Monthly Archives: January 2025

After taking a good look at the circuit boards in the 5PX, I was pleasantly surprised to find no leaking or bulging capacitors. I checked a few capacitors in circuit, and they measured acceptable. I “bit the bullet” and purchased … Continue reading →

Well, I updated the Mini G3 to the latest Proxmox 8.3.3 with proxmox-kernel-6.8.12-7 and it seems that the need to blacklist the tg3 module is gone. In fact, with it blacklisted, you no longer have any networking. Removing tg3 from … Continue reading →

I think that I have finally figured out how to get my EliteDesk 705 G3 Mini PC working. Part of the problem is the Broadcom BCM5762 NIC in which case you have to (a) blacklist the NIC driver tg3 and … Continue reading →

The home lab journey continues. I was a “good enough” boy last year, so Santa dropped off a Unifi Aggregation Switch. This completes my back end “core” for my standard networking and NFS storage for my Proxmox servers. I also … Continue reading →

Hi Folks – an FYI on the Netgate 6100 port assignments. This really messed me up as the SFP port numbering is not clear – at least not clear to me – in the documentation. So, in case anyone else … Continue reading →