The WYSE 5070, a perfect little VyOS device
As a bit of a networking nerd, I'm always on the hunt for cheap and powerful hardware that I can toss VyOS on. The WYSE 5070 thin client is my…
Battle of the Bare Metal Routers
Continuing from my previous post, I wanted to see how a variety of software routing and firewall platforms performed when put to the test on an equal playing field. As…
Migrating an EFI Linux Install to a new Server
Recently, during my Great Rack Migration madness, I migrated the system drive for my main NAS to a new Supermicro 846. One of the hurdles I ran into was that…
The Great Rack Migration – Dell R420
This post continues my migration into my new rack. After migrating the X10SRH, I really thought I was done. Everything was now in the rack and working like it should.…
The Great Rack Migration – X10SRH-CLNF
This post continues my migration into my new rack. The X10SRH is my primary hypervisor. It holds a Xeon E5-2640v4 and is full of 32 gigabyte sticks of RAM. Fractal…
The Great Rack Migration – D1541
This post continues my migration into my new rack. As more and more parts arrived, it became time to migrate my Supermicro 5028D-TN4T. This tiny little server packs quite the…
The Great Rack Migration – D1521
As part of my continued rack migration, it was time to move the D1521. My Supermicro D-1521 host is my "whatever I need it to be" server. As I test…
The Great Rack Migration – D1518
So after a number of years labbing, I decided it's time to graduate to a rack. This is my series of posts documenting the migration. I deal with a lot…
Hacking a serial port into an EdgeRouter X
Although I'm not a huge fan of Ubiquiti stuff, some of the EdgeRouters hold a special place in my heart. The CLI isn't terrible, mostly like the VyOS CLI that…
10 gigabit inter-VLAN with a Mikrotik RB4011
Something I see pop up fairly regularly on a few of the forums, Discords, and subreddits that I hang out on is that the RB4011 is not capable of 10…
