Import GNS3 VM into PVE: Start from VMWare ESXI image (ova / zip) Copy to a location on the Proxmox system (i.e. a network share or /root) cd to the directory the ova is in # Extract zip it came in unzip GNS3*.zip # Resulting file in my case was called `GNS3 VM.ova' (with a space in the name!) # Extract OVA (this is itself a zip) tar -xvf 'GNS3 VM.

Today, in the next eposide on my Personal AS series, I have added a third POP / fourth router, and that means I need to configure the POP all over again. That’s a lot of work, so I automated it with Ansible! Also follow along to see my first use of Netbox for automation Contents Video Ansible - Inventory Ansible - Software Setup Ansible - Network Config Ansible - Routing Config Video Ansible Inventory Here’s the final version of my Ansible inventory/hosts.

Today I’m taking a look at the Plumspace Smart SFP - a dual core ARM Cortex A53 stuffed inside a 1310nm SFP optical transceiver, which can deal with packet flows at line rate*. Quite a neat little thing, with plenty of use cases. Plumspace Smart SFPs: Link Contents Video Bridging Bridging - Ntopng Routing Routing - NAT44 Routing - NAT46 (CLAT) Wireguard OpenSSL Bench Video Bridging Kernel defaults for br0, configured using /etc/network/interfaces:

Today I’m setting up a GPON network in my homelab. GPON is the ITU’s Gigabit-class Passive Optical Network technology, one of the most commonly deployed fiber to the home technologies. While it’s being replaced by its faster descendant XGS-PON, it’s still capable of 2.44Gbps down / 1.22Gbps up across 128 clients, all using only passive optical components between the headend (OLT) and clients (ONU). I’ve got a single-port Optical Line Terminal (OLT) made by CData, as well as 8x client Optical Network Units (ONU) also made by CData.

Today I’m bringing my shared bookmarks to the Fediverse: @bookmarks@mark.apalrd.net It’s a list of things that I like, basically. I hope to post links to lesser-known content creators or content that I really enjoy. The hope is that if you enjoy my content, that you might enjoy the things that I enjoy as well. Hopefully this brings you things that The Algorithm normally might not. So, anyway, how do you run the server?

Today I’m diving into Netbox, a tool designed to help you keep track of your network infrastructure. Netbox is a database of relationships, showing you what is connected where, all of your equipment, IP addresses and prefixes, etc. We’ve got a LOT to install today! So hold on tight and follow along. Probably also want to do an apt update && apt full-upgrade -y before we start just to make sure the sytem is fully up to date.