Overview I’ll explain how I transformed my OpenWrt access point into a remote Wi-Fi packet capture device. By leveraging SSH, tcpdump, and a custom channel hopping script, I can stream live Wi-Fi ...

A little while back, I decided it was time to finally set up a simple and secure way to reach my home network from anywhere. I’ve got a Raspberry Pi doing all the usual stuff DNS, NAS, ETC. I want...

Reviving a Cisco Catalyst 2960G One of the coolest wins for my homelab recently was getting a failed a Cisco Catalyst 2960G switch. When I first powered it on, all the indicator lights looked g...

So I recently picked up a Cisco ASA 5545-X off eBay. It’s a bit larger (and louder) than I expected, but I’m excited to finally start learning the Cisco platform more seriously—especially for home ...

Recently, I conducted an experiment to compare download speeds when using IPv4 versus IPv6. For anyone curious about the practical testing methods between these two protocols, I’d like to walk you ...

I’ve recently started experimenting with a newer programming language called Mojo. As a Python developer, I was curious about what Mojo could offer and how it might solve some of the issues we comm...

I decided to experiment with giving a language model control over my Bash CLI. Here’s what I aimed to achieve: Objective: Host and run a local LLM to build a Python script that can serve and ex...

A Quick Guide and Cheatsheet for Programmatically Storing Data Overview Data within these formats share several common traits: Structured for Code Annotated for Humans Open Source Platf...

ICMP isn’t just for ping and traceroute; it’s also a valuable tool in security research. TTL (Time to Live): A field in the IP header that indicates how many hops (routers) a packet can travers...