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Home Improvement at 192.168.0.1

Interestingly enough, working in Azure with IaaS, and configuring resources to work together has driven me to explore my own at home 'infrastructure'.

I live in a small apartment- so I don't need much in terms of complex IoT services, but I do have a small nas that I host files on and a few wireless devices. None of these resources are managed at all and honestly they don't need to be, but Vlans are like friends right? The more the merrier!

My current setup is pretty sparse:

My current setup

There are two Phases:

Phase 1:

Implement a managed router and firewall.

The reasoning behind this is pretty obvious, I want my network organized and segregated so I can see what's going in and out of it. Some coworkers have recommended the Unifi Dream Router and after looking at it, I'm extremely impressed and excited to try it. The capabilities look amazing for the price and it looks like I'll be able to get a lot out of it as a beginner.

Phase 2:

Implement Vlans for different groups of devices.

I don't really know how I want this to look- I definitely want a Vlan for guests, and I'm considering creating one for IoT devices (and maybe getting a few more IoT Devices). I do know that I want to maximize the wired connections in my home and I don't want to just rely on Wifi for everything.

Eventually I want to run a small application server on prem just to learn how to do it (and then obviously put it back in the cloud), but that's going to take time. Stay tuned for more updates! :)

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