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Working around pfSense Unbound DNS race condition on startup
I previously wrote an article on how well pfSense has worked for me. I’ve so far managed to get it to do everything I have thrown at it, short of integrating fully with my UniFi based network. There is one … Continue reading
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Adventures in cooling the UniFi US-8-150W
After hearing about Apple discontinuing further development of the Airport Extreme, I decided to switch to Ubiquiti’s UniFi line of wireless gear about a year and a half ago. The internet is full of great reviews, so I didn’t need … Continue reading
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iPhone 6 thoughts
I honestly didn’t find much compelling in the way of features on the new iPhone 6 and iPhone 6 Plus. The industry seems to be reaching a bit of plateau in the innovations they can bring to the mobile phone market. But … Continue reading
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Airport Extreme bugs (and guest network performance problems)
The Airport Extreme is my favorite consumer grade access point. I’ve had well over 10 different models go through myself or to various friends and family, and all of them are still running. Unfortunately, while the hardware and firmware are … Continue reading
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Quick revisit of pfSense
pfSense on the Intel NUC continues to impress. It turns out that in the past few months some of the newest Intel NUC’s got full pfSense support. I also discovered that booting pfSense off a USB drive works really well, … Continue reading
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Playing around with the Nexus 7 (2013)
I scored a 129 dollar official refurb of the latest generation of the Google Nexus 7 off eBay. Granted, it’s probably about to be refreshed any day now, but it’s still … Continue reading
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