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Termshark: Wireshark-style Packet Analysis Directly on the Linux Terminal
Forget about downloading pcap files. With Termshark, you can analyze packets with a Wireshark-like interface directly on your Linux Terminal via SSH.
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Configuring Multi-WAN Failover on Linux: A “Never-Down” Internet Solution with Keepalived
Don't let internet outages disrupt your business. Learn how to configure Multi-WAN Failover on Linux for automatic ISP switching in seconds.
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ethtool Linux: Check NIC Status, Configure Speed, and Optimize Network Interface Performance from the Command Line
ethtool is the Linux command that shows you everything about your NIC that ip link can't — from actual speed/duplex and error counters to ring buffer and offloading. Includes a full-server NIC health check script and how to persist settings across reboots.
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Deploying QinQ (Double VLAN 802.1ad) on Linux: Multi-Tenant Traffic Isolation and VLAN Space Expansion
QinQ (Double VLAN 802.1ad) expands the VLAN address space to ~16 million and provides fully independent traffic isolation between tenants over a single physical link. This guide covers configuring QinQ on Linux with ip link — from a 5-minute quick start to a production-ready setup with systemd-networkd — along with MTU debugging tips and a real-world intermittent packet loss story.
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Configuring ECMP Routing on Linux: Distributing Traffic Across Multiple Network Paths with ip route
ECMP (Equal-Cost Multi-Path) Routing allows Linux to distribute traffic evenly across multiple gateways simultaneously instead of relying on a single default route, increasing real-world bandwidth and reducing failover time. This guide covers configuring ECMP with ip route, controlling weights based on bandwidth, setting up persistent configuration, and resolving asymmetric routing in multi-ISP environments.
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Building a Stealth VPN with Xray-core and XTLS-Reality on Linux: Traffic That Looks Like Regular HTTPS
A complete A-to-Z guide to installing Xray-core with XTLS-Reality on a Linux server — generating keypairs, configuring VLESS, setting up the client, and monitoring. VPN traffic looks like ordinary HTTPS and cannot be detected or blocked by DPI.
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Linux Bandwidth Monitoring: Identify Network-Hogging Processes with Nethogs and Iftop
Master Nethogs and Iftop to analyze bandwidth by PID and IP. This article shares real-world scenarios for troubleshooting midnight server network congestion.
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Deploy a VyOS Virtual Router on Proxmox/KVM: Firewall, NAT, and Site-to-Site VPN from A to Z
A hands-on guide to deploying a VyOS virtual router on Proxmox or KVM, covering stateful zone-based firewall, NAT masquerade, port forwarding, and IPsec IKEv2 Site-to-Site VPN. Follows a practical workflow from installation to a production-ready lab network.
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Configuring iSCSI Multipathing on Linux: Maximize Bandwidth and SAN Connection Redundancy
A complete guide to configuring iSCSI Multipathing on Linux, from basic setup to advanced tuning: establish multiple parallel connections to SAN storage to increase bandwidth and ensure redundancy when a path fails. Covers load balancing configuration, jumbo frames, real-world failover testing, and troubleshooting.
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Setting Up WireGuard VPN on Fedora Server: Secure Remote Access with firewalld and SELinux
A complete guide to setting up WireGuard VPN on Fedora Server, covering firewalld, SELinux, and IP forwarding configuration. Includes a script to auto-generate client configs and practical debugging tips.