Virtual Firewall and Networking - Planning Guide
This is a planning guide on how to create a robust, redundant, virtual network for your home-lab environment including a virtual firewall.
Karl NyenNetworking
Network architecture, virtual switches, Windows Server DHCP failover, firewall planning, and remote access security.
7 posts2015-201612 comments
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Firewalls for Home Use
A question I see often is what firewall is the best for a home/residential environment? Before I get into that, we must realize that the majority of non…
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Home Labs: Remote Access and Security
I am sure that most who have a lab environment in their home also have a way of remotely accessing it - either from at work, with friends or family, vacation,…
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Migration from Cisco 1000v to VMware Virtual Distributed Switch (Part 1)
While working with a enterprise customer I was tasked with migrating an entire production environment from the Cisco Nexus 1000v to a VMware Virtual…
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ARIN Region IPv4 Free Pool Reaches Zero
Well it has finally happened. The IPv4 free pool for the ARIN region is now fully depleted. ISPs are encouraged to utilize IPv6 for additional customer growth…
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Windows Server 2012 R2 - DHCP High Availability / Fail-over Setup Guide (Part 2)
This build will required 2 x Windows 2012 R2 servers. They both must have the DHCP role installed in preparation for the DHCP fail over configuration.
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Windows Server 2012 R2 - DHCP High Availability / Fail-over Setup Guide (Part 1)
First we must understand how DHCP works in Windows Server 2008 R2. DHCP met high availability requirements by hosting the DHCP service on a Windows Failover…
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