Forest Fire Expert
In 15 years, I've gained extensive knowledge about wildfires. Today, share my knowledge to combat them.
About me
Family Guy
As a father and husband, I cherish every moment and strive to create lasting memories with my wife and children.
Sailor
I discovered my passion for sailing at a young age, igniting a lifelong love for the sea and adventure.
As IT Expert
Mauro Gentz - Senior IT Consultant
For the community, my blog
Beyond my work as an IT consultant, I enjoy sharing knowledge through my blog. Whenever I come across something insightful, be it a personal opinion, a professional experience, or a useful discovery, I take the time to write it down. If it’s worth sharing, it belongs here for everyone to benefit from.
Replacing QNAP QTS with OpenMediaVault
My QNAP TS-469L is now around 13 years old. From a hardware perspective, that sounds ancient, especially when compared with modern NAS systems. Nevertheless, the device is still perfectly usable for what I need: network storage, RAID, SMB shares and backups. Instead of replacing perfectly functional hardware, I decided to give the TS-469L a s...
Adding a Video Background to the SpicePress Hero Section
A while ago, I published an article about the various customizations I made to the SpicePress theme after a theme update wiped out many of my changes. In that article, I documented the CSS and PHP modifications required to adapt the theme to my needs. If you haven't read it yet, I recommend starting there, as this post builds on those modific...
Fixing KNX Multicast Issues on a Gira Homeserver Debian Build
A common issue when running the Homeserver firmware on a generic Debian system is that KNX multicast communication (224.0.23.12:3671) only starts working after manually restarting the service via: sudo systemctl restart hs_starter This happens because hs_admin is launched too early during boot—before the network interface is fully initial...
