Networking has always been my core passion: firewalls, Wi-Fi, homelabs, and the write-ups that come out of them.https://bytesizedtechsolutions.com/https://bytesizedtechsolutions.com/projects/tripp-lite-b093-crossflash/https://bytesizedtechsolutions.com/projects/tripp-lite-b093-crossflash/Cross-flashing a Tripp Lite console server to Opengear firmware in my lab. The vendor's own upgrade tool bricked it, so I worked out the path that does work and built a fail-closed tool around it.Fri, 23 Oct 2026 00:00:00 GMTconsole serversfirmwareembedded linuxpythonsafetyhttps://bytesizedtechsolutions.com/articles/nfs-stale-every-night/https://bytesizedtechsolutions.com/articles/nfs-stale-every-night/Every NFS client in my lab lost its mounts at the same time each night. The cause wasn't the protocol version or the network. It was a file-mover changing inode numbers under NFS's feet.Wed, 12 Aug 2026 00:00:00 GMTstoragenfssmbunraidlinux