I have a host name whose dns points to my home IP. I use this for game servers for my buddies. Should I be worried about my home IP being easily accessible like this, and should I get a physical firewall appliance to protect myself?...
They run NAT/Firewall by default (or at least mine does), but I also have the VPN tunnel to home because it’s convenient for accessing stuff and hides traffic.
I’m (obviously) not great with caulk but needed to re-caulk where our kitchen counter meets the outside wall as it has a crack all along the counter. House was built about 20 years ago and it may be original and just settled....
As I’m in the beginning steps of sorting out my homelab, I’m starting to ask questions I haven’t asked before and come across conundrums I hadn’t considered previously. One of which is how to sort out pi-hole given that my ISP has locked down the router tighter than a tight thing....
Looks like it’s 2.4ghz only, which is really odd. Mikrotik is also really difficult to configure in my experience.
Typically a better setup is a dedicated router, and at least 1 dedicated WiFi AP, that way you’ve separated the 2 and can upgrade one without the other as technology evolves. TP-Link Omada APs are decent, as are Unifi.
One of which is how to sort out pi-hole given that my ISP has locked down the router tighter than a tight thing.
Easy way in that case is use Pihole for DHCP and DNS together. Assuming you can disable DHCP on your router.
With PoE you’re doing 2 conversions which could waste more power, AC to 48V at the switch, and then 48V down to whatever the device needs with it’s internal buck converter. You also have slightly more losses on the longer run of low voltage 48V DC through ethernet, vs AC.
On the other side of things:
With PoE you only have 1 AC-DC conversion happening, every wall wart power adapter has an idle power draw even without a load attached to it. With PoE you just have the single switch power supply wasting power.
Overall I doubt the difference will be large enough to matter, and some PoE switches are quite power hungry even with nothing plugged in for some reason, so could end up costing more.
Are you running WAN and LAN on the same subnet connected to the same gateway?? That’s going to cause all kinds of weird issues. You can change LAN to a unique subnet instead.
i5-6500T can handle way more than gigabit throughput.
You can still do the setup nearly the same, but you’ll need to change the opnsense LAN to its own unique subnet, and put PC2 on that subnet with a manual IP setup.
Make sure you don’t enable DHCP on opnsense too, since that will really interfere with the existing router.
The only real downside to this, is PC2 traffic to access PC1 or other devices on the main router, will have to go through opnsense and you’ll need firewall rules for that.
I lost 2-3 hdd's due to old age and lost all data on them. Some other 2-3 hdd's make a lot of noise while in operation and probably failing. I use VVV to catalog the stuff and to see which files have 2-3 copies, i need to manually search each file name. It's really tedious. I was wondering if there is another program that does...
I have a mini-PC running windows. On that, I run home assistant in virtualbox, have plex installed, and a cheap USB harddrive plugged in to keep my plex media. I’ve turned on sharing for a folder in this drive so other devices on my network can access it....
I was attempting to connect 3 PC’s (Personal and two servers) via the TL-SG105 un-managed network switch. Beforehand i just connected one server and the personal pc into another switch i have. But i got this switch to accommodate this new server. However it seems as soon as i plugged in and turned on the new switch all of a...
I can’t find anything in the docs, but does this support DNS-01 challenges for letsencrypt? I’ve tried other ‘server panels’ before and they all seem to have a major limitation in that they only support the HTTP challenge, making them impossible to use unless you want to expose the whole server via port 80.
The takeaway I get from a lot of youtube videos around homelab/server content is they haven’t actually tested it themselves, and just recommend high end hardware because it’s cool.
Should I get a firewall appliance?
I have a host name whose dns points to my home IP. I use this for game servers for my buddies. Should I be worried about my home IP being easily accessible like this, and should I get a physical firewall appliance to protect myself?...
Travel Routers
For those of you who use travel routers, do you only use them to wire guard/ openvpn back to your home networks for local resources?...
Edges of caulk pulled up from surface ( midwest.social )
I’m (obviously) not great with caulk but needed to re-caulk where our kitchen counter meets the outside wall as it has a crack all along the counter. House was built about 20 years ago and it may be original and just settled....
Does Avahi work over a bridged network?
I have a network set up something like the following:...
Router for Homelab
As I’m in the beginning steps of sorting out my homelab, I’m starting to ask questions I haven’t asked before and come across conundrums I hadn’t considered previously. One of which is how to sort out pi-hole given that my ISP has locked down the router tighter than a tight thing....
Q: Is PoE energy efficient inside your home?
Is PoE more efficient than plugging in adapters for each network device?...
My opnsense router has bad performance ( feddit.it )
I installed opnsense on an i5-6500T (native, no vm) but it looks like the performance is very bad, most websites are timing out....
Is there any media cataloging software in linux that automatically shows which files don't have 2 or more copies? ( kbin.social )
I lost 2-3 hdd's due to old age and lost all data on them. Some other 2-3 hdd's make a lot of noise while in operation and probably failing. I use VVV to catalog the stuff and to see which files have 2-3 copies, i need to manually search each file name. It's really tedious. I was wondering if there is another program that does...
Need help picking SSDs for a new server with Proxmox
Hello!...
I'm a beginner and want to use Proxmox. What should I use to make a USB hard drive accessible to other devices on my network?
I have a mini-PC running windows. On that, I run home assistant in virtualbox, have plex installed, and a cheap USB harddrive plugged in to keep my plex media. I’ve turned on sharing for a folder in this drive so other devices on my network can access it....
Unable to connect 2/3 PC's to internet via tplink Switch
I was attempting to connect 3 PC’s (Personal and two servers) via the TL-SG105 un-managed network switch. Beforehand i just connected one server and the personal pc into another switch i have. But i got this switch to accommodate this new server. However it seems as soon as i plugged in and turned on the new switch all of a...
What options do I have for routers that are under $100 USD? ( lemmy.zip )
Runtipi: Homeserver management made easy ( www.runtipi.io )
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Why does every Youtuber say you MUST get a 10GbE to edit videos from your NAS? ( lemmy.world )
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