https://www.tiernanotoole.ie/tags/networking.htmlHugoen-ie2026 Tiernan OTooleFri, 10 Jul 2026 23:30:52 +0100https://www.tiernanotoole.ie/2025/06/11/network-upgrades-2025.htmlWed, 11 Jun 2025 22:16:56 +0000https://www.tiernanotoole.ie/2025/06/11/network-upgrades-2025.htmlIt’s been just over a year since I last posted my 2024 Network Upgrade post. In that time, my network has undergone several changes. Here are the major updates: In the (hopefully not too distant) future, my cable ISP plans to upgrade from HFC (Hybrid Fiber/Coax) to full FTTH. When this happens, my speed will increase from 1Gb/50Mb to 5Gb/500Mb—and needless to say, I’ll be ordering that as soon as it’s available! This will boost the total download speed to just over 10Gb (about 10.4Gb, since Starlink tops out around 400Mb/s) and upload to 800Mb/s (with Starlink contributing 40-50Mb/s). That’s why I chose the UCG Fiber. It should handle two 5Gb incoming links, one 10Gb LAN connection, plus the Starlink connection (with IDS/IPS off, of course).https://www.tiernanotoole.ie/2024/12/12/how-to-use-cloudflare-warp-with-a-udm-pro.htmlThu, 12 Dec 2024 21:25:23 +0000https://www.tiernanotoole.ie/2024/12/12/how-to-use-cloudflare-warp-with-a-udm-pro.htmlIf you’re considering using Cloudflare Wrap for specific machines on your network, you can easily install the Warp client directly on them. It supports various operating systems, including Windows, Linux, Mac, iOS, and Android. However, if you need to use it on devices that aren’t compatible with the client installation, for example, NAS Devices or Smart TVs, this tutorial may be helpful. First, please note that this is not an officially supported option. Cloudflare might modify their configurations at some point, potentially causing this feature to break. You have been informed about this possibility.https://www.tiernanotoole.ie/2023/03/23/day-59-of-100daysofhomelab-proxmox-updates-ltt-hacked-new-framework-laptops.htmlThu, 23 Mar 2023 18:29:10 +0000https://www.tiernanotoole.ie/2023/03/23/day-59-of-100daysofhomelab-proxmox-updates-ltt-hacked-new-framework-laptops.htmlDay 59 of #100daysofhomelab and Proxmox released 7.4 of their Virtual Environment. I have not upgraded any of my machines to it, just yet, but that’s the plan for the weekend. Other than that, some links:https://www.tiernanotoole.ie/2023/03/21/day-58-of-100daysofhomelab.htmlTue, 21 Mar 2023 20:50:03 +0000https://www.tiernanotoole.ie/2023/03/21/day-58-of-100daysofhomelab.htmlDay 58 of #100daysofhomelab and today is mostly a retrospective of what I did over the last few days, with some links thrown in for good measure… Given I am going to keep GodBoxV3 running Windows Server 2022 for the foreseeable future, I installed Veeam Availability Suite (through their NFR program) and got it to backup up my Hyper-V VMs, along with my ESXi VMs to both local and Backblaze B2 storage. So far, so good.https://www.tiernanotoole.ie/2023/03/04/day-51-of-100daysofhomelab.htmlSat, 04 Mar 2023 01:44:26 +0000https://www.tiernanotoole.ie/2023/03/04/day-51-of-100daysofhomelab.htmlDay 51 of #100daysofhomelab and I am planning my move of some of my Docker instances in the house to new machines… GodBoxV3 is currently running Windows Server 2022 with a couple of HyperV VMs on it. One runs docker containers and the other USIP from Ubiquiti for managing my EdgeSwitches. I am trying to move these VMs off that machine and do a clean-up, and the plan is to either install Proxmox with TrueNAS as a VM with disks passed directly into it, plus some other VMs or TrueNAS direct with VMs on there… Suggestions? Anyway, as part of the clean-up, I put my custom WordPress Container up on GitHub and it builds new builds nightly. The move is going to be