https://susan-blogs.pages.dev/ Recent content on Susan Khanal Hugo en-us © 2026 Susan Khanal Sun, 15 Mar 2026 00:00:00 +0000 https://susan-blogs.pages.dev/about/ Sun, 15 Mar 2026 00:00:00 +0000 https://susan-blogs.pages.dev/about/ <p>Hi, I&rsquo;m <strong>Susan Khanal</strong> — an IT and networking enthusiast building and breaking things in my homelab.</p> <p>This blog is where I document everything I learn: network setups, self-hosted services, Linux configs, firewalls, and anything else I experiment with.</p> <h2 id="what-youll-find-here">What you&rsquo;ll find here</h2> <ul> <li>Step-by-step homelab tutorials with real screenshots</li> <li>Networking deep-dives (pfSense, VLANs, DNS, VPNs)</li> <li>Self-hosted app setups (Proxmox, Docker, Kubernetes)</li> <li>IT study notes and certification prep</li> </ul> <h2 id="my-setup">My setup</h2> <ul> <li><strong>Hypervisor</strong>: Proxmox VE</li> <li><strong>Firewall/Router</strong>: pfSense</li> <li><strong>Switching</strong>: Managed VLAN switches</li> <li><strong>DNS</strong>: Pi-hole + Unbound</li> </ul> <h2 id="connect">Connect</h2> <p>Got questions or found an error? Reach out — I&rsquo;m always learning.</p> https://susan-blogs.pages.dev/posts/setup-esxi-8-in-an-optiplex/ Sun, 15 Mar 2026 00:00:00 +0000 https://susan-blogs.pages.dev/posts/setup-esxi-8-in-an-optiplex/ <p>Here in this blog, I&rsquo;ve setup ESXi 8 on my simple optiplex host where I run my homelab. The optiplex has 32 GB RAM, 1.5 TB disk and 12th Gen CPU which is decent to run couple of VMs and I only run Linux vms majorly. See below: !<img src="https://susan-blogs.pages.dev/images/Pasted%20image%2020260315221630.png" alt="Pasted image 20260315221630"> !<img src="https://susan-blogs.pages.dev/images/Pasted%20image%2020260315221704.png" alt="Pasted image 20260315221704"></p> <p>Let me know what you think about this.</p> <p>Ciao!!</p> https://susan-blogs.pages.dev/posts/my-first-blogpost/ Wed, 06 Nov 2024 00:00:00 +0000 https://susan-blogs.pages.dev/posts/my-first-blogpost/ <p>Hello, This is my First Post</p> <p>I&rsquo;m attaching a photo</p> <p>!<img src="https://susan-blogs.pages.dev/images/Pasted%20image%2020260315153635.png" alt="Pasted image 20260315153635"> git subtree split &ndash;prefix public -b cloudflare-deploy git push origin cloudflare-deploy:cloudflare &ndash;force git branch -D cloudflare-deploy</p> https://susan-blogs.pages.dev/posts/my-second-post/ Wed, 06 Nov 2024 00:00:00 +0000 https://susan-blogs.pages.dev/posts/my-second-post/ <p>Hello, this is my second post !<img src="https://susan-blogs.pages.dev/images/Pasted%20image%2020260315153646.png" alt="Pasted image 20260315153646"></p>