During a recent Exchange migration, I faced a challenge familiar to many IT pros: bandwidth usage surged during mailbox syncs, and I needed a way to load balance Exchange traffic reliably—without the high cost of…
Build VPP Debian packages on Debian
Vector Packet Processing (VPP), developed by FD.io, is a high-performance userspace network stack designed for fast packet processing. Whether you’re a network engineer, developer, or enthusiast, and you’re looking to build VPP from source into…
Erase Windows-formatted USB on Mac
🔧 How to Erase a Windows-Formatted USB Stick on macOS (NTFS/FDisk) and Reformat for macOS Use Have you ever plugged a USB stick into your Mac only to find that Disk Utility doesn’t see it…
Freezing issues in Proxmox VE 8.2
Proxmox freezing issue Proxmox Virtual Environment has established itself as a leading open-source platform for enterprise virtualization, combining KVM hypervisor and LXC containers. The release of Proxmox VE 8.2 brought several enhancements and new features,…
Change the Master role in a Juniper VC
Introduction In this article, I will explain how to change the Master role in a Juniper VC. Ever found yourself frustrated while managing a Juniper Virtual Chassis (VC) and discovering that your master is assigned…
Virtual chassis on Juniper QFX5100-48S-6Q
Introduction This article I will describe the configuration of a virtual chassis on Juniper QFX5100-48S-6Q. Configuring a virtual chassis (VC) in Junos may seem like a daunting task at first, but with a systematic approach.…
MikroTik – BGP advertised routes – update
Display BGP advertised routes on RouterOS About a year ago, I wrote a post dubbed MikroTik – BGP advertised routes about displaying BGP advertised routes in RouterOS. My article lingered in my drafts for an…
Configuring SNMP on Proxmox
Today, we’re diving into the realm of Proxmox, a powerful open-source virtualization platform, and unlocking its full potential by configuring SNMP (Simple Network Management Protocol). SNMP isn’t just an acronym; it’s the key to gaining…
Red Hat source code restrictions
Recent bold move has upset the community This week, Red Hat is making some changes to how they handle their source code. It’s like their way of celebrating summer. I’ve been talking with people in…
Resolving warning “LC_CTYPE” UTF-8
Fixing that irritating issue As a MacOS user, it can be quite frustrating to encounter unexpected errors while logging in via SSH on a CentOS server. One such error is the “-bash: warning: setlocale: LC_CTYPE:…