As we know there are big security concerns about the use of SSL3 so a lot of security audits are demanding it to be disabled in all applications that are exposed with a WEB GUI. Disabling SSL3 can be done via the admin console. First SSL is disabled individually on the HTTP listeners of your… Read More »
My Dell XPS 8700 desktop comes with a Realtek PCIe GBE Family Controller. By adding another 2 port Realtek PCIe GBE Family Controller I wanted to get a faster connection to the servers. Note that each of the HP Microserver servers has a 2Gbps connection obtained by NIC teaming the 2 port adapters in Linux.… Read More »
Starting with firmware version 1.4 EdgeRouter can be configured in a dual WAN setup using a very simple wizard. Then to configure some port forwarding rules to access the internal web server or VPNs there is a nice GUI setup window. Note that I experienced frequent switches between the main WAN and the backup WAN.… Read More »
Everybody hates Add Servers so all my PC and mobile browsers use AddBlock+, but still I do not want the extra traffic that is done even by using ad blockers. The best solution is to simply block from the EdgeRouter Ubiquiti Networks ERLite-3 EdgeRouter Lite the ad sites. The best guide for this is: EdgeMAX… Read More »
To be able to do several CLI configurations administrator (root) account must be activated. By default EdgeRouter has this account disabled. It seems that even if is activated a firmware upgrade will revert it to the default configuration (disabled). To activate the root account follow the tutorial: EdgeMAX – What is the root account password?… Read More »
As more and more “smart home” devices got installed around the house the need to have 24/7 Internet connection was more and more a necessity. The solution I choose was to have a back-up mobile Internet for the home. To make this completly transparent to the “Internet of things” from the house this backup had… Read More »
I am planning to deploy a test openStack infrastructure, “Minimal architecture example with legacy networking (nova-network)”, on the 2 x Hp MicroServer Gen 8 setup from my home data centre. The nova-network architecture needs at least two nodes and on each node a minimal of two network interfaces must be available. The HP MicroServers have… Read More »
This should have been one of the first posts of this blog, because deals with the actual setup of the blog. To install a secure Blog is not an easy task. You can take the easy route and host your blog on a blogging site and hope that they will do a good pro bono… Read More »
The standard connection from UPC Romania with my subscription 200Mbps/6Mbps. Good download crappy upload. I just found out there is a new 500Mbps/25Mbps plan in my city , Cluj-Napoca. I am going to try it asap. I am wondering how will my router cope with that. Linksys E4200 has a tested WAN to LAN Throughput… Read More »