Network segmentation is the smart home security step nobody talks about
…Install OPNsense on your old computer and use it to create VLANs along with firewall rules.
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I over-engineered my home lab on purpose, and it's the best decision I've made
…I’ve got an OPNsense router at the center of my networking stack, and I’ve armed it with strict firewall rules (well, mostly deny all as the default, with exceptions configured…
I avoided powerline Ethernet for years, but it solved the one connectivity gap nothing else could
…My router back then was pretty basic and didn't show much in the way of traffic metrics, but many consumer routers nowadays have this, and prosumer or custom builds using OPNsense…
I ignored IPv6 for years, and now my home network is paying the price
…This is a straightforward WAN rule to add to pfSense or OPNsense . It varies by consumer router, but most have an IPv6 firewall that can be toggled on. It's nice that…
Building your own router is easier than you think, and the US just made it necessary
…Related Setting up OPNsense on a mini PC was easier than configuring my old router Consistent performance with predictable behavior ...but that doesn't stop you from making your own It's…
Your smart home is bypassing Pi-hole with encrypted DNS, and here's how to stop it
…I confirmed this by running tcpdump in OPNsense on my router. Then I imported the dump into Wireshark to see which packets were leaving my smart home gadgets. Sure enough, there was…
I run Proxmox and Docker together in my homelab, and here's why treating them as rivals wastes resources
…Proxmox is great for running virtual applications, such as OpenVPN, OPNsense , TrueNAS, and even Windows . Docker is better used for databases, smaller apps, and microservices. Think Jellyfin, Nextcloud, and Open WebUI for…
Decommissioned office PCs are the secret home lab upgrade nobody talks about
…One box handles the networking layer, running OPNSense for VLANs, Pi-hole for DNS filtering , and a Tailscale exit node for remote access. A dedicated box handles media server experiments with Jellyfin…
I gave my home lab self-healing powers using Prometheus, Grafana, and one free monitoring stack
…Throw in network-attached storage (NAS), a custom OPNSense firewall, some LXCs and VMs on Proxmox nodes, and the need to keep all running services online, and I suddenly found myself needing…
Running Ollama on a 15W CPU sounded ridiculous until I got it working with decent results
…Once that was installed and configured with a dedicated IP address through OPNsense — replacing the previous Open WebUI running on a beefier PC — I was good to go. Just like many other…