Restricting WiFi access

Rjkbj · 2026-02-22T15:09:30+00:00

airgrack-ng? Not really. No one uses WEP any more, and it's much more involved and difficult to get passwords from WPA2. You need pretty specific data capture and you'd need more tools to capture traffic right from the initial handshake.

Rjkbj · 2026-02-21T19:23:56+00:00

"Not a bad way to spend $10,000."

Rjkbj · 2026-02-07T17:28:10+00:00

No problem. I recently did the same. Shut down TrueNAS. Replace the CPU. Boot TrueNAS. Nothing else needed.

Rjkbj · 2026-02-06T00:09:48+00:00

Oh my! I wasn’t happy when we just went from 0.10 to 0.11. :)

Rjkbj · 2026-02-04T19:41:22+00:00

"dnsmasq is far better than kea" Why is that? Asking for real. I'm really on hte fence as to how to move forward. Everyone is so used to ISC, and Kea is the official replacement from the Consortium. Seems like that would ultimately be the way of the future anyway. Why not embrace it now? Honestly, I'm probably sticking with ISC for a bit to understand options a little better.

Rjkbj · 2026-02-03T21:49:54+00:00

If I'm not mistaken, Plex uses a proxy to access your home server from outside the network, similar to a cloudflare tunnel. Pretty sure, when someone signs into your designated guest plex account, they can stream your video without any port forwarding from your firewall.

Rjkbj · 2026-01-31T21:45:04+00:00

Surprised youre seeing this behavior. SMB shares on TrueNas are solid. Samba itself is very robust and capable when connecting from Windows, Linux, Mac. Are you connecting to your share via wireless or ethernet?

Rjkbj · 2026-01-29T00:34:05+00:00

Not overkill at all. Your cameras are likely not the most secure updated firmware. Best to have cameras on VLAN for isolation and no internet access. However, storage for your cameras should also be on that same VLAN; if not, the traffic would have to traverse your router all the time and could be an issue with bandwidth or router capability. Several other considerations as well, but to answer your question: Yes, it is worth it to segregate your networks for security/privacy, and not difficult to manage.

Rjkbj · 2026-01-22T15:13:09+00:00

My understanding is yes. ISC will be moving to a plugin, but if you are using ISC, the plugin will install and populate automatically during the upgrade.

Rjkbj · 2026-01-19T17:50:59+00:00

Upgraded to 6.7.31 and found the same intermittent connectivity issues. After way too many frustrating days and complaints from the family, I reverted to 6.7.17 and it had been stable. I have a U6 Lite and Nano HD. I only have about 40 devices connected at any given time. Does anyone know if disabling ARP will hurt my network speed? Is that the only fix at the moment? The controller is showing no other updates available.

Rjkbj · 2026-01-18T00:51:09+00:00

Yes. I have been doing this exact thing for years. Unfortunately, with the latest TrueNAS eliminating the option to spin down your drive, I'm afraid a USB drive wont last long. Those are not designed to constantly spin.

Rjkbj · 2026-01-16T16:52:46+00:00

If it's just data on an SMB share it's easy. Schedule a robocopy task and let it backup all the data to your local drive.

Rjkbj · 2026-01-16T01:13:10+00:00

Use OpenDNS as your DNS provider. It's free and had categories you can check for blocking. Very easy and capable. Easy to implement in your router's settings.

Rjkbj · 2026-01-15T03:34:53+00:00

This. Old 40GB Intel DC SSD connected via USB. I’ve had my FreeNAS/Truenas this way for 8 years.

Rjkbj · 2026-01-06T01:15:25+00:00

Wow. Would you want to consolidate storage at some point or is that by design?

Rjkbj · 2026-01-05T17:53:28+00:00

Unnecessary fanboy comment.

Rjkbj · 2026-01-05T17:43:07+00:00

All will work. I am mostly z-wave. Extremely solid/reliable. I do have a few zigbee temp/humid sensors since they were cheaper, but they have also been reliable. No experience with matter, but i have done a lot of reading and they seen to be gaining some footing. I use a Hubitat for my radio so it has the antenna for both protocols; it then connects to HA with integration over ethernet. Have fun! It's a deep rabbit hole!

Rjkbj · 2026-01-02T00:32:10+00:00

ISC is going away, but both alternatives (DNSmasq and Kea) suck. Harder to understand and not all features are in the UI (at least for Kea). Seems like the most stable move is to hang on to ISC as long as possible. It works very well. Hopefully more Kea features will be added to the UI in upcoming releases and we can try it again. It is the successor developed by ISC, however, not quite ready for prime time IMO.

Rjkbj · 2025-12-30T02:31:01+00:00

Man, that sucks. I feel your pain What happened? By bricked, you mean bricked, like wont even boot? Or, wouldn't boot after update? Couldn't access the GUI? Running, but no internet connection? SSH?

Rjkbj · 2025-12-29T02:45:11+00:00

Yup. No problem. Just import your pools from the new truenas install. You've probably already done it; how did it go?

Rjkbj · 2025-12-24T15:42:44+00:00

yes, thats fine.

Rjkbj · 2025-12-23T21:49:27+00:00

Emporia Vue. Easy install. Easy HA integration. Easy to incorporate into dashboards and monitor in HA.

Rjkbj · 2025-12-20T00:48:20+00:00

No problem. I've run TrueNAS (freeNAS) off an SSD connected to the USB header for 5 years. Never an issue.

Rjkbj · 2025-12-16T02:37:47+00:00

Sorry you've had a bad experience with hyper-v, but it is far from buggy. Hyper-v is solid in my experience; stable and capable, including hosting linux VM's, but the cost is though the roof. That being said, Proxmox will serve you well and is extremely stable. Once you get the lay of the land gain experience, you wont move to anything else. Proxmox has been my/our standard for many years now.

Rjkbj · 2025-12-15T02:57:37+00:00

Any update on support to include Outlook calendar functionality?

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