Category Archives: Technical

Still a draft but it is publicly available. I created a document on how to get DDWRT on an ESXi host. https://www.apolonio.com/node/57 This is on creating DDWRT on an ESXi VM Still a rough draft, and there are kinks. Interesting … Continue reading →

I got a custom LARD version going to get ddwrt installed in a Virtual Machine Looks like it will work.  As I post I am testing it out. This one deserves a document. Just doing pushups and situps.

This morning I figured out how to bridge two networks via virtualized version of ddwrt. I was hoping when I got home to document how I did it. Then a server crashes, and I was stuck at work 5 hours … Continue reading →

As expected, I have finished the physical server and for the most part all of the VMs. It takes a long time to boot.  With about 14 VMs needing to start at a minimum of 2 minutes each, this server … Continue reading →

I should have a buttoned up ESXi host ready for training by tomorrow morning. As I post this blog, I am copying VM’s to the hard drive I will use. Almost didn’t happen, this box was producing some weird errors … Continue reading →

In debian its called preseed not kickstart and setting up a local repo for a particular architecture is challenging. I am giving it a go, but it is brutal.  With so many machines I am building it may be word … Continue reading →

Been a struggle to get my lab up.  I did get a few things going today and made some significant progress.  I am spinning up some VM’s at the moment. Taking a break today from working out, need to focus … Continue reading →

I week before my next presentation and I barely started. I know what I want to say, but I did not doing anything measureable yet. Just doing pushups and situps today, still on a Seahawk high.

My network is starting to look more organized again.  Slowly but surely things are clearing up and getting settled. Still wasting too much time on it but it is getting better. One change is I got crashplan working.  Hope to … Continue reading →