CLOUDY MUSINGS

More tales from the homelab! I noticed another error in Pi-hole after upgrading to v6, but ultimately zero issues throughout the house. I don't trust these things and actually learned something I probably should've learned earlier. Figured I'd blog about it! First off...the error: Cannot resolve NTP server address: No valid NTP replies received, check server and network connectivity That is one of those messages that immediately sends your brain in the wrong direction. You st

This post starts the way a lot of my homelab stories start: Everything worked, but my brain refused to accept it due to log files indicating there was a problem. What came about was an interesting journey that I figured a good blog might help others out with. So picture it: Pi-hole was blocking ads. The internet was fine. Nobody in the house was complaining. And yet Pi-hole v6 kept throwing a message into the logs like it was trying to get my attention with a tiny air horn. d

I set out to replace my traditional Azure site to site VPN with something lighter and easier to manage (plus Microsoft is effectively...