If you don’t have a NAS your Crazy! What else would you store your files on in a secure location. Networked Attached Storage is expensive though. So why not build your own. QNAP is an excellent brand when it comes to NAS devices, but the price tag is outrageous. If you wanted a 6 bay NAS [...]
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Dual WAN with pfsense
pfsense is a FreeBSD router OS that can be installed on embedded systems or PC/Server PC hardware. Its a free, open source customized distro based off of FreeBSD 7 specifically tailored for use as a firewall and router. Its one of the most secure router OS’s out there. Large corporation and universities use this router [...]
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Build an IPCop router with Supermicro – Part 2
This second part is going to show you how to install IPCop and get it exactly where you want it. First of all my readers should know a little about IPCop. IPCop is an opensource Linux Firewall Distribution project. Its main goals is to provide a secure and stable Firewall, which is easy to configure [...]
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Build an IPCop router with Supermicro – Part 1
It has always been a plan of mine to build a really fast router that supports multiple networks, VPN, Anti-Virus, IDS, Squid, and custom built applications like Copfilter. This is all possible thanks to IPCop, which is a Linux distribution built for PC hardware. It is a stateful firewall built on the netfilter framework. What [...]
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Add an exhaust or intake fan – Case Mod
Many articles and studies will tell that too many case fans is a bad thing. The ideal air flow setup is one intake and two exhaust (one being the PSU). But there are times that you will need to add an extra case fan. You will need a power drill and a hole saw. For [...]
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