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The Case of the Stubborn Synology: A Fedora NFS Saga

August 13, 2025 Cassie 370 Views 0 Comments DIY, Fedora, Home Network, NAS, NFS, Synology

After battling with stubborn NFS mounts on his Fedora PC, Paul documents the troubleshooting journey to a stable solution. Discover how he moved past initial assumptions about SELinux, diagnosed a deeper issue with unclean shutdowns, and ultimately achieved reliable mounting by leveraging NFS 4.1, a streamlined directory structure, and the power of autofs. This narrative-driven article provides practical commands and insights to help any Linux user conquer similar network mounting challenges.

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Synology Active Backup for Business: How to Create Encrypted Backups

April 27, 2024 Paul 3986 Views 0 Comments DIY, Home Network, NAS, Synology

Synology’s Active Backup for Business is an amazing tool to backup your devices. But if you want to encrypt and compress your backups, you must take a few steps on your own, which I explain in this article.

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My Warning About Lenovo – Do NOT Buy From Them!

December 14, 2023 Paul 2699 Views 2 Comments Commentary, Laptops, Lenovo

I do not take pleasure in writing an article like this, but feel I have a moral obligation to warn others thinking of purchasing from Lenovo. After this event, I will never do business with Lenovo again.

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How I Upgrade My Asus ZenWiFi Firmware

May 20, 2023 Paul 2624 Views 0 Comments Asus, DIY, Home Network, Mesh, WiFi

This is how I upgrade the firmware on my Asus ZenWiFi AX router and nodes, to hopefully avoid issues like the infamous blinking light problem these mesh devices are known for.