fun, so my weekend will be busy… So, other than that, some links.https://www.tiernanotoole.ie/2023/02/04/day-31-of-100daysofhomelab.htmlFri, 03 Feb 2023 23:55:03 +0000https://www.tiernanotoole.ie/2023/02/04/day-31-of-100daysofhomelab.htmlDay 31 of #100daysofhomelab and I am going through the config from my CHR to bring over to my RB5009, and, well, I have no idea what I was doing when I built the original config… Now to try and figure out what the config did, since I want to document it here so I know what I was thinking, but to also possibly help someone else… Mind you, at this stage, it won’t be much help… I also need to figure out how to add my Zerotier Bridge into the mix.https://www.tiernanotoole.ie/2023/02/03/day-30-of-100daysofhomelab.htmlThu, 02 Feb 2023 23:11:06 +0000https://www.tiernanotoole.ie/2023/02/03/day-30-of-100daysofhomelab.htmlDay 30 of #100daysofhomelab and I tried to look into getting my RB5009 setup, and well… it has the wrong power supply! EU, not UK/Ireland… More messing is required! [Update] Found the right supply, but fell asleep watching TV… more messing tomorrow…https://www.tiernanotoole.ie/2023/01/31/day-28-of-100daysofhomelab.htmlTue, 31 Jan 2023 19:55:15 +0000https://www.tiernanotoole.ie/2023/01/31/day-28-of-100daysofhomelab.htmlDay 28 of #100daysofhomelab and I got some benchmarks for the WordPress site. First, using ab, going directly to WordPress. It does have W3 Total Cache turned on, using Redis for DB and Object Cache, etc. 10000 requests at 100 a go, 682 requests a second, and meantime of 146ms per request. Total bandwidth is around 50Mbit/s.https://www.tiernanotoole.ie/2023/01/30/day-27-of-100daysofhomelab.htmlMon, 30 Jan 2023 22:56:23 +0000https://www.tiernanotoole.ie/2023/01/30/day-27-of-100daysofhomelab.htmlDay 27 of #100daysofhomelab and it does look like WordPress is running correctly and quite fast… Yesterday’s messing with configs got Varnish, Memcached and Redis all running along with upgrading from PHP8.0 to 8.2. The problem now seems to be related to caching rules… So, some messing with that is required… My RB5009 is now stuck in France and has been there since Friday… It is scheduled for delivery on Wednesday, so that will be a fun day breaking stuff… Its been on quite the trip. Most of that was in 3 days, but it got stuck in France and hasnt moved over the weekend… Fingers crossed it arrives on Wednesday!https://www.tiernanotoole.ie/2023/01/28/day-25-of-100daysofhomelab.htmlSat, 28 Jan 2023 21:40:09 +0000https://www.tiernanotoole.ie/2023/01/28/day-25-of-100daysofhomelab.htmlDay 25 of #100daysofhomelab, and not done much in the way of home lab work today, but has tested the bejesus out of the internet connection! I bought a Backblaze License for my Mac Book Pro, which initially has around 2.3Tb to backup. There are my YouTube Videos along with code and other bits… It looks like it has uploaded 290 Gb in the last 24 hours…https://www.tiernanotoole.ie/2023/01/26/day-22-of-100daysofhomelab.htmlWed, 25 Jan 2023 23:02:59 +0000https://www.tiernanotoole.ie/2023/01/26/day-22-of-100daysofhomelab.htmlDay 22 of #100daysofhomelab and I have been planning out my network update for when my RB5009 arrives… Not ready to share, yet, but it should be here on the 2nd Feb, so I will have a plan (maybe) by the weekend… Other than that, it’s a link dump for today: Ok, I kind of got the following diagram, but it only makes sense in my head, and I’m not even sure it makes sense there… I’ll leave this here without further explanation, till maybe the weekend…https://www.tiernanotoole.ie/2023/01/25/day-21-of-100daysofhomelab.htmlWed, 25 Jan 2023 08:03:31 +0000https://www.tiernanotoole.ie/2023/01/25/day-21-of-100daysofhomelab.htmlDay 21 (slightly late, forgot