Network

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  • Test DNS connectivity

    I was setting up OKD on a separate VLAN and wanted to used the OKD DNS service but it just wasn’t working and I felt it was a connectivity/firewall issue but could not find a tool to test. I was testing on my Windows 10 desktop connecting to a Fedora DNS server. Port Query I… read more…

    Test DNS connectivity
  • Network browsing broken with Windows 10 build 1809

    I have a relatively new install of Windows 10 and it is currently running build 1809 and do you think I can get it to browse to a network share. If I do the standard thing of typing in a host name into file explorer as “\\nas2” it should bring me back all the available… read more…

    Network browsing broken with Windows 10 build 1809
  • ESX VLAN to SonicWALL DMZ

    I have an ESX server on my LAN and I want to connect it to the DMZ on my SonicWALL using a VLAN as the ESX server only has one network adaptor. The SonicWALL is a TZ 205w which is connected to Fibre. This in itself was a challenge and is described in the post… read more…

    ESX VLAN to SonicWALL DMZ
  • Connect SonicWALL TZ205w to Fibre ONT

    We recently got fibre to our house using Spark as the ISP and of course Chorus as the installer. The fibre terminates in the house at the ONT, optical network terminal. The ONT  has an Ethernet RJ-45 socket that you connect to the Spark supplied Huawei HG659b modem. At the time I had a SonicWALL TZ170… read more…

    Connect SonicWALL TZ205w to Fibre ONT