Install Pi-hole on Proxmox and Use OPNsense Unbound DNS as Upstream DNS
Several years ago I wrote some guides on setting up Pi-hole using Portainer on a Raspberry Pi. Since that time, I have decommissioned Pi-hole in favor …
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Migrate OPNsense to New Hardware using the Configuration Importer during Installation
If you have you an existing bare metal OPNsense installation and you wish to migrate to new hardware, you have the option of exporting your current …
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Enable Mellanox ConnectX-3 SFP+ 10G Interfaces in OpenWRT
After I had finished my review of the Gowin R86S-U4, I was sent a question on how to enable the 10G SFP+ interfaces in OpenWRT since they are not …
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Gowin Solution R86S-U4 2.5/10G Mini-PC
In a previous review, I took a look at the R86S-P2 and the R86S-B3 models by Gowin Solution (see their international website). The R86S originally had …
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Protectli VP2420 2.5G Network Appliance
Around the time I reviewed the Protectli VP2410, I was hoping to review their 4 port Vault Pro model with 2.5G interfaces, but it was not ready yet. …
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How to Flash the Coreboot Firmware on the Protectli VP2420
When the Protectli VP2420 was initially released, the coreboot firmware for the VP2420 was not quite ready so it was shipped with the default AMI …
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Protectli VP2410 Network Appliance
After writing for this site for several years, I have recently been approached by a couple of hardware vendors to try out their hardware. I view this …
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Gowin Solution R86S-P2 and R86S-B3 2.5G Mini-PC
In July 2022, I was contacted by Gowin Solution (also see their international website) to review their new mini-PC/firewall devices which have 2.5G …
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