Category Archives: Technical

Last year I made a small heart, this year I made a little rose with a tea light in it. Recall a few days ago I got a remote site working with my son. Today I got a hard drive … Continue reading →

Got couple things going on today, figured out how to install ZFS on Rocky 9.7 (note required upgrading from ZFS 2.1 to 2.2 Also installed some fresh UPS batteries, didn’t know some were replaced already and still good. Kind of … Continue reading →

Good weekend coming up, no football, extra day off, and got a few tasks. Allows me to start minor renovations that I had planned. One of my goals for February was to make the last bathroom nicer. Got some material … Continue reading →

Finally got it working, it took just an hour or so to figure it out. Unfortunately I do not have detailed documentation on how I did it, but here are a couple of small notes Now I can proceed with … Continue reading →

Woohoo, I got a remote site working. I was able to walk my son at PLU to connect the network to home. The trick was connecting to EDUROAM. I needed a different firmware to get it to work. Also at … Continue reading →

Recall couple months ago I tried to get my son a server rack at his dorm. But I could not get wifi working on the router I repurposed because it did not support WPA enterpise. Today I added a travel … Continue reading →

Had today off and I was able to work a bit on my server room. I have come to the conclusion that it is kind of done. Maybe there is some dusting but for the most part it is clean … Continue reading →

Took the first step and trying to get UPS battery replacements today, long overdue. This is me trying to be proactive with battery replacements. Doing 3 years for off brand and 5 years for APC branded ones. Another thing that … Continue reading →

Office is coming along, I removed a bunch of old wires and gear to make things nicer. Stuff was mostly labeled, but some weren’t. I started the day with a reorg of some switches. I have come to the realization … Continue reading →