Homelab Buildout
Current infrastructure and equipment
Network Equipment
pfSense Router
OnlinePrimary network firewall and router handling all WAN/LAN traffic, VPN, and security policies.
Supermicro 1U Whitebox
CPU: Intel Xeon (4 cores)
RAM: 8GB DDR4 ECC
Storage: 64GB SSD
NICs: 4x 1GbE Intel
OS: pfSense CE 2.7.x
Services:
- Firewall/NAT
- OpenVPN Server
- DNS Resolver
- DHCP Server
- Traffic Shaping
- Snort IDS/IPS
192.168.1.1
Core Switch
Online48-port PoE+ managed switch providing network backbone and powering access points.
Brocade ICX6610-48P
Ports: 48x 1GbE PoE+ (740W)
Uplinks: 4x 10GbE SFP+
Switching: 176 Gbps
PoE Budget: 740W
Features:
- Layer 3 Routing
- VLAN Support
- LACP/LAG
- Spanning Tree
- QoS
- Port Mirroring
192.168.1.2
AP-01 (Living Room)
OnlinePrimary wireless access point covering main living area.
TP-Link EAP653
WiFi 6 (802.11ax)
2.4GHz: 574 Mbps
5GHz: 2402 Mbps
PoE: 802.3at (PoE+)
Managed via Omada Controller
192.168.1.20
AP-02 (Office)
OnlineSecondary wireless access point for office/workspace coverage.
TP-Link EAP653
WiFi 6 (802.11ax)
2.4GHz: 574 Mbps
5GHz: 2402 Mbps
PoE: 802.3at (PoE+)
Managed via Omada Controller
192.168.1.21
Server
Proxmox Hypervisor
OnlinePrimary virtualization host running all VMs and LXC containers.
Cisco UCS C220 M5
CPU: 2x Intel Xeon Silver 4110 (16C/32T)
RAM: 128GB DDR4 ECC
Storage:
- 2x 480GB SSD (ZFS Mirror - Boot)
- 4x 2TB HDD (ZFS RAIDZ1 - Data)
NIC: 2x 10GbE + 4x 1GbE
iLO: Cisco IMC
OS: Proxmox VE 8.1
Kernel: 6.5.x
192.168.1.10
Virtual Machine
Virtual Machines
MaintenanceVirtual machines running on Proxmox hypervisor.
Coming Soon...
Planned VMs:
- Docker Host
- Windows Server
- Development Environment
- Backup Server
- Media Server
Container
LXC Containers
MaintenanceLightweight Linux containers for various services.
Coming Soon...
Planned Containers:
- Pi-hole (DNS)
- Nginx Proxy Manager
- Home Assistant
- Plex/Jellyfin
- Grafana/Prometheus
- Portainer
Network Topology
Network diagram coming soon...