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First Home Lab
Go easy on me, y’all! Currently a lowly school district tech and trying to learn networking at home. Once the fiancé and I move out, I’ll likely make a dedicated rack for it rather than having it be on the entertainment …
My #3 update of orange RACK
Hey everyone, decided to share my current homelab/network setup. The last was 3 years ago. It’s a mix of high-performance gear and some "recycled" hardware that I's rescued from the trash. Power draw at idle - 350W (yes,…
Electrician did this for PoE doorbell, is it okay?
Home is having a full renovation and, for the first time, I’m able to run cat6 everywhere it’s needed easily. Wanted a PoE doorbell, probably going to go with a Unifi one as that will be the rest of the network. But for …
Building My First Serious NAS / Media Server – Looking for Opinions Before I Pull the Trigger
I’m putting together a NAS/media server/homelab box and wanted to get some opinions before I finalize everything. The goal is "affordable", high-capacity storage, Plex/transcoding, 10Gb networking, and room for future ex…
How realistic is it to make a long-term career out of travel/network deployment contracts?
Hey Everyone - 32M, ~10 years in IT (5–6 in networking/network engineering specifically). Recently started a network deployment contract through TEKsystems and honestly realizing this type of work fits me WAY better than…
I ditched OPNsense for UniFi, and the speed gain wasn't the real win
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I mapped every machine in my home lab with this free tool
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Your home server monitor dies with your server — an old Android phone fixed this for free
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Separating my router and modem fixed problems I didn't know I had
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…Related Pi-hole is still the best free upgrade you can make to your home network Safer, faster, cleaner Don't trust the dashboard It doesn't tell the whole story The…