Firewall
NAT vs Routing: What Happens When Traffic Leaves Your LAN
07/15/2026
Routing decides where packets go. NAT rewrites addresses. Home networks usually use both, but they are not the same job.
What Is the Right VLAN Layout for a Beginner Homelab?
06/22/2026
Start with four networks: trusted devices, guest devices, IoT/smart-home devices, and management or lab infrastructure. Add more only when a new trust boundary is clear, because every VLAN also adds firewall, DNS.
OPNsense, pfSense, UniFi, or Consumer Router: Which Should Run Your Homelab?
06/22/2026
Use a consumer router if you need simplicity, UniFi if you want integrated routing/switching/AP management, and OPNsense or pfSense if firewall policy, VPNs, VLANs, logging, and control matter more than polish.
What Is the Safest Way to Expose One Self-Hosted App Publicly?
06/22/2026
The safest path is usually to avoid public exposure unless the app truly needs it. If it does, isolate the app, put it behind a maintained reverse proxy or tunnel, require strong.