IPv6

This article shows a simple solution to a weird networking problem that plagued me for hours: IPv6 packets were sometimes lost; IPv4 was not affected. Problem: IPv6 Ping Timeouts and Packet Losses Symptom: Teams Issues I noticed the problem first when there were intermittent connectivity issues in Teams during a meeting.

This article explains how to configure OPNsense as your (only) internet router in a fiber to the home (FTTH) setup. This post is part of my series on home automation, networking & self-hosting that shows how to install, configure, and run a home server & network with dockerized or virtualized services.

This article explains how to set up the Unbound DNS server as the resolver for your home network. It also shows how to generate and assign a static IPv6 address to your Proxmox server. This post is part of my series on home automation, networking & self-hosting that shows how to install, configure, and run a home server & network with dockerized or virtualized services.

I had a weird issue on my laptop: whenever I connected to our company’s VPN, I lost local internet connectivity. As it turned out, this was caused by incorrect network interface priority metric settings. To spare you and my future self many frustrating hours of troubleshooting, here’s what caused it.

If you roll out Windows 7 in an enterprise environment you may need to decide what to do with IPv6. As you probably know, Windows 7 comes with IPv6 enabled by default. That is certainly nice, but what if your network does not “do” IPv6 yet? Should you disable IPv6 in Windows 7?