NETWORK

A few days ago, I created a post on how to redirect the HTTPS external traffic to a Jeedom in a private network. Everything will work but you'll see in your browser that the website isn't secure. The reason is that there is no certificate available on your webserver (on your Jeedom). To generate, use and auto renew a certificate we'll use CertBot Certbot is a free, open source software tool for automatically using Let’s Encrypt certificates on manually-administrated websites to enable HTTPS. Certbot is made by the Electronic Frontier Foundation (EFF), a 501(c)3 nonprofit based in San Francisco, CA, that defends digital privacy, free speech, and innovation. ...

In the previous blog post we saw how to create a custom domain name to point to our public IP address. The main goal was to be able to access our Jeedom from outside our private network. But if you just type your public IP address or use the new custom domain name to access Jeedom you'll just hit your modem or firewall and they'll not know what do to with the traffic. And you can be sure the traffic will not go to your Jeedom by default. ...

When your Pi-hole doesn't act as a DHCP server (because you already have another one) you'll able to see only the IP addresses of the devices. Not really user-friendly when you need to analyze the log of the Pi-Hole. But don't be afraid, there is a solution! To be able to see the device name, you just need to enable the Use Conditional Forwarding setting in the Settings - DNS. ...

Holidays are nice when you want to try something new. In my case, I wanted to install a Pi-Hole. If you never heard about Pi-Hole, it's a DNS sinkhole that protects your devices from unwanted content, without installing any client-side software. My post isn't a How-to install/configure/... the thing. Here we'll see how to create firewall rules on the Dream Machine Pro to refuse all DNS queries except the one to the Pi-Hole. ...

In some cases you'll handle the PPPoE connection in your router. The main reason is to connect to the Proximus network from your router and let your personal hardware manage the DHCP. If you know your login and password, it's really easy. But if like me, you lost your original password / don't remember it / never saved it in your favorite password tool / ... you're doomed. Or not. ...