Every service in my homelab is only as good as the network under it. This is where I write about that network: the router and switches, how it’s split up, how I get in from outside, and what I’d do differently.
Possibly also about how I do Network planning and maintenance at work - maybe not specifically for security reason but more principles.
What you’ll find here:
- Routers and switches: the gear, starting with the Ubiquiti EdgeRouter X I put in back in 2020, and how it has held up.
- VLANs: what they are, explained plainly, and how I use them to keep the lab, the family’s devices and the IoT gadgets apart.
- Remote access: WireGuard & Tailscale, and how it compares to the other VPN options for getting home from anywhere.
From December 2026 there’s a series, Home network, that picks up where the 2020 EdgeRouter post left off: VLANs, the upgrade with VLANs and WireGuard, VPN choices and the EdgeRouter X years later. The Homelab Handbook covers the network basics for a home server; the posts here are the deeper write-ups.
