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The One Upgrade Every Home Network Needs in 2026
VLOG Thursday 481:Firewalls, Networking, and Homelab Q&A
My 2026 Homelab Tour (Rack + Servers + Network + Storage)
Home Lab in 2026: What's Worth Your Money (and what isn't)
5 Security Upgrades Every Home Lab Should Have
Network Security Basics - Are you doing these things?
The US Router Ban Has a Dark Question Nobody Is Asking
What’s Actually Running in My Homelab? (50+ Self-Hosted Services)
Planning Your First Network Deployment? Start Here
The BEST 25GbE Homelab Node Minisforum MS-02 Ultra
Network Fundamentals Explained: OSI Model, Subnetting, and More
A Raspberry Pi 5 OpenWRT Router with 2.5Gbps LAN!
…Sign in to your XDA account Like most homes built before the 2000s, the last apartment I lived in was a nightmare for getting consistent network connectivity in every room. The wall…
…A lot of home networking problems are physical, not digital The physical layer is to blame for a lot of networking malaise When a network connection drops, slows down, or behaves inconsistently…
…I was already using it to access sensitive dashboards like Portainer, Pi-hole, and Omada Controller when I was outside my home network. Beyond homelab-related services, I was also actively using…
…You can try to restrict communication for these devices to enhance your home network security. Related Pi-hole showed me exactly what my smart home does behind my back Your smart home…
Hi everyone. I upgraded to gigabit fiber through T-Mobile fiber. My cable internet bill became outrageous, so it was time. ($20 less per month for double the download and real upload speeds.) I'm moving my office down to…
I inherited some networking equipment. Is any of this worth anything? Who should I look for to find a new home for it? My personal networking needs aren’t anything that I think I could use this for - small network switch…
No one at home or social circles are interested in networking and this was vaguely interesting enough to tell someone. I recently upgraded my home router from a Ubiquiti USG to a UCG. This was a much bigger improvement t…
Started as a high school project. I bought a cheap switch and a small rack, and at the time I only had a couple of TP-Link routers. Then I started watching YouTube home networking videos and decided to get a UCG Ultra. A…
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,…
…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…
…It wasn't intended as a security feature, but it ended up increasing home network security as a positive side effect. Devices using NAT are invisible to the outside world by default…
By Joe Tilleli Published March 25, 2026 A reliable home Wi-Fi network has become as essential as electricity for many households. Streaming movies, attending video calls, managing smart home devices, and…
…staying independent of the home network. But as my homelab evolved, my priorities moved from independence to visibility. The SMS alerts worked when my homelab was smaller, but at some point, hoping…
…If you run a home lab, the majority of network traffic used in that context is all internal traffic, which doesn't touch your WAN unless you've exposed services to the…
…If you've picked up a load of cheap IoT smart home devices, it's likely they have questionable security and phone home to overseas servers quite often. Creating network segmentation with…