[HN Gopher] My Homelab Setup
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My Homelab Setup
Author : ingve
Score : 55 points
Date : 2024-09-11 11:49 UTC (11 hours ago)
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| candiddevmike wrote:
| This reads like an ad for Unifi, but I don't see it called out as
| a sponsored post. Would've been better if the post mentioned why
| he chose that stack from a technical standpoint aside from
| "sourcing issues" and "seeing the UI showcased at a friends".
| A4ET8a8uTh0 wrote:
| Yep, I use similar setup, but it hardly seems that unique or
| interesting from technical perspective. It does feel like an
| ad.
| farslan wrote:
| It's my personal blog post and I shared what I got, how I
| configured my Rack, which settings I used for my WLANs, how I
| use double WAN, the tools, and many other things. At the end,
| I even shared how much I paid (I live in Turkey, there is no
| sponsorship here, there is not even a Unifi store). So no,
| it's not an ad, just my personal experience.
| A4ET8a8uTh0 wrote:
| Apologies. It is early and lack of coffee took the best of
| me. I am not sure if I can delete original comment now, but
| maybe this exchange will serve as mea culpa.
| farslan wrote:
| OP here. It's not an ad at all. There is a lot of stuff there,
| not just the Rack. I even wrote about Wi-Fi optimization, the
| tools I used, how much I paid (I mean if it was sponsored, why
| would I pay for it).
| mahin wrote:
| Maybe you could elaborate here: why did you choose Unifi?
| farslan wrote:
| I wrote i, the beginning and at the end of my blog post. I
| love brands that provide quality made products, not just on
| hardware level, also on software level. I used TP-Link's
| Omada and it's not even close. Yes there is a premium, but
| you get for what you pay for.
|
| Second, my cameras were dying, I had to replace it, and I
| had to make a choice. A friend of my who use Unifi cameras
| was very happy, so I thought that's a good reason to start
| using Unifi.
|
| Anyway, both of these, I wrote in my blog post.
| disposition2 wrote:
| Thanks for sharing! I've been running an EdgeMax router and
| U6 router for some time without issues, but hope to upgrade
| to a DreamMachine some day. The information you shared will
| definitely help when that day comes.
| phoronixrly wrote:
| Yeah, zero makeshift raspberry pi rat's nests of wires,
| assigned to do tasks that raspberry pis suck at (networking, or
| storage, or wifi, or anything else for that matter). How can
| you even call this a home lab by HN's standards...
| rasse wrote:
| Judging by the Vitsoe shelving and the Lego Porsche 911, I'd
| guess aesthetics played a role in the purchase decision.
|
| From a strictly subjective and non-technical point of view,
| aesthetics is one of Ubiquiti's merits.
| senectus1 wrote:
| no shit, I lol'ed at the "tool that lets you judge the strength
| of your wifi"
|
| thats pure snake oil.
| mfwit wrote:
| This reads far more like 'My Home Network Setup' than 'My Homelab
| Setup'.
| ThatMedicIsASpy wrote:
| Yeah there isn't anything about the Homelab really.
| daghamm wrote:
| Not to put down Arslans work, but for me the best part of
| homelab is doing much with very little resources and this
| post is kinda opposite.
| nelsonic wrote:
| "I spent around ~$5750 for all my devices and accessories. This
| includes 7 APs, 6 PoE cameras, and several switches. I rebuilt it
| from scratch, and my house is big."
|
| I wonder how many people this is applicable to... We have a
| similar setup but for a co-living house with 24 people.
|
| It _can_ read like an Ad for Unifi but, in our experience no
| other brand comes close in terms of hardware+software quality,
| reliability and no leaking data.
| farslan wrote:
| OP. Bummer that the article gave that impression. I'm just a
| passionate person, if you read my blog and the other articles,
| people would see every single of my blog post is like that. I
| just like to shoot nice photos and write about my experience,
| nicely.
| asalahli wrote:
| The photos are indeed beautiful
| candiddevmike wrote:
| > no leaking data
|
| Ubiquity collects MAC addresses (https://help.ui.com/hc/en-
| us/articles/360042384093-Analytics...) and have had data
| breaches in the past
| (https://www.twingate.com/blog/tips/ubiquiti-data-breach)
| Mashimo wrote:
| Mhh, I'm not so sure I would count that breach against them.
| It was an inside job from an employee who wanted to export
| money. I would guess most companies fail at that threat
| vector.
|
| Thought that link made me curious, why did UI have peoples
| social security numbers? (I'm not American)
| bestham wrote:
| IMO this should have been included in their threat model.
| The only way to exclude yourself from insider threats is if
| insiders cannot possibly become threats.
