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For some obscure reason, there is no way to adjust the settings of the fan from the webinterface of the switch. You need to use a console access through SSH, I prefer to use PuTTY. The fan configuration options might not be available, if your firmware is too old. If you need help on how
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Keeping your devices and equipment updated, is an important part of your entire IT security life cycle. Grandstream switches was as default configured with a firmware http path and to download latest firmware at bootup. This led to massive unwanted firmware upgrades and Grandstream could only fix it by taking down the webserver firmware path
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In this article / guide, I explore installing OPNsense 25.7.11 as a virtual machine in Proxmox 9.1.4. This is ultimately to try and fix slow speed issues when running it bare metal on my Minisforum TH50 mini PC with old Intel i225 NIC. Other good guides, from various older versions of Proxmox / OPNsense: https://www.zenarmor.com/docs/network-security-tutorials/opnsense-installation
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I chose OPNsense over pfSense, from solely reading about it being easier to start with, as pfSense is more “oldschool”. Both OPNsense and pfSense is based on FreeBSD. pfSense apparently contributes to the core underlying FreeBSD project and thus have faster security updates. pfSense has shifted focus onto paying customers, and word is that the
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According to my plan in Home Network Security – The Idea (part 1), there is some hardware that I need to source and buy. I do not have any affiliation with the mentioned brands or shops, these are just my personal choices from my own use-case scenario. I already have a Lenovo ThinkCentre M910q that
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I want a more secure home network. I do not know enough about network security, to do it perfectly from the start. I know some from my professional work. I asked people working with networks in their daily and tried to gather a sense of what I was getting myself into. I have been googling
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A PLC running a Codesys runtime has multiply logifles, all depending on where you look for them. Generally there is 3 places to find logfiles. Codesys IDE Logfiles Doubleclick on your PLC device in the IDE. Enter communication settings and go online. Go to tab Log and hit the small green refresh icon. You now
This guide shows you how to integrate Airthings sensors to Home Assistant. It is luckily really easy, as an official integration makes use of the Airthings API. In Home Assistant, go to Settings > Devices & Integrations > + Add integration. Search for Airthings and add the “Airthings”. We are now presented with 2 input
How to configure Home Assistant and integrate data from Proxmox. If you first need to install and configure Proxmox, check out this guide: https://disorder.dk/wonderware/2025/01/30/installing-proxmox-on-a-lenovo-thinkcentre-m910q/ and to install Home Assistant, check out this guide: https://disorder.dk/wonderware/2025/01/30/installing-home-assistant-in-proxmox/ Choose a username and password. Search for your location by writing your address and clicking the small map with a looking
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How to get Home Assistant to run as a VM in Proxmox! In this guide, we will use the Proxmox community scripts, to install Home Assistant Operating System (HAOS) as a virtual machine in Proxmox Virtual Environment (PVE). If you first need to install and configure Proxmox, check out this guide: https://disorder.dk/wonderware/2025/01/30/installing-proxmox-on-a-lenovo-thinkcentre-m910q/ The Proxmox community