networking

Going into the networking and IT industries, one of the common things you’re met with is certificates. Some of the more common ones include the CCNA and the CompTIA A+ certifications, with some of the more niche and situation-specific including PCNSA, CCNP, and CompTIA Security+ certifications. My first, however, was none of those. It was the Hurricane Electric IPv6 certificate, and it was by complete accident. Background I first stumbled across Hurricane Electric through their IPv6 tunnel broker program in early 2024, where they would allocate a routed /48 to you for completely free....

Admittedly, I’m pretty unfamiliar with VPNs, especially with setting up VPNs on routers. I’ve followed the excellent guide by egc to set up VPNs for my individual clients, such as my desktop or my laptop. However, one of the next logical steps is to learn how to set up a site-to-site VPN with DD-WRT. One of the issues with deploying it right now is that I’m currently an hour away from the other location....