Implementing Vyos routers into the home lab

Sunday, 21 February 2016 / Published in Lab, Networking, Security
[UPDATE] My home lab now runs Palo Alto VM100 virtual firewalls with a Unifi Security Gateway. I’ll leave this post up for anyone who may be interested in my experiences working with VyOS[/UPDATE] I’ve just completed a project implementing VyOS routers into the home lab. In this post I’ll detail why and how I use VyOS. VyOS

Counting The Watts

Friday, 02 October 2015 / Published in Networking
One of the many objectives for my new home network design was low power consumption. 90% of the devices need to be running 24 x 7.  Electricity is not only expensive but I also see it as a challenge to be as energy efficient as possible. Pulled from the Vendor data sheets for the equipment

Blue Yeti Microphone Review

Monday, 31 August 2015 / Published in Personal
A friend of mine emailed me recently to ask which microphone I use for Podcasting.  I’ve intended to put up a post about the Blue Yeti  microphone review for while so here you go. I’ve been recording tutorial videos for a while, some you can find on my blog and others I’ll record and leave with my