| sponaugle wrote:
| I like it. I use Ubiquiti gear for most of my homelab and home
| networking stuff with the exception of the 40g and 100g stuff.
| It is both easy to use and provision as well as easy to
| upgrade... and of course it works.
|
| Sometimes people do really ridiculous stuff with their
| homelabs, like this guy:
| https://youtu.be/-b3t37SIyBs?si=t_h49fv594dChYf9
|
| Tongue-in-cheek on that of course. ;)
| Mashimo wrote:
| Do you really need 2 APs per floor?
|
| Your internet is only 50 mbit/s any way.
| farslan wrote:
| Don't think APs are only about the internet speed. I have a
| Synology NAS, so streaming and copying files between devices
| (wirelessly) is also important.
| Mashimo wrote:
| What is the speed with just one AP per floor?
| farslan wrote:
| With my iPad Pro (which has WiFi 7), connected to the 6GHz
| band, I'm able to get speeds of 950 Mbps. However I also
| didn't optimized for Gigabit speeds, it can be maybe
| better.
| radicality wrote:
| Does it? I have newest iPad (m4 pro 13inch) and afaik
| it's Wifi6E.
|
| The just announced iPhone16 does seem to have WiFi 7
| though. I'm also on UniFi gear and also why I've been
| deferring upgrading to any of the wifi7 APs since none of
| my devices have it yet.
| farslan wrote:
| You're right. I thought it had because I can use the 6GHz
| band. But WiFi6e also supports 6GHz and I can pull down
| around 950 Mbps. For me, I was in the process of getting
| APs, and it was just time to use the latest one,
| otherwise I had to upgrade the APs again in the future.
| szszrk wrote:
| What about latency, disconnects, internal traffic, ...
| different types of construction materials?
|
| Traffic to the internet is not everything. What about self
| hosting, sharing files between devices, or simply pushing
| documents to the printer...?
|
| I have a small flat, but it has an L shape, reinforced concrete
| on many walls, an elevator right next to one of them, and so
| on. With typical setup here ("router next to tv") I would have
| no WiFi signal in one room at all. Regardless if it's 2.4/5/6.
| And it's just "a few meters". So two AP's with low signal
| strength are infinitely better.
| sebazzz wrote:
| I live in a three story home, a typical European row house (so
| completely built from concrete, with wooden doors), and have my
| Unifi Dream Machine in my utility closet where the electrical
| board and my home server is, and my a Unifi U6 access point at
| the top of the top most stairs. It is completely sufficient for
| 30 wireless clients.
| viiralvx wrote:
| This is a really dope setup! Honestly, it sucks that your Wi-Fi
| is only 50 mb/s, but hopefully that gets an upgrade soon!
| farslan wrote:
| My ISP speed is 50 mb/s, not my Wi-FI speed (that can be
| larger). And thank you, I'm waiting to get Fiber soon :)
| hi-v-rocknroll wrote:
| Pricey appliance-oriented development. And no fiber, which is
| critical for internet to home primary switch. And at least go
| with 10 GbE PoE+ for WiFi 7 APs. Non-cloud DVR security cameras
| are fine with ordinary PoE and 1 GbE (because cloud only WiFi
| cameras are inherently insecure).
|
| I can haz a Unifi VM that works just fine running under VMware
| ESXi 7 (old) for free, along with a Samba and NFS NAS, Plex,
| PlexAmp, Transmission (with Deluge as a backup), RustDesk (on
| Docker), Docker and K8s boxes, and whatever else I want to throw
| at it. Those all run on a 512 GiB 96 thread box attached to a SAS
| 3 4U JBOD with 45 HDDs with PCIe passthrough to the NAS VM. 2
| UPSes with 2 2U expander battery packs each; I probably should
| move to some sort of LiFePO4 UPS at some point.
|
| Router is 10 GbE DECISO 740 OPNsense with Wireguard and IPv4/6
| dual stack everywhere. Fast, configurable, and works.
|
| Also have 2 dedicated 7950X3D boxes with 2x 100 GbE each for
| network load testing and development. 400 GbE maybe soon.
| caeril wrote:
| > And no fiber, which is critical for internet to home primary
| switch
|
| Optical isolation isn't the only way to protect equipment.
| hi-v-rocknroll wrote:
| That's not the point. The point is fast links 10-100 GbE.
| chrisml wrote:
| Nice article but avoid publishing home layouts, video camera
| locations and networking internals for security reasons.
| amatecha wrote:
| Pretty curious, what was the problem with Omada, if any? It seems
| like a great system and I'm wondering if there are any particular
| shortcomings in contrast with other similar offerings on the
| market... Personally I'm looking to do a major home networking
| upgrade and Omada has come up pretty high on the list for having
| easily-managed SDN.
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