- I have changed the configuration of the rack and have removed the switch for the xPod, and removed both of the special purpose Edgerouter-X boxes
- I added a 24 port 1U keystone panel at the bottom to use for projects in the future
- I removed the SLATE router from the living room, since I was not using it very much
- I am first going to start by modifying a test RPi to have two or more namespaces using OpenVSwitch to provide a NAT router function between the NS
- I will also setup the routing tables to make the two NS get their IPs from different DHCP servers
- I am also going to setup a set of Docker containers that lie on either side of the NAT router
- I want to test the idea that normal flow across the NAT is controlled
- I want to test the setup being done via Ansible
- I am going to print a rack panel to mount a GS108T and ER-X at the bottom of the rack for future projects
This is a blog mostly about techie things, what I am doing to my apartment network on the cheap, IOT, 3D Printing, Raspberry Pis, Arduinos, ESP32, ESP8266, Home Automation, Personal Weather Stations, Things That Go Bump in the Night, and some side issues that need discussing. Remember, sometimes the journey to an end is as much fun as the goal achieved!
Saturday, December 7, 2024
State of the Network in December 2024
So I have not been blogging about my network for some time. I have been busy at the end of the year with other things including family and my newfound hobby of genealogy, I am also adding some WoodShop activity in there as well. So, my time with my network has taken a sideline. However, now that I find that my Retirement Community is going over to a different way of doing things, I find myself coming back to the rack for some more experiments.
