From 909567de4432b64e4870531a4d2a5c82ee96af99 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Joe
+ helios is the nervous system and the central point + of my home network. It's a very modest + Ubiquity Networks EdgeRouter-X and boy does that + thing delivers. +
++ This is essentially a simple router/firewall/NAT. It's + clearly not a FortiGate or an OPNsense-loaded appliance but + it's fairly capable for the price, while consuming less + electric power. With hardware offloading, I'm able to reach + Gigabit Ethernet no problem. Also, this is powered by a MIPS + processor, which is cool. +
++ The plan was originally to get this temporarily, because + it's cheap, and then when I'm richer getting myself a + larger, more capable, 2.5GbE OPNsense-type firewall to fit + with my 2.5GbE fiber installation, and to communicate with + a future NAS equiped in 2.5GbE as well, also considering + changing all my switches to 2.5GbE ones (much pricier). + But in reality, I don't need such a deluxe setup, and I'll + probably never get a NAS, storing things in extrnal HDDs is + fine. +
++ I use this to separate my devices into subnets and route + some of my traffic through WireGuard when I need peace of + mind. This thing is great, get yourself one. +
++ Bellow you can find a map of my home network. +
+ ++ The bbox, my ISP box, is essentially a bridge to + the internet at this point. I'll get a generic ONT and + try to replace it. This fucker keeps pinging all of the + devices it can find and sending data home. At least my + subnet devices are safe now because its now blocked by + helios. But removing bbox entirely would + be great. +