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Re: My Overkill Home Network

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Post by matthew-wegner » Fri, Aug 11, 2023, 1:06 AM UTC

bmitc wrote: post #58

Is there a post that covers the "why?" of all this? As someone researching maybe running some Ethernet for more stable WiFi and faster Internet access for general stuff, maybe some fiber for infotainment other purposes since it can lengthen various cables, and hooking up some security and nature cameras, I can't fathom why all of this is needed outside of it just being a hobby or running some sort of business (tradin…

I built a pretty serious "homelab" over a few years, in the sense of building out 24/7 services as robustly as possible. There is an element of practicality for very long-term maintenance if you run i.e. VMs off a different storage layer.

But mostly? It felt exactly like exploring computers in my childhood for the first time (I'm 43 now). I was bumping into things I had never bumped into it before, and it was really satisfying to figure all that stuff out.

I'm a game developer, too, and I realized awhile ago a big part of that is I like technical puzzles, and game development is very fertile soil. But there is a whole new world of enterprise networking/storage/virtualization/etc things that you wouldn't normally bump into in the course of software development.

And as a bonus, I have set up a lot of build systems for friends; being infrastructure-savvy is like the digital equivalent of owning a truck and helping people move all the time.

Re: My Overkill Home Network

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Post by systems_glitch » Fri, Aug 11, 2023, 1:07 AM UTC

mrpippy wrote: post #94

hqsolomo wrote: post #73

Earlier quoted context omitted.

THANK YOU! This is perfect!

I haven’t used it in a few years, but one downside of an HE tunnel was that Netflix blocked traffic from it (since people were using it like a VPN to avoid geoblocks). I had to run a DNS proxy to filter out AAAA records for any Netflix domains.

That is true, and a bunch of folks (including me) were experiencing issues with Google-related sites blocking with a 403 FORBIDDEN on the initial /64 static allocation from HE.net. Oddly enough, any subnet out of the optional routed /48 you can enable worked fine.

For sites that use HE.net and have more than one IPv6 subnet, I use the initial /64 for the DMZ, so that didn't matter on most of them. Small sites had just been using the /64 though, and I had to renumber those. Total pain.

Re: My Overkill Home Network

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Post by drpixie » Fri, Aug 11, 2023, 1:19 AM UTC

Very impressive - but it would be terrible if they have to move house!

Re: My Overkill Home Network

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Post by WaitWaitWha » Fri, Aug 11, 2023, 1:24 AM UTC

Did I miss the logical and physical diagrams?

I appreciate your hobby of a well installed home network. Add the diagrams and you will increase your readers' comprehension several fold.

Re: My Overkill Home Network

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Post by monstermunch » Fri, Aug 11, 2023, 1:24 AM UTC

WaitWaitWha wrote: post #124

Did I miss the logical and physical diagrams? I appreciate your hobby of a well installed home network. Add the diagrams and you will increase your readers' comprehension several fold.

Good idea, I'll work on some

Re: My Overkill Home Network

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Post by tristor » Fri, Aug 11, 2023, 1:26 AM UTC

This doesn't seem that overkill to me other than using fiber optics, although I've done that in the past, unless you're doing exceptionally long runs copper cabling is sufficient even at 10Gbit within a home scenario. Seems like a decent setup.

Re: My Overkill Home Network

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Post by kuon » Fri, Aug 11, 2023, 1:27 AM UTC

Here you would need a breaker after the UPS before going into the wall because UPS is not considered up to code for breaking leaking current and all outlets must have protection. That's why I ended up not having a central UPS. How is it in USA?

Re: My Overkill Home Network

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Post by monstermunch » Fri, Aug 11, 2023, 1:32 AM UTC

kuon wrote: post #127

Here you would need a breaker after the UPS before going into the wall because UPS is not considered up to code for breaking leaking current and all outlets must have protection. That's why I ended up not having a central UPS. How is it in USA?

Allowed in the USA per code NEC 400.7

But, It would have been better if I fed a small sub-panel from the UPS, and then went out from there. Shoulda-coulda-woulda!

Re: My Overkill Home Network

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Post by monstermunch » Fri, Aug 11, 2023, 1:35 AM UTC

f-securus wrote: post #30

whalesalad wrote: post #2

I keep meaning to produce a post like this. My setup is not nearly as pretty though. Love to see the cannabis grow operation exhaust fan, haha. Very well done!

I didn’t see a filter on the exhaust fan. He is so thorough I’m sure he thought of it but I think he needs a filter to keep the fan running long term unless he is filtering the air into the room and that is good enough?

Nope, its ALL completely full of cat hair 24/7/365

Re: My Overkill Home Network

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Post by vel0city » Fri, Aug 11, 2023, 1:38 AM UTC

bazmattaz wrote: post #6

This is incredible. I still can’t believe some people get 1gb symmetrical in their home. In the UK I’m stuck with 70mbs down and 6mbps up. Pitiful

A chunk of AT&T's residential fiber actually supports 5Gbit symmetrical for ~$110/mo in the US.