R&D Techlead and Dev Manager / e-Commerce / Java- & JEE specialist / gadgeteer / consumer-, privacy- & security activist
The UniFi kits is truly amazing and I classify it a “prosumer” device – simply as it has near enterprise networking features at fairly reasonable consumer level pricing. Although the learning curve is initially steep, the capabilities are seemingly endless....
It all started off with the installation of fibre and the expectation that a 50mbps connection over the previous 20mbps VDSL connection would show a significant improvement with lower latency and faster download speed. During my ADSL/VDSL days my home-network...
Let’s Encrypt is great as it is free, but it also has downsides: (1)certificates need to be renewed every 90 days and (2) your internal servers need to be accessible. I was reluctant to use Let’s Encrypt for my internal...
The one downside with Let’s Encrypt has always been the limitation that for verification any internal server needed to open up ports. Using Cloudflare and acme.sh gives my old Synology DS1010+ new life with a proper SSL certificate (the acme.sh supports...
During the installation of my new Ubiquiti UniFi home-network I noticed that the Cloud Key management console uses a self-signed certificate which annoyed me for days: There is no support for Let’s Encrypt nor does Ubiquiti have a knowledge base article explaining...
I previously blogged about my issues with the Calix 813-G FTTH router being complete rubbish. Despite having moved from a 20Mbps VDSL connection to a 50Mbps fibre connection, my throughput and latency with the Calix were actually worse and I even...
Let’s face it: It is impossible to trust the South African Postal Service with any delivery – my “priority express” parcel from the US was shipped middle of August and can not be traced. Although SAPO has Mark Barnes as...
Job-card number 700110012910 was supposed to connect the adjacent stand #174 in Broadacres Country Estate on 21st August 2015 to an already existing connection point. A supposedly simple job which took Johannesburg Water 5 months to complete and left me with unsettled...
Instead of wading through the various GUI options you can set the unique names for how your computer name appears locally with the help of the scutil command. The following command will set all names to “MacMuffin”: export MY_NAME=”MacMuffin” sudo...
With my 50Mbps fibre installation I received a Calix Gigahub 813G FTTH ONT (ONT = Optical Network Terminal) or in short a fibre router: As the end-consumer you do not really have much choice as ISPs prescribe what client devices...
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