Work – Inside Blumenort

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Faith

He is with us.

May 4, 2026May 10, 2026 Jason Toews0Tagged 10Gbps networking, 48 port switch, AI Security, Chrome SSL error, Cisco, Cisco alternatives, CRS354-48P-4S+2Q+RM, D-Link switch issues, DNS filtering, enterprise networking, enterprise router, ERR_SSL_VERSION_OR_CIPHER_MISMATCH, fiber backbone, firewall security, geo blocking, gigabit uplink limitation, hardware offloading, high throughput switching, HTTPS inspection, layer 2 switching, legacy hardware problems, logging and monitoring, Mikrotik, MikroTik CRS354-48P-4S+2Q+RM, network bottleneck, network optimization, network segmentation, network switching, network troubleshooting, network upgrade, Network Visibility, outdated firmware, PoE switch, QSFP+ uplinks, RouterOS, SFP uplinks, slow switch performance, smb networking, switch reboot issues, switching capacity, SwitchOS, TLS cipher mismatch, Ubiquiti, UniFi alternatives, UniFi switching, VLAN configuration, VLAN security, VPN networking

I few years ago I was dealing with a big problem… my switching network had some serious limitations… I inherited some 48 port POE switches that just didn’t performed that well anymore. Some of the problems I had were: very slow initialization at boot up, web UI (the primary way to configure this switch) was […]

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Divide and Don’t Get Conquered

April 30, 2026May 1, 2026 Jason Toews0Tagged access control, admin network security, broadcast domain, Cybersecurity, device discovery, disabling unused ports, enterprise networking, firewall rules, flat network, IT infrastructure, lateral movement prevention, management network, mDNS, microsegmentation, multicast DNS, network architecture, network best practices, network isolation, network redesign, Network Security, network segmentation, ransomware protection, secure network design, Stateful Firewall, subnetting, VLAN, WiFi security

I was recently asked to contribute to a network redesign project, at first I was just asked to contribute, then I was tasked with creating the plan, and was then given a directive to implement it.. I thought that was quite exciting as I wasn’t overly familiar with their network vendor brand and I enjoy […]

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Mikrotik Switches and Imaging

January 11, 2026February 7, 2026 Jason Toews0Tagged 2.5Gbps networking, bench switch, CRS310-8G-2S+IN, enterprise networking, fast imaging, hardware offloading, high-speed networking, Hyper-V, Hyper-V performance, Marvell 98DX226S, MDT imaging, Mikrotik, Mikrotik CRS310, network performance, SFP+, software deployment, system deployment, VLAN offloading, Windows 11 imaging

I posted previously about deploying software packages a different way; more reliable, faster, always the latest package… etc. and that’s all important but it’s also about pure speed. The faster I can deploy a workstation; the better, and this is another area that needed improvement, our imaging system was running in Hyper-V as a Linux […]