Collaborate Disseminate
When performing a passive packet capture of a network, I have seen a large amount of traffic being broadcast using different protocols. These protocols are primarily used to perform some kind of traffic routing/fail over/redundancy in case… Continue reading Should I be seeing network management protocols on ‘user’ subnets?
The plethora of wireless communications technologies have cut the comms wire for many applications, but these devices still require power. For home automation, this might mean a battery or mains …read more Continue reading Reverse Engineering Self-Powered Wireless Switches
Assume that:
Router connect to FA0/1 port on the switch. This port is configured to be trunk port.
I also configure Router on Stick on the Router. And the router connect to modem
Port FA0/2-3 and FA0/3-4 on the switch are configured to vl… Continue reading Sharing Internet between vlan(s) [migrated]
This is security-based but coming from another angle.
I manage MDT servers and imaging. The network is managed by a third-party agency (POS) which has no stake in being responsive to our issues. Over the past few months PXE boot has become… Continue reading What can block PXE broadcasts and block authentication [closed]
I’ve recently taken a job that has me more involved in network architecture than I ever have been, so please offer me some patience.
I am standing up a network at a new office location. So far I have a firewall stood up behind the perimete… Continue reading Management Network Architecture
Rejoice! Gone are the long chains of if…else statements, because switch statements will soon be here — sort of. What the Python gods are actually giving us are match statements. match …read more Continue reading Python Will Soon Support Switch Statements
Building a front-end for business applications is often a matter of reinventing the wheel, but because every business’ needs are slightly different, it’s also hard to automate. Kleeen is the latest startup to attempt this, with a focus on building the user interface and experience for today’s data-centric applications. The service, which was founded by […] Continue reading Kleeen raises $3.8M to make front-end design for business applications easy
Here at Hackaday we’re always exited to see hacks that recycle our favorite childhood consoles into something new and interesting. In that context, it’s not so uncommon to see mods which combine new and unusual control methods with old devices …read more
Continue reading This Joy-Con Grip Steers Its Way To Sweaty Victory
Piezo elements have the useful property of being bidirectional; that is they can move when you apply electricity to them, but they can also generate electricity when you move them. [Carl] takes advantage of this fact to make buttons that …read more
Ten years ago or so, I bought a Mikrotik device. It was the cheapest and only one for sale which had four network ports (plus one for uplink) and did not support WiFi, which I specifically did not want due to safety concerns.
(I have no lo… Continue reading How am I supposed to handle updates of my NAT switch? [migrated]