How’s that for a title? Oddly Specific, yet IYKYK. Sometimes, all goes perfectly smooth with XCP-ng and the Connectx-3 NICs. Other times… not so much. This is for the “not to much” times. Complete Guide: Configuring Mellanox ConnectX-3 NICs in …
XCP-ng grub.cfg Fix for Hanging Without Boot Countdown Timeout on Janky UEFI/BIOS or Motherboard with ACPI Issues (Or: How to Force Boot XCP-ng / CentOS / RHEL Linux “No Matter What)
Sometimes a BIOS update (UEFI, nowadays, but you get the idea) might cause strange power and/or boot issues with specific motherboards. While fixing a “freebie system” recently, we saw a UEFI that was struggling with “staying off”. There seems to …
How to Install Unbound as Your Local DNS Server with DNSSEC on Ubiquity EdgeOS Routers
DISCLAIMER: This guide will help you (and hopefully succeed) with setting up unbound with DNSSEC and replacing dnsmasq on an Ubiquity Edge Router. THIS GUIDE IS NOT COMPLETE WITH EVERY POSSIBLE CAVEAT for dnsmasq, unbound nor DNSSEC! But at the …
How to Restore Lost Mouse Function of XCP-NG UEFI Windows Guest Without Rebooting (Workaround)
While actively using a Windows Guest VM running on an XCP-NG Hypervisor in UEFI mode, you likely will not have any issues with the mouse, but the issue where mouse functionality is suddenly lost until the next reboot seems to …
How to Enable DNSSEC for Ubiquity EdgeRouter EdgeOS Stock Firmware
If you own an Ubiquity EdgeRouter (ER-X, ERLite-3, ER-4, ERPoe-5, ERPro-8, etc) and are using the stock EdgeOS firmware, you may be missing opportunities to secure your DNS requests using DNSSEC. There are no GUI options in the EdgeOS browser-based …
A Consumer Observation for Evolution of the World Wide Web
In the mid 1990’s, you would be hard-pressed to avoid being inundated with Compact Discs (CDs) with software for installing America On-Line (AOL) to your Windows 95 PC. These CDs were seemingly in every magazine, gas station, grocery store and …