[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

Getting Started with Cisco YANG Suite

An introduction to setting up Cisco YANG Suite for exploring and testing network device automation via NETCONF & RESTCONF - including an example of automating wireless pre-shared key rotation.

February 21, 2023 · 13 min · 2636 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] Building a Simple Discord Bot using DiscordGo

A short tutorial for building a Discord chatbot with Golang.

October 19, 2022 · 19 min · 3857 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] Webex Chatbot (Part 2): Digging in to Adaptive Cards

In this post, we’ll expand upon the previous Webex weather bot & add in AdaptiveCards to improve user interaction.

March 12, 2022 · 12 min · 2499 words · Matt Schmitz

[Video] Upgrading my Home Lab - Intel NUC11 & ESX 7.0

In the video above, I walk through some of my recent upgrades to my home lab - which include two new Intel NUC 11 mini-PCs which will run ESX 7.0.

February 7, 2022 · 1 min · 174 words · Matt Schmitz