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Computer networking covers IP networks, routers, switches, firewalls, and home/SOHO network design and troubleshooting.
…Related 5 things I wish I knew before upgrading my home network I didn't expect a single cable could bring my network to its knees. Cat cabling has a place in…
…Home Assistant Making home automation actually smart Home Assistant was already a key part of my setup, but pairing it with Ollama made it much smarter without sending any data to the…
…That split doesn’t make a home lab less elegant. It makes it more resilient. Service type Better on standalone hardware Better virtualized in Proxmox Why Router / firewall Yes Sometimes Network edge…
…If Proxmox continues improving image lifecycle handling, setup-time configuration, and tighter integrations with storage and networking, this could become one of the most compelling aspects of the platform. Home labbers love…
…This is wonderful for a home lab and smart home. How this works is through using something like Network Address Translation (NAT) with Destination NAT (DNAT) or REDIRECT rules configured on the…
…If your home lab is primarily a file server, managing terabytes of media, running replication to a backup system, and serving files over your network, TrueNAS Scale does that better out of…
…Leaving the irony of using a service that relies on external servers aside, Tailscale is by far the easiest way to access my home lab from remote networks, and it’s the…
…While you can do this with a Raspberry Pi , I wanted something that would work even if my network went down. Yes, that's a disturbingly common occurrence in my home lab…
…I’ve set up my OPNsense router to double as an exit node, meaning it can route all the traffic from my client devices through my home network, thereby preventing curious tinkerers…
…The setup friction is real. But once it is running, there’s no phoning home, no rate limits, and no subscriptions. Google deserves credit for making setup easy and for it just…