https://bitgrounds.tech/bitgrounds.techFree software, Linux, Electronics, Security & Privacy. 2026-02-09T19:38:22+01:00 Robin W. Hunter https://bitgrounds.tech/ Jekyll © 2026 Robin W. Hunter /assets/img/favicons/favicon.ico /assets/img/favicons/favicon-96x96.png Using my 3D printer to make gifts for my wedding2026-02-08T18:00:00+01:00 2026-02-08T18:00:00+01:00 https://bitgrounds.tech/posts/using-my-3d-printer-to-make-wedding-gifts/ RobinWHunter I have been MIA for more than half a year now. One reason for my absence (among multiple others) is that I was preoccupied planning my own wedding. Having finally regained my free time, I have come back (now a married man) to tell the story of how I managed to impose my 3D printing hobby onto my wedding plans. Motivation & Setup My wife and I come from different origins, and it was during... Securing Proxmox using ZFS' native encryption2025-06-15T15:05:00+02:00 2026-02-08T17:18:13+01:00 https://bitgrounds.tech/posts/proxmox-zfs-encryption/ RobinWHunter This article was heavily inspired by the article Using Native ZFS Encryption with Proxmox (archive) published on the PrivSec blog and covering this exact topic. That article helped me a lot in figuring out the required steps to encrypt a Proxmox Setup using ZFS native encryption. Still, I found that some of the required background knowledge in the article could use more coverage, and some of t... Laying the groundwork for my Homelab with OPNSense2025-04-16T23:20:00+02:00 2025-04-16T23:17:40+02:00 https://bitgrounds.tech/posts/homelab_groundwork_with_opnsense/ RobinWHunter Motivation In the previous two-part series regarding my Vodafone cable-internet equipment, I have shown how one can switch the Vodafone Station into bridge mode (in order to deactivate all but its modem functionality), and how one can replace the Station with a third-party modem all-together. Following either of these guides would leave you with a modem which is only capable of forwarding a si... Vodafone Cable Internet shenanigans - Part 2: Third party modems2024-10-11T23:30:00+02:00 2024-10-11T23:35:21+02:00 https://bitgrounds.tech/posts/Vodafone_cable_internet_shenanigans_part_2/ RobinWHunter Motivation In the last article of this series, we learned how to activate Bridge Mode on Vodafone’s (in Germany) standard issued “Vodafone Station”. As a reminder, once this mode is activated, the Vodafone Station acts as a simple modem, relegating routing functionalities to whichever router is connected downstream from it. With this configuration, I was able to delegate the routing and wireles... Vodafone Cable Internet shenanigans - Part 1: Bridge Mode2024-09-13T23:00:00+02:00 2024-10-06T00:52:37+02:00 https://bitgrounds.tech/posts/Vodafone_cable_internet_shenanigans_part_1/ RobinWHunter Motivation Throughout my quest to improve my home network, the limitations of my ISP-issued modem/router were getting more and more obvious. In particular, as the number of devices in my network grew, I noticed occasional WLAN signal interruptions. Additionally, as covered in my previous article, the software of my ISP-router is extremely limited, and does not give the option to configure some ...