[How To] Set up Cisco Modeling Labs (CML) on Proxmox

In this blog post, we’ll walk through how to set up & install Cisco Modeling Labs (CML) on Proxmox

April 18, 2024 · 5 min · 882 words · Matt Schmitz

[Quick Fix] Nexus 9k & Ansible: "Request without namespace and filter is an unsupported operation"

A quick blog post on how to fix an error with Ansible and Cisco Nexus 9k via NETCONF: “Request without namespace and filter is an unsupported operation”

January 31, 2024 · 4 min · 674 words · Matt Schmitz

[How To] Protect Your Home Network with Mullvad VPN & OPNsense

In this post, we’ll walk through how to connect an OPNsense firewall to Mullvad’s VPN service. This covers both a full tunnel & partial tunnel configuration.

August 29, 2023 · 12 min · 2429 words · Matt Schmitz

[How To] Set up AdGuard Home on OPNsense

In this post, we’ll walk through how to install, setup, and configure AdGuard Home on OPNsense for DNS-level ad blocking.

December 9, 2022 · 17 min · 3426 words · Matt Schmitz

[How to] Set up Wireguard VPN on OPNsense

In this post, we’ll walk through a simple WireGuard remote-access VPN configuration on OPNsense - including client setup examples with Windows & Android.

August 2, 2022 · 11 min · 2173 words · Matt Schmitz

OPNsense on Qotom Q750G5 - Hardware Overview & Perf Testing

In this post, we will take a look at the Qotom Q750G5 hardware (with 2.5GbE), install OPNsense, and walk through a few performance tests.

June 18, 2022 · 10 min · 2011 words · Matt Schmitz

[How To] Cisco SD-WAN - Onboarding a Catalyst 8000v

Let’s look at how to join a Cisco Catalyst 8000v to an SDWAN network

May 14, 2021 · 10 min · 2123 words · Matt Schmitz

[How To] Connect Cisco SD-WAN to Umbrella SIG/SWG

A tutorial for configuring Viptela SDWAN with Cisco Umbrella Secure Internet Gateway & Secure Web Gateway

April 22, 2021 · 9 min · 1741 words · Matt Schmitz

[How To] Connect Meraki MX to Umbrella SIG/SWG

A tutorial for configuring a Meraki MX with Cisco Umbrella Secure Internet Gateway & Secure Web Gateway

March 23, 2021 · 7 min · 1436 words · Matt Schmitz

[How To] Upgrade a Cisco SD-WAN Network

A short tutorial on how to upgrade a Cisco/Viptela SDWAN network, including controllers & edge devices

November 27, 2020 · 8 min · 1663 words · Matt Schmitz