5 Secure Networking Projects for Your Home Lab This Weekend!
Man so many projects to try and most of us feel like we don’t have enough time. However, I hope you have been enjoying my “weekend” series blog post I…
Tag: networking
New UniFi OS Server Lets You Self-Host the Full UniFi Experience
If you have been following the news lately, Ubiquiti just released something very exciting, UniFi OS Server. This will likely change how we self-host our Unifi controller and network application…
Stop Exposing Your Home Lab – Do This Instead
Like most, when I first spun up my home lab, one of the first things I wanted to do like anyone is to be able to hit my home lab…
How I Use VLANs to Isolate Docker and Proxmox Services (+ Free Worksheet)
One of the core disciplines in networking that you will want to learn is segmentation. We can benefit from segmentation even in the home lab environment. You can treat your…
Wireshark 101: The 2025 Beginner’s Guide
If you are like me, when you manage networks, whether in the home lab or production environment, you probably use tools like ping, traceroute, netstat, etc. These are great tools…
Best Home Lab Networking Architecture in 2025
One of the core aspects of any IT infrastructure is the network. The network is the center of how everything communicates, works, and it also forms the core of your…
Dell S5224F-ON 25 gig Switch iSCSI Configuration
Recently, I got my hands on a pair of Dell S5224f-on 25 gig switches. These were to be used for a new VMware vSphere installation for a data center refresh,…
OPNsense Port Forwarding Tutorial Step-by-Step
Port forwarding is a feature that allows you to answer outside traffic requests for a certain service even though the server lives on the internal network. OPNsense is a great…
Best OPNsense Plugins to Enhance Your Firewall
If you are looking for a great free and open-source firewall for your home lab environment, OPNsense is a great choice. It is a feature-rich open-source firewall solution that can…
pfSense Mini PC Firewall for your Home Lab
pfSense is one of the most popular open-source firewall solutions you can download. It has a ton of enterprise features, even with the Community Editon (CE) pfSense installation. Many are…