Category Archives: New Toys

Yay New Firewall Up

Posted on October 17, 2022 by larry

Took a while, but new firewall is live. I don’t know how many firewalls I have been through Linux Shorewall Fortinet Watchguard DDWRT pfSense Was going to go opensense, but pfSense team got me. Hopefully this holds Saw my PT … Continue reading →

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Upgrade Moving Faster Then Expected

Posted on October 15, 2022 by larry

Was thinking of sticking with my Dell T410 for a few more months, but FOMO got the better of me on the new motherboard I wanted. So I just ordered it. So my main ESXi host will be based on … Continue reading →

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Finally Thin Client As Firewall

Posted on October 14, 2022 by larry

Went to the PC recycle store today, and finally found a power supply that will work with my HP T730 plus thin client. Going to stick with pfsense with it. Don’t feel like redoing things with opensense. All I can … Continue reading →

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Walking Again Sleeping Better

Posted on October 6, 2022 by larry

After a week break, the walk is starting to make me tired again. So I think I am going to sleep better. A little late post, was in bed, forgot. Got my backup server to 10Gb networking, just need my … Continue reading →

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Can’t Add 10G Card

Posted on October 5, 2022 by larry

I only had 2 PCI-E cards on one of my servers. I could not add another 10G card because it was populated by a video card and an HBA. Looking for an old school PCI card to get it to … Continue reading →

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Next ESXi Host

Posted on October 4, 2022 by larry

I am pretty much done with my new ESXi 7 host. I may get another 64GB of RAM but it works with the 192GB I got now. Going to 256 just insures I have enough spare capacity for testing. Also … Continue reading →

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Bummer Fiber Connection

Posted on October 3, 2022 by larry

I installed the new switch into the rack, unfortunately one of the fiber connections is bad, the long hard run. So look like I am going to be running another line. But not till later. I got at least the … Continue reading →

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Almost Got Steps In

Posted on October 1, 2022 by larry

Almost got all my steps in, today was a good day… almost. Son had a cross country meet and I easily got my floors climbing hills. But nearly got my steps too. Just 7500. If I was paying attention I … Continue reading →

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Consolidating My Build

Posted on September 30, 2022 by larry

ESXi host is firmly in production, the only reason to turn it off is the new cable and RAM. With that I am slowly adding making it the way I want to. Looking for old VMs, getting backups ready etc. … Continue reading →

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Three Down One to Go

Posted on September 29, 2022 by larry

I have shutdown 3 machines and replaced it with 1, this one was the easiest to move over, it just worked. Thank you Linux. Add another 70Watts saved for a total of the 300 watts mentioned yesterday. Got one more … Continue reading →

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