Having set up the reason for this build in Part 1, let’s get right to how it was done! Below is the parts list with links to purchase: White Outdoor Waterproof Electrical Box 802.3at PoE Splitter Digital Voltmeter Ammeter Terminal Block Distribution Module Temp Control Switch Module with Sensor Probe 78W 12V USB Outlet Surface … More Homemade Cellular Internet Backup – Part 2: The Build
A few years back, my wife and I bought a house on 7 acres of wooded property on the edge of a hill, which she affectionately calls our “treehouse”. We can often see deer when we look uphill out our bedroom window, and we’re entertained by horses, donkeys, and bulls when looking downhill out our … More Homemade Cellular Internet Backup – Part 1: The Problem
I had a few home lab projects I wanted to accomplish this weekend, and they required me to learn a few things in Linux which I hadn’t done before: Create an NFS share on one device Required downloading and configuring the NFS services Mount the previously-created NFS share on another device Mount an external USB … More July Linux Labbing – Part 1
If you’re from the Cisco world, no doubt you make regular use of the ‘sh cdp neighbor’ command to learn about how your network devices are physically connected – especially when learning about a new network with questionable documentation or physical labeling (though that never happens, right?). Most network folks are also quite familiar with … More You Can Do a ‘show CDP neighbor’ on End Hosts — Even ESXi
In the previous post, I introduced the netsh wlan command and shared a sample batch file that can be used to run the command with the ‘show all’ options and direct the output to a text file. In this post I’ll go through some of the more useful bits of info the command can provide. … More Troubleshooting WiFi @ Windows CLI w/ Netsh Command – Part 2
Our end users may complain about “slow WiFi”, but as network engineers we know that an interconnected system of devices, links, and applications all work together to provide wireless data services. From applications running on end hosts to device drivers to wireless radios to APs to cabling to access, distro, and core switches, to authentication systems, … More Troubleshooting WiFi @ Windows CLI w/ Netsh Command – Part 1
Have folks noticed their PS3 or other game console using a lot of data or otherwise behaving weirdly on the network when it was, as far as you knew, idle? I powered on my PS3 to charge my phone, and about 24 hours later, this was a summary of its usage. It was just sitting … More PlayStation 3 & High Data Utilization When Idle
After a typical arduous week of work, I don’t have the mental energy to compose engaging prose on some interesting technical topic. However, in order to meet my new goal to just publish something regularly, quality-be-darned, I thought I’d share a list of some of the gear I use regularly. Here’s hoping it will help build blogging … More Gear Overview
I’ve had many ideas for potential blog posts over the last year, but some obstacle always came up: maybe the idea needed to be polished a bit more, or I had to get more work done, or just completely lacked motivation. As with many worthwhile pursuits in life, though, I realized that perfect circumstances rarely exist. Sometimes you have … More There are No Perfect Circumstances
A lot has happened since my last (first) post: CWNA cert obtained, job end, job search, new job (return to the old). The CWNA is by far the best certification experience I’ve had. From the well-written study guide by David D. Coleman & David A. Westcott to the exam itself, the materials were mentally engaging and seemed … More CWNA Unlocked & a New Gig
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