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Computers / Consumer Electronics / Networking / Uncategorized

February 23, 2019

Pi-Hole My Retrospective

Good day, This is Ron from Ron the Admin dot com. Today, I am going to be posting my retrospective about running the Raspberry Pi-Hole on my home network. I have been running this system for the past three weeks. The initial response was positive. Overall the system is blocking ads correctly for those which are on the blacklist. For ads being served through whitelisted domains instead of using a 3rd party system like adsense or microsofts ads, it won’t work. You will need to use an ad blocking software on your browser. However, I don’t see that as an...

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Networking / Technology

January 26, 2019

The New Adpocolypse

This is Ron from Ron the admin dot com. In recent tech news google is going to make changes to its web browser Chrome that may break ad blocking software. Ars Technica states that google wants to “crack down on malicious extensions that can undermine user’s privacy and security.” This is very odd on my opinion as Ad Blockers great at protecting your privacy. Especially on your computer as some exploits and malicious code can come from unwanted advertisements. I have been using ad blocking extension for years to help minimize the risk of javascript based exploits, click bait sites...

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Networking / Technology

December 30, 2018

Troubleshooting a Slow Internet Connection

I have been working in the technical support industry for about 19 years. In 2000 I started building and repair computer systems. Around 2002 is when I got into computer networking. December 2007 is when I graduated college with an associate degree in applied science majoring in network administration and Computer Repair. As part of the degree I fulfilled the requirements for the Network Administrator Certificate indicating I have the skills to manage computer systems and networks as outlined by the State University of New York Degree program held at SUNY Ulster County Community College. Upon graduation I started working...

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