Friday, 04 July 2025 / Published in Networking, Ubiquiti UniFi
This setup already had a UDM Pro running the show and an older 16-port non-PoE switch, but with more devices going in, they were running out of ports and wanted to ditch all the messy PoE injectors powering cameras and access points. This was the orignal setup before we replaced the switch and added some
Wednesday, 25 June 2025 / Published in Ubiquiti UniFi
3x UniFi G5 Turret Ultra Camera Installation – Reliable 2K Surveillance We recently completed an installation of three Ubiquiti UniFi G5 Turret Ultra cameras which are ultra-compact, tamper-resistant, and weatherproof 2K HD PoE camera with long-range night vision. These cameras support the AI detections and offer excellent value for money The Installation For this project,
Wednesday, 25 June 2025 / Published in Ubiquiti UniFi
The Ubiquiti UniFi G4 Doorbell Pro POE is a high-performance smart video doorbell designed for seamless integration with the UniFi Protect ecosystem. Powered by Power-over-Ethernet (PoE), it eliminates the need for separate power supplies and offers a more reliable, hardwired connection. Featuring dual cameras — including a package detection camera — and enhanced night vision,
Wednesday, 25 June 2025 / Published in Networking, Starlink
Starlink install caravan
Why Starlink? Traditional mobile data connections often struggle in rural areas, exactly the kind of places caravan / motorhome owners love to visit. Starlink, with its low-earth orbit satellite network, offers fast and consistent broadband in areas where 4G and 5G just can’t reach. Even with a good 4G / 5G signal that is not
Friday, 09 May 2025 / Published in Networking, Starlink
starlink installs at homes, campervans, motorhomes
Starlink’s new Roam 10GB service plan gives you reliable, high-speed internet on the go. For £8/mo, get 10GB of data which is equivalent to a full day of normal internet use. If you need more, simply add it in your account for £2/GB. This is most welcomed plan and offers good value for money if you only
Monday, 23 July 2018 / Published in Networking
Home Wi-Fi optimisation and dead-zone elimination Ubiquity UniFi Network Installations Ubiquity UniFi IP Camera Installations Ubiquity UniFi Access installations Network Cabling Professional Starlink installations
This post details my experiences getting the GNS3 VM on ESXi to work with 802.1q. I’ve been using the GNS3 VM on VMware Workstation for years, so far I’ve been unable to get virtual devices on the GNS3 VM to link to external networks using 802.1q. From my research I believed the issue to be
Friday, 01 June 2018 / Published in Automation, Networking
This is a follow up post to the last one about backing up VMware host configurations. This post details how to Restore VMware ESXi Host Configuration. Restoring a configuration requires the host to be running the same product and build version that the backup was taken from. This was harder than I thought to work out
Saturday, 19 May 2018 / Published in Automation, Networking
This post details a VMware ESXi host backups Python Script I use in my home lab. VCSA does not backup the configuration for the hosts it manages. Config items like vswitch, vnic, MTU settings, kernel interfaces and various other settings would be lost if the host fails. Re-building a host manually, especially hosts with complex
Sunday, 01 April 2018 / Published in Automation
I’ve been slowly converting my bash scripts to Python. This post details how I solved an issue with executing Python scripts from crontab. Most of my bash scripts are scheduled to run daily using crontab and work fine. The first script I converted to Python was a bash script used to backup the configurations of my
Sunday, 25 March 2018 / Published in Networking, Security
How do you upgrade a VMware ESXi host that VCSA is running on? well, you can not use VCSA VUM (vCenter Server Appliance, VMware Update Manager). In this case we have a chicken and the egg problem. This is due to maintenance mode required on the host prior to patching but maintenance mode requires VCSA