Posts tagged Networking
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- Fix for Nintendo Switch OLED not finding 5 GHz Wi-Fi networks
2 min read
In case you encounter this on your Nintendo Switch OLED, especially if it is a Japanese or Asian model, you need to use specific Wi-Fi channels on your router that the console can detect.
- Set up Plex remote access with a GL.iNet Flint 2 router
9 min read
Plex has built-in remote access that mostly just works, but you still have to configure your router to use it properly. Here is a quick guide on configuring a GL.iNet Flint 2 router, which probably also works with other GL.iNet routers using the same GUI.
- Comprehensive guide to setting up Tailscale to securely access your home network from anywhere
16 min read
Accessing self-hosted services from outside the home can be a challenge, especially when dealing with CGNAT and having to forward ports from the router. It can be complex to manage and potentially dangerous to your home network's privacy and security if not done right, but Tailscale makes it easy to set up encrypted peer-to-peer connections between devices across different networks. In this guide I will explain how I use Tailscale as a VPN for secure remote access to my home network.
- Quick guide to setting up SMB shares
3 min read
Setting up SMB shares is fairly easy, but I do it so infrequently I often forget the steps and need to look them up anyway. So I made myself two sets of smb config files for quickly setting up shares, either public or with a login required.
- Using a forwarding resolver in Pi-Hole for DNS over TLS (Upgrade Pi-Hole v6)
4 min read
A quick guide on configuring Pi-Hole to use either Cloudflared or Unbound as forwarding resolver to Quad9, for encrypted queries using DNS over TLS.
- Using DNS over HTTPS with Pi-Hole and Cloudflared (Updated for Pi-Hole v6)
7 min read
When using Pi-Hole as a network-wide ad blocker, your DNS requests still go out in plain text and can be seen by your ISP. DNS over HTTPS encrypts DNS requests between your Pi-Hole and the upstream DNS resolver. Here is a quick guide on how to set that up with Cloudflared daemon.
- Set up NFS Shares between Linux hosts
3 min read
Network File Share or NFS allows sharing directories between Linux hosts on the same network, similar to Samba though it has better performance with small and medium-sized files comparatively. Here's a quick guide on setting up an NFS share between Linux hosts.
- Set a static IP in Debian
3 min read
Debian's non-graphical install does not give you the option to set a static IP, here's a quick guide to doing it manually on the command line.
- Setup a Samba share on Linux via command line
5 min read
A quick and dirty guide on how to easily set up a Samba share on Linux that can be accessed from Windows PCs on the same network.