to post this last night) of #100daysofhomelab and its a links day. on a more different note, my Mikrotik RB5009UG+S+IN is finally on its way! Hopefully will have it next week! Happy days!https://www.tiernanotoole.ie/2023/01/12/day-10-of-100daysofhomelab.htmlThu, 12 Jan 2023 21:27:54 +0000https://www.tiernanotoole.ie/2023/01/12/day-10-of-100daysofhomelab.htmlDay 10 of #100daysofhomelab and its mostly updates and monitoring. I think my next plan for the Kubernetes cluster is to rebuild the VMs and start from scratch. Currently, they ranged from 2-4 cores and 4-8Gb RAM. They also had a single disk on them and used an Ubuntu 22.04 cloud image. I think the plan going forward is to make sure each has similar RAM and Cores, none are going on the smaller VM Hosts I have, and I will be adding a new disk just for storage. Looks like Minio might work for me… More testing and reading are required though.https://www.tiernanotoole.ie/2023/01/04/day-2-of-100daysofhomelab.htmlWed, 04 Jan 2023 22:06:47 +0000https://www.tiernanotoole.ie/2023/01/04/day-2-of-100daysofhomelab.htmlDay 2 of #100daysofhomelab and more messing with Kubernetes… So far, I have built, torn down, rebuilt and torn down a second time… and now building for a third time! Techno Tims Ansible scripts for the Win! A couple of notes for today: More work on the cluster is required. This blog is hosted in-house on one of the docker instances… Hopefully, at some stage, it will be moved to the K3s cluster! That would be the first major move!https://www.tiernanotoole.ie/2023/01/03/day-1-of-100daysofhomelab.htmlTue, 03 Jan 2023 20:58:44 +0000https://www.tiernanotoole.ie/2023/01/03/day-1-of-100daysofhomelab.htmlI have decided to start my #100daysofhomelab journey again, so today is day 1. I have been working on a K3s cluster in the house, and so far, I have to start again… going to rebuild it again tomorrow at some stage… Lots of Links some notes for myself:https://www.tiernanotoole.ie/2020/11/09/connecting-to-my-car-over-zerotier.htmlMon, 09 Nov 2020 19:00:00 +0000https://www.tiernanotoole.ie/2020/11/09/connecting-to-my-car-over-zerotier.htmlI use ZeroTier on my network for a good few things, including internal network peering between BGP VMs, management of machines, and now, connecting to my car over LTE. This is one of those posts that sounds silly, but is very handy! First, the parts list: Car. 3G/4G/5G modem of some sort. I am using a Huawei Wingle. Can be used without the Router below, but I wanted Zerotier, so I have it in modem only mode. A router that supports Zerotier. I am using a modified TP-Link TL-WR703N upgraded to 16MB ROM and 64MB RAM. This is required for newer OpenWRT builds a dashcam that connects over Wifi. I am using a BlackVue DR750S-2CH Latest ROOter software from Of Modems and Men Patients. After installing the the latest copy of ROOter on the TPLink (or router of your choice) and getting the modem configured correctly (this took a while) you need to install the Zerotier software though the dashboard. Once installed, I joined my Zerotier network using the CLI (SSH into the router) and the approved it though the my.zerotier.com dashboard. Once its approved and connected, you can now go to the Zerotier IP and get to the router directly. From here, you can either setup a route in Zerotier to point at the internal network behind the router, or, in my case, setup a SSH tunnel to the dashcam. I found the IP given to the dashcam and used SSH forwarding to get to it. Finally, i used the URLs from Digital-Nebula’s hackview repo to get to the different URLs. I use this to download stuff like GPS logs, emergency videos, etc. I have to clean up some scripts at some stage for this, and plan to upload them at some stage.