home network

For 2023 x-mas I decited to renew my aging home IT equiment and besides adding some performance my main goals are reducing power consumption and go a more software defined way. In detail that means: Discard Mikrotik CCR Discard Mikrotik CRS Replace Xeon D-1541/8HDD server So the new server...

My current setup, is one "server", around 30 IoT devices (e.g. switches, outlets, TVs, game consoles, etc.), 10-15 "trusted" devices (laptops, phones, tablets), and 4 cameras (all for 5 people). Right now, the various devices are all on their own, respective VLAN ("Main", IoT, Video), and I'm...

Hello people, I'm trying to upgrade my home network and hopefully soon also my internet fiber to 10G. But first things first the LAN upgrade: I recently scored a good deal on a brand new SN2010 switch! This will be the core switch in my server rack. I bet most of you know but it supports (18)x...

Hi there, I've set up a small nextcloud instance on my home server. In the meantime, I connect directly via port forwarding and HTTP / HTTPS Port to the web interface of nextcloud. But because forwarding ports in the router could be a possible security risk, I want to avoid this practice. My...