Proxmox Ceph Networking: Why I Split My 10GbE NICs
Building a 3-node Proxmox VE and Ceph cluster with only two 10GbE ports per node. Why bonding lost, and the four things that broke along the way.
I Built a Free IT Learning Platform for Sysadmins
Introducing Mylemans Labs: free, structured IT learning paths for networking, PowerShell, Proxmox, Active Directory, Microsoft 365 and Docker.
Plan VLANs for a New Site with Network Designer
A practical walkthrough of using networkdesigner.app to plan VLANs and subnets for a new network site
Turn a Laptop into a Home Lab with Proxmox and OpenWRT
Turn any laptop into a portable home lab with Proxmox VE and OpenWRT: multi-WAN failover, a desktop environment, and VMs behind your own router.
DHCP Congestion on a /24: Superscopes Now, VLANs Later
DHCP congestion on a flat /24: how we bought time with temporary superscopes and a cleanup script, then fixed it properly with VLANs.
Hyper-V Networking: Virtual Switches Explained (Ch. 3)
Chapter 3 of the Hyper-V guide: External, Internal and Private virtual switches, attaching VMs, setting guest IPs, VLAN IDs and bandwidth limits.
My New Home Lab Journey - The 2.5 Gbit Network Upgrade
I moved the home lab to 2.5 Gbit with M.2 Realtek adapters and a temporary switch, and found the Windows Update driver caps the link at 1 Gbit.