe