Introduction Today I will show you how to build your very own compact Mini-ITX Firewall using easily sourced parts with the excellent (and Open Source) IPFire firewall operating system. You can also use any old PC with an extra Ethernet card, but this guide does … [Read more...]
Setup LAMP Server on Raspberry Pi 3 – [Updated 2018] Complete DIY Guide
Introduction [This guide has been fully updated in 2018 to reflect the changes to MySQL in Raspbian "Stretch" v9.x] You wouldn't think a little PC like the Raspberry Pi 3 could handle the job of being a Web Server, but it does, and performs flawlessly too. Today … [Read more...]
Budget 6TB RAID-5 Network-Attached Storage (NAS) Under $600 DIY Guide
Introduction Today I'll show you how to build your own budget 6TB RAID-5 Network-Attached Storage (NAS) System for your home or small business for under USD$600. We'll be using a second-hand desktop PC and a dedicated hardware RAID controller card, but purchasing … [Read more...]
Smoothwall maintenance
Just doing some maintenance to my Smoothwall Homebrew build I built about 12 months ago, few issues with the operating system so I decided to do an entire reinstall of Smoothwall version 3.1. Check out the original build video here: … [Read more...]
ASUS Z97I-PLUS Intel Core i5 Client Build
I was tasked with building a fast, small Windows 7 PC for an important client recently with reliability and performance the main concerns. I chose the Mini-ITX form factor for obvious reasons and an ASUS Z97I-PLUS motherboard, Intel Core i5 4460 CPU, along with … [Read more...]