My Network Hardware

I sometimes get asked which router I use, or what I use for my home server.

My home networking 'hardware stack' is as follows

I have replaced the FitPC4 with a Mikrotik RB750Gr3 that cost me £58.

Despite being a lot less 'powerful' than my previous setup, after a little configuration I see no difference in network performance

I have at this time removed the managed switch, however this may be reintroduced at a later date

I have changed my Wireless Access Point I now have a Netgear EX7000 running stock firmware in wireless access point mode, connected to my Tenda powerline network.

I now have a FitPC4 running as a Home Server. It runs ProxMox and serves my secondary/fallback local DNS server - running unbound in authoritative recursive mode in a container using a single core.

The other 3 cores will serve my eventually serve my nextcloud instance once I move it back in network

Note how I said secondary DNS server, that's because my primary in-house DNS is located behind my TV in the form of a Cubietruck running Unbound on NetBSD in authoritative recursive mode

NetBSD is especially suited as unbound is part of the core system, meaning nothing else is required to set things up.