CGNAT & Double NAT: How to Get Your Home Network Reachable
Diagnose whether you are behind CGNAT, double NAT, or direct, then fix home network reachability with bridge mode, a public…
Category: Self-Hosting & Services
Self-hosting guides: Docker, Proxmox, reverse proxies, Home Assistant, media servers, and the apps that run on a homelab.
NUT Network UPS Tools Setup Guide for a Home Lab
Network UPS Tools (NUT) lets one Linux machine own the USB connection to a UPS and signal every other machine…
Unbound Recursive DNS for a Home Network
Run your own recursive resolver with Unbound and stop forwarding your DNS to a third party.
Tailscale and Headscale Setup Guide for a Home Network
Tailscale is the fastest way to build a private mesh into your home network, and Headscale is how you run…
WireGuard vs OpenVPN for Home Use
For home use, WireGuard is the right default and OpenVPN is the specialist exception. WireGuard connects faster, runs leaner, roams…
NAS as a Home Server: Turning Storage Into a Service Host
A modern NAS is not just network storage — it is a capable home server that runs apps, containers, and…
AdGuard Home vs Pi-hole: Which DNS Ad Blocker to Run
AdGuard Home vs Pi-hole, compared head to head, with a clear verdict.
Home VPN and Remote Access: The Complete Guide
A home VPN is really three different jobs wearing one name: getting yourself back into your network from the outside,…
Reverse Proxy Setup: Nginx Proxy Manager vs Traefik
A reverse proxy sits in front of your self-hosted services and routes clean hostnames like photos.yourdomain.com to the right container,…
Pi-hole Setup Guide for a Home Network
Stand up Pi-hole as a network-wide ad-blocking DNS resolver, the way I run it in a container.