My HomeLab Documentation

Summary

Business-class SDN network with Mesh support, VLANs, NAS/File Server, Media Server, Network Controller, and Ad Blocker.

Network At a Glance

Core Services

• TP-Link Omada Network Controller (Docker)
• AdGuard Home DNS Server & Ad Block (Docker)
• Nginx Proxy (Docker)
• Portainer (Docker)
• File Server (TerraMaster NAS)
• Plex Media Server (TerraMaster NAS)

Main Network Configuration

• VLAN 1: Management VLAN (Infrastructure)
• VLAN 10: Building VLAN (Home Network)
  • SSID: Building, 5GHz
  • SSID: Maclennan, 2.4GHz
• VLAN 20: Guest VLAN (Isolated Guest Network)
  • SSID: MaxWiFi Guest, 2.4GHz
• VLAN 30: MaxWiFi VLAN (HomeLab Network)
  • SSID: MaxWiFi, 5GHz

Individual Configurations

• IP Address Assignment
• Network Controller
• Docker Server
• Managed Switch
• Hypervisor

Network Maps

• Physical Network Map
• Logical Network Map

Next Up

• Disaster Recovery & Backup (TO DO)
• Floor Plan (TO DO)
• Monitoring (TO DO)

Pain Points

• Building floors and walls are thick concrete. No hardwired connections are possible, except to the main router.
• Single router offers adequate coverage for one floor, but minimal to no coverage for the other 3 as well as outside.
• Very limited budget, and will have to utilize hardware that I have on-hand.
• Switch cannot be adopted by Omada Controller. Has to be configured as standalone. Known issue.

Areas to improve

• Wired backhaul to each AP would improve performance.
• APs are previous-generation (WiFi 5/AC), and will need to be upgraded later.
• NAS system would benefit with an upgrade.