In the previous blog post, we discussed how to set up different user permissions in pfSense. Now, we’re going to take it a step further and configure pfSense to communicate with the RADIUS server. This configuration allows for user authentication into the pfSense dashboard. If you’re planning to use OpenVPN on pfSense, you can use …
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The other day, I was trying to set up a radius client to talk to the NPS server in windows, and everytime when I try to authenticate against the windows NPS server, it fails. Finally I was able to find the issue, and it was related to the windows firewall blocking the radius request, hence …
When you deploy a cisco ios network infrastructure, we would set up the local account for the initial configuration, and later we would require some sort of centralised radius or tacacs + location that will help you authenticate the cisco devices. It is not ideal to use a local account, because, as in when the …
The Microsoft Active Directory (AD) is one of the most popular centralized domain controllers available today. In most enterprises, you will find Microsoft AD deployed as the primary system. Sometimes, you may want to manage your VPN or network infrastructure using the same centralized server to act as a RADIUS server. To accomplish this, you …
When you install the windows server 2022, the next thing you would want to do is to manage the operating system remotely. For that, we could use something called Remote desktop in Windows. RDP provides remote desktop access to the windows machine over port 3389. This blog post will configure RDP access on windows server …
The best way to test the latest operating system is by virtualizing them in the lab environment before moving it to production. You can test things out and understand what works for you and what doesn’t. In this blog, we will virtualize windows server 2022 on a VirtualBox hypervisor. Many users choose VirtualBox hypervisor because …
The windows server 2022 is the latest version of the server operating system from Microsoft. It provides good performance and a more cloud-centric design. Windows server is usually installed as a virtual machine, and it can be virtualized in almost all the hypervisors out there. Can windows 2022 be installed on Proxmox? Windows 2022 is …
The windows server 2019 is the popular version of the Windows server operating system used by many enterprise users worldwide, not only in the on-premises network but also in the cloud. Our previous blog covered how you can install Proxmox VE on a server using a USB drive. We even spun up multiple firewalls virtual …
I like working with Linux, especially Linux mint. At the same time, I also need to use the latest Windows 11 operating system on my computer because of the wide range of features it brings along with it. Since I like both operating systems, I could virtualize either of the operating systems. The main advantage …
Our last blog post covered the installation of windows 11 on the KVM hypervisor, and it works well. In this blog, we will look at the installation of windows11 on the Proxmox server. The Proxmox server is based on KVM itself. If you want to learn how to install Proxmox on a server or on …
The VMware tool is a software package from VMware that you can install on your Virtual machine. You can think of VMware tools as software drivers that you would usually install on a PC. Installing the VMware tools package will improve the VM’s overall performance and manageability. We have covered the installation of Windows operating …
Unlike Windows 10, in Windows 11, Microsoft increased the security on the operating system by adding TPM and Secure boot as the mandatory requirement to install the operating system. The problem is that most of the servers out there don’t support TPM out of the box, and you need to buy separate hardware and install …
When Windows 10 came out, the minimum requirement to install the OS was basically the Memory, CPU, storage, etc. However, that was not the case when Windows 11 launched. You need to meet the minimum hardware requirement, and TPM and secure-boot must be supported too on the machine to install the operating system. Can Windows …
PPPOE protocol is a common way to connect to the Internet for most consumer networks. It provides more flexibility to the ISP, and it can easily manage your connection by using authentication, subscription, bandwidth usage, etc. Usually, you will have an ISP cable connected to a modem; it could be fiber or DSL, which gets …
I have been using windows 11 on my laptop for some time now, and the new changes on the operating systems are great. Most of the time, I use windows 11 as my primary operating system. However, I use Linux as my second operating system. When I say Linux, I mean Ubuntu Linux. If you …
Though in the mid of 2021, Microsoft announced Windows 11 to the public, the ISO was not made available to the public. We could only download the latest Windows 11 (beta) builds from Microsoft only after being part of the Microsoft windows insider program. However, On Oct 5th, 2021, Microsoft finally released the bug-free window …
Though Microsoft unveiled the new Windows 11 operating system, they didn’t release the official iso image to the public. There was a leaked unofficial Windows 11 iso image available on the internet, but some of you didn’t want to try it out because of the security. So those were concerned about the security and didn’t …
Your C drive is fully utilized and you decided to extend your hard disk, so if it is a physical box you will get a brand new hard disk and plugin to the system, or if it is a virtual machine, you extend the virtual hard disk. Once the physical or virtual hard disk is …
When windows 11 came out, I was so excited to try it out. Unfortunately, Microsoft didn’t publish the official windows 11 image to the public after the official launch. Some windows 11 images were floating around on the internet. Still, I didn’t really want to reimage my laptop with the unofficial ISO image. So I …