Fortunately, it is nowadays very easy to use the Chromecast within different networks/vlans. All you have to do is make a few settings within the Unifi Network Application. [ Read More]

Here I describe which networks/VLANs and WiFi networks I have created. And how I configured the firewall and added a rule that allows the Pi-hole from the SERVER-VLAN to be used by devices in other VLANs such as the CLIENT-VLAN and IOT-VLAN. [ Read More]

I have a number of devices that I no longer want to give access to the internet. [ Read More]

Since I create Docker/Podman containers with a macvlan and a reserved IP address, I also wanted to use my local top level domain (home.arpa) for safe and easy browsing to the container software [ Read More]

Here I describe my setup of the Pi-hole docker container. [ Read More]

I finally replaced my old Unifi Security Gateway (USG) with a Unifi Dream Machine Pro (UDM-Pro). [ Read More]

My USG (Unifi Security Gateway) is already a few years old and only gets security updates. Because I had a mini ITX motherboard on the shelf with a reasonably energy-efficient i3 processor and with two Intel network ports (for WAN/LAN), I wanted to use it to replace the USG. [ Read More]

Here I describe my setup of the Unbound docker container. [ Read More]

With this redirect I make sure that all my devices use my own DNS settings. [ Read More]

Here I describe my setup of the Unifi Controller container. [ Read More]