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ASUS ZenWiFi (XD4) AiMesh with RT-AX55 WiFi Router

By Mike Goh July 12, 2022Software and Web Services ReviewsNetwork2 Comments

Introduction Home mesh Wi-Fi system has been around for a few years. Mesh system does not come cheap; they range from $100 for 1-unit to $300 for a 3-unit pack. AiMesh is a router feature that is present in ASUS…

NAS: Rebuild Raid with SSD using Hard Drive Adapter (caddy)

By Mike Goh January 13, 2022Developers Technical TutorialsNetworkNo Comments

Introduction I knew but never bothered with NAS (Network Attached Storage) until 2015. It is an era where smartphones are getting smarter, and my desktop is still running on the mechanical hard disk instead of SSD. The more adventurous individuals…

Asus Router Setup – Wifi Settings

By Mike Goh June 1, 2021Software and Web Services ReviewsNetworkNo Comments

Introduction The RT-AX55 is not on sales in many local computer stores and is only available through one of the local broadband providers (M1), which happens to be my current Internet provider. It has four external antennas - 2.4 GHz 2 x…

Set Up Prometheus for Systems Monitoring, Alertmanager to Send Alerts and Node Exporter as Machine Metrics Collector

By Mike Goh October 30, 2020Developers Technical TutorialsDevOps, NetworkNo Comments

Introduction Previously, we discovered how to deploy Terraform as infrastructure provisioning tool. Today we will learn about infrastructure monitoring. While old-time favorites Zabbix and Nagios are still under active development, Prometheus integrated with Grafana has become a common monitoring stack…

Set Up DKIM, SPF and Reverse DNS to Improve Mail Deliverability

By Mike Goh May 14, 2020Developers Technical TutorialsNetwork, SecurityNo Comments

Introduction DomainKeys Identified Mail (DKIM) is a protocol that contributes to DMARC compliance and requests the sender origin to take responsibility for sent messages that can be verified by mailbox providers. Essentially, it enables the outbound domain to digitally sign…

Grumbling about Packet Loss and Sluggish SSH over Telia Network

By Mike Goh May 10, 2020Daily Rants and Excitement BlogNetworkNo Comments

Background Do you own OpenVZ or KVM VPS like me? Well, I always scout for cheap offers at lowendbox and had one time owned more than 5 VPS mostly from U.S. due to Black Friday and Cyber Monday sales. I…

My Supercharged Home Network for Gaming and WiFi Coverage

By Mike Goh April 20, 2020Daily Rants and Excitement BlogFamily, NetworkNo Comments

After getting the keys to my new home, a certain thing is always on my mind during renovation and it was network planning. I am a PC gamer having spent most of my time on online games thus low network…

ASUS ZenWiFi (XD4) AiMesh with RT-AX55 WiFi Router

NAS: Rebuild Raid with SSD using Hard Drive Adapter (caddy)

Asus Router Setup – Wifi Settings

Set Up Prometheus for Systems Monitoring, Alertmanager to Send Alerts and Node Exporter as Machine Metrics Collector

Set Up DKIM, SPF and Reverse DNS to Improve Mail Deliverability

Grumbling about Packet Loss and Sluggish SSH over Telia Network

My Supercharged Home Network for Gaming and WiFi Coverage

Asus Router Setup – Wifi Settings

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