Networking

Networking
2.4 GHz vs 5 GHz vs 6 GHz: What Should Go Where?New!!

A practical Wi-Fi band-planning guide explaining which devices belong on 2.4 GHz, 5 GHz, and 6 GHz networks in Wi-Fi 6E and Wi-Fi 7 homes.

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Networking
Where Should You Put Your Wi-Fi Access Points?New!!

A practical Wi-Fi AP placement guide for homes and small offices, covering ceiling APs, wired backhaul, multi-floor layouts, RF obstacles, and validation.

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Homelab
How to Monitor Home Fiber: ONT Signals, Optical Power, and Failover

Monitor FTTH from the customer side using approved ONT status, Ethernet and router counters, latency and loss baselines, full-path UPS coverage, and controlled failover tests, then turn the results into useful ISP evidence.

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Homelab
Proxmox Networking Without Tears

A practical Proxmox networking guide for bridges, VLAN-aware ports, management IPs, bonds, NAT, SDN, and safe change validation.

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Network Security
Can Fiber Internet Be Wiretapped? What the 2026 GPON Research Proves

A detailed, evidence-backed explanation of the 2026 gpwn research: how shared GPON downstreams work, what the researchers demonstrated, what remains unproven, and what subscribers and ISPs should do.

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Networking
Philippine 3G Shutdown Audit For Every Branch Device

A documentation-backed, testable runbook for Philippine 3G Shutdown Audit For Every Branch Device, with safe defaults, validation evidence, failure modes, rollback, and publication-day checks.

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AI
Build a Private RAG Box for Network Docs

A private RAG guide for network documentation, configs, diagrams, NetBox exports, runbooks, embeddings, vector search, citations, and evals.

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Network Security
OpenWrt 24.10.8 and 25.12 Migration Runbook: Patch, Backup, Sysupgrade, and Recovery

An OpenWrt router upgrade runbook for patching exposed services, preserving config, checking device support, testing DHCP, Wi-Fi, DNS, and keeping recovery ready.

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Networking
October 2026 DNSSEC Root Key Rollover: Test Your Resolver Now

A documentation-backed, testable runbook for October 2026 DNSSEC Root Key Rollover: Test Your Resolver Now, with safe defaults, validation evidence, failure modes, rollback, and publication-day checks.

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Homelab
DNS Drift: Why Your Router, Browser, VPN, and Phone Use Different Resolvers

A detailed DNS audit for home networks and homelabs where router DHCP, browser Secure DNS, VPN clients, IPv6, and mobile Private DNS do not agree.

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