Networking - The Engineer's Workshop

Avoid Disaster: How to Securely Backup Your Pihole Configuration and Keep Your Network Running Smoothly

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Homelab • 4 min read

Avoid Disaster: How to Securely Backup Your Pihole Configuration and Keep Your Network Running Smoothly

Ensure the security and stability of your network with our guide on backing up your Pihole configuration. Discover the importance of Pihole backups and step-by-step instructions on how to backup and restore your Pihole settings using both web GUI and command line methods.…

TorqueWrench • 26 Jan 2023

Don't Let WireGuard DNS Leaks on Windows Compromise Your Security: Learn How to Fix It

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Cybersecurity • 6 min read

Don't Let WireGuard DNS Leaks on Windows Compromise Your Security: Learn How to Fix It

Warning: If you're using WireGuard to split tunnel traffic on Windows, WireGuard is leaking what sites you visit. Here's how to fix it.…

TorqueWrench • 14 Jan 2023

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unRAID • 9 min read

Deploying an unRAID NFS Server

A brief guide on when and how to set up an NFS server on unRAID. Includes more advanced configuration on how to deploy an unRAID NFS server behind a firewall with static ports.…

TorqueWrench • 19 May 2020

How To Set Up a WireGuard VPN Server on Ubuntu Linux

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Linux • 11 min read

How To Set Up a WireGuard VPN Server on Ubuntu Linux

With WireGuard now officially supported by Ubuntu and integrated into the Linux kernel, I’ve decided it’s high time to for dedicated guide on how to set up a WireGuard VPN server on Ubuntu.…

TorqueWrench • 22 Apr 2020

Securing Your Network: Configuring ACLs on an HP 1910 Managed Switch "The Easy Way"

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Cybersecurity • 6 min read

Securing Your Network: Configuring ACLs on an HP 1910 Managed Switch "The Easy Way"

Secure your network by learning how to set up access control lists (ACLs) on the HP 1910 (Comware) managed switch.…

TorqueWrench • 20 Jan 2020

How to Set Up a WireGuard Client on Linux with .conf File

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Linux • 1 min read

How to Set Up a WireGuard Client on Linux with .conf File

How to quickly set up WireGuard on a Linux client with wg-quick and a .conf configuration file.…

TorqueWrench • 29 Dec 2019

Raspberry Pi VLANs: How To Connect Your RPi To Multiple Networks

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Networking • 3 min read

Raspberry Pi VLANs: How To Connect Your RPi To Multiple Networks

A guide for setting up VLANs on a Raspberry Pi. Use a single ethernet cable to connect your RPi to multiple networks at once! This can be used to allow your RPi to WOL devices across different subnets.…

TorqueWrench • 17 Dec 2019

The Homelab Lifeline: The Easiest Guide to Creating a Reverse SSH Tunnel

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Homelab • 7 min read

The Homelab Lifeline: The Easiest Guide to Creating a Reverse SSH Tunnel

The easiest, quick step-by-step guide for accessing your homelab network remotely via a reverse SSH tunnel on a Raspberry Pi (or any other Debian/Ubuntu device).…

TorqueWrench • 18 Nov 2019

Connecting Your Raspberry Pi Web Server To The Internet: A Beginner's Guide to Port Forwarding and Dynamic DNS

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Servers • 7 min read

Connecting Your Raspberry Pi Web Server To The Internet: A Beginner's Guide to Port Forwarding and Dynamic DNS

A tutorial on connecting a Raspberry Pi/Ubuntu web server to the internet. Includes how to set up ddclient for dynamic DNS and how to configure port forwarding on a router/pfSense.…

TorqueWrench • 12 Nov 2019