Homelab

Modern homelabs often run multiple services: development environments, smart home systems, cameras, containers, and infrastructure experiments. Without proper segmentation, these services all share the same broadcast domain and security boundary. To improve both security and manageability, I redesigned my home network using VLAN segmentation, strict firewall rules, IPv6 support, and PPPoE WAN connectivity on a MikroTik router. This article walks through the design decisions and configuration used to build a secure, scalable MikroTik homelab network. ...

Segmenting a home network using VLANs brings many of the benefits of enterprise network design into a homelab environment. In this article I explain how I designed a secure and scalable VLAN architecture using a MikroTik router. The goal was to: isolate IoT devices protect management infrastructure support development environments enable camera networks maintain simple firewall policies Why Use VLANs in a Homelab Many home networks place everything on a single subnet. ...