How to Run OPNsense in a Proxmox Virtual Machine for Evaluation Purposes
Have you wanted to take a look at OPNsense without installing it to a dedicated machine and/or deploying it as your primary home router/firewall? The …
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A Feature Comparison of the OPNsense Plugin Zenarmor (formerly Sensei) by Sunny Valley Networks
Sunny Valley Networks is a company that has partnered with Deciso, the creators of OPNsense, to create a plugin called Zenarmor (formerly Sensei) …
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Backup Your Data to Backblaze B2 with Duplicacy from a Proxmox LXC Container
After I migrated my home server to use Proxmox, I began searching for a new offsite, cloud backup solution. I was using CrashPlan, and my discounted …
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How to Redirect Unencrypted DNS Requests to Your Local DNS Resolver in OPNsense
When I first set up my home network using my OPNsense router and was learning firewall rules, I took the approach of allowing only the Unbound DNS …
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Raspberry Pi Powered Outdoor Speaker Instability
Last Summer I built an airplay enabled outdoor speaker using a Raspberry Pi. It worked pretty well, and it was nice that I could stream music outside …
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Backup Your Data to Backblaze B2 with Duplicati from a Proxmox LXC Container
For a number of years, I have used Crashplan as my offsite backup. I found the price and features attractive. It also worked on Linux which further …
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Allow Push Notifications from Amcrest NVR in an Isolated Network to the Amcrest View Pro iOS App
As I have mentioned in my how-to on creating an isolated network, I have several Amcrest IP cameras (affiliate link) on an isolated network which I …
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How to Install Ubuntu MATE 20.04 LTS (64-bit) on the Raspberry Pi 4
When I decided to do a fun project with my old Raspberry Pi 3B+, I purchased the 4GB model of Raspberry Pi 4 to have as a replacement (update: now …
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