Tag: networking
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Veeam Agent Windows: Push-Deploy Physical Box to Backup Repository
Physical Windows machine needs backing up to Veeam repository. Here’s the exact checklist: firewall ports, credentials, and the UAC registry key that blocks agent push-deploy. 20 minutes. Most of it hunting one setting.
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Zero-Budget Homelab: How to Experiment Without Breaking the Bank
Most of my ideas don’t make money. That’s the problem. I needed infrastructure to build web apps, test IoT devices, and self-host services β but I couldn’t justify spending anything until I knew an idea had legs. Here’s how I built a full homelab for near-zero cost using a single Dell OptiPlex, Hyper-V, pfSense, Docker,…
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RDP Painfully Slow? Your NICβs Power-Saving Features Are Probably the Culprit
RDP lag is almost always blamed on internet speed. But when ping is solid and bandwidth is idle, the real bottleneck is the NIC driver. Five PowerShell commands to disable Energy Efficient Ethernet, Interrupt Moderation, and other power-saving features that tank RDP responsiveness. No reboot required.
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Solving RDP issues in Ubuntu XRDP
π Hey everyone! In this article, I’m going to share how I was finally able to connect to an Ubuntu machine running in Hyper-V via xrdp. π€ The issue I was facing was that I could connect via vsock, but I needed to allow TCP connections from any IP address. Here’s what I did to…