My 2026 Homelab Tour (Rack + Servers + Network + Storage)
UniFi Travel Router: My Network Follows Me
VLOG Thursday 481:Firewalls, Networking, and Homelab Q&A
Sunday Live Stream Q&A: Self Hosting, Networking, Virtualization, Homelab and Security
Beelink ME Pro: No Business Being This Capable
Building Out My New Network
A Better Way to Run Docker Apps on TrueNAS
Build Enterprise-Grade UniFi Monitoring with Unpoller, Prometheus & Grafana
NetBird Setup Guide (New & Simplified)
Ultimate Plex Dashboard | Monitor All the Things
What’s Actually Running in My Homelab? (50+ Self-Hosted Services)
My Private Mini Kubernetes Cluster - Powered by Tailscale
… Related How buying used enterprise hardware can teach you about networking Ex-enterprise gear is often cheaply available, and great to learn networking basics on if you get past the learning curve Enterprise networking prioritizes reliability over benchmarks A network that truly "feels" better Cons… …
… Instead, I had a networking device that treated local reliability like an optional feature. Once I noticed that pattern, the shine came off fast. What I look for now instead These days, I’m much more suspicious of networking gear that promises simplicity without giving me control. …
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… Routers Thermal imaging cameras are useful for dealing with issues around your home but they also work great for troubleshooting networking gear. …
… If repurposing isn't appealing, the secondhand market for networking gear is more active than most people expect. …
… In that time, he's also written for SlashGear and numerous corporate clients before finding his home at XDA in the spring of 2023. …
… He's known for his work at Epic, the creation of Gears of War, the development of LawBreakers , and some questionable assessments of where LawBreakers went wrong . …
… This all becomes increasingly important given the current drive towards longer, more sustainable life cycles for networking and compute, even within the fastest moving hyperscalers. “If you read any 10K report from the hyperscalers, you will see in every single one they will make a note that they a… …
Hey all — looking for some real-world input from people running TACACS+ at scale. We’re a service provider / MSP with ~100 employees, but we manage ~30,000+ network devices (switches/routers). Most of our gear supports T…
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,…
I’m soon to run a handful (5 or 6) of Cat6 cables in a new small office. The previous tenants left behind a bit of an IT mess. My questions are: Is the punch down block needed or can I bypass and remove? Is the Allen Tel…
I'm pretty new to homelabbing and this is my first mini rack! Started with the Beelink ME Mini and then just kinda grew from there (it's always the way hey haha). It idles at 70 watts (not too shabby for how much is goin…