Network

Nested Nsx Vmware Nsx on Intel Nuc Lab Setup Part 3

In the previous two posts I described how to set-up a nested ESXi environment on the Intel NUC and how to install and configure it for NSX. So in this post I assume everything is installed and configured and we can actually start deploying a network.

Nested Nsx Vmware Nsx on Intel Nuc Lab Setup Part 2

In my previous post I described how to create a nested ESXi environment, connected to a vCenter, this as a preparation to run eventually NSX. In this post we will build further on the basic set-up we created in part 1 of this series.

Nested Nsx Vmware Nsx on Intel Nuc Lab Setup Part 1

While the VMware Hands-on Labs are extremely cool and useful, I found it always very learning-full and nonetheless fun to build my own labs. To keep it fun and keep down the noise and powering costs I decided to buy some Intel NUCs, which have a good price tag and are very low on energy.

Mikrotik VLAN Switching Without Bridging

One of the greatest networking vendors for homelabs is in my opinion Mikrotik, they offer great (often enterprise) features for a very compelling price. On the other hand it can be a bit daunting to configure and the firmware releases aren’t always equally stable.

Bind DNS Server in Homelab With Split View

One of the most undervalued infrastructure components in my opinion is DNS. A lot of services / components rely upon DNS and if DNS is mis-configured, not available, slow function or somehting else doing that shouldn’t be happening, it can lead to performance and other strange problems.

Nac Getting in Control of Your Mab Enabled Clients

It has been a while since I wrote a paper about the implementation of NAC. Now almost a year later it is finally in progress of implementation. One of the most time consuming processes and error sensitive ones is the adding of MAC addresses to the Active Directory of devices which doesn’t support Dot1X.

Configuring Vlans on a Draytek Vigor 2130 N

Before I begin, I really need to thank the guy from the Vigor 2130 Google Code page, I did not get his name, but without his help and patient it would never succeeded.

Automatically Send Network Device Configurations to Your Support Partner

In the last part of the Rancid set-up I created a simple Bash scripts which e-mails the configurations of the network devices to myself and our support partner once a week.

Backing Up Network Devices With Rancid Opensuse 11 2

One of the most forgotten backups is that of the network devices, while it can save you a lot of time (thus money) when things get broken. Luckily there is a tool, called Rancid.

Mac Authentication Bypass Mab on Hp Procurve 2600

For my thesis I did a little research on Network Access Control and the possibilities. This research was focused on the environment of the company I work for, this means I included both Cisco and HP switches in my research.