Ars Technica

Router-On-A-Stick configuration with ESXi and a Physical Switch

- Windows 10 VM running on ESXi Server (connected to vmnic1, port 6 on TP-Link) - OPNsense Firewall VM running on ESXi Server (connected to vmnic1, port 6 on TP-Link) The OPNsense Firewall VM can do ...
Network World

Chapter 10: Configuring Out-of-Band

Sample Design and Configuration for Layer 2 Out-of-Band Deployment Sample Design and Configuration for Layer 3 Out-of-Band Deployment This chapter covers the configuration of the Out-of-Band (OOB) ...
Redmond Magazine

Hyper-V Private vs. Internal Virtual Switches: Which to Choose?

If you have ever had to create a virtual switch for Hyper-V that is not an external switch, you may have had to stop and think about it. Do you want to go Private or do you want to go Internal? Let's ...
Ars Technica

Proxmox best practices for virtualizing firewall

I'd like to virtualize an opnsense firewall on my Proxmox box. My mobo's onboard NIC has two 10G ports, and I think I will need to add a third (have an Intel 1G NIC lying around somewhere here) for ...
Network World

The eight most important commands on a Cisco ASA security appliance

Here’s a guest post sent to me by Don Crawley, author of The Accidental Administrator book series. It is an excerpt from his latest:The Accidental Administrator: Cisco ASA Security Appliance: A ...