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From: Joe <rrbo@proton.me>
Date: Fri, 31 Mar 2023 13:53:30 +0200
Subject: up

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+				<h2>helios</h2>
+				<p>
+					<b>helios</b> is the nervous system and the central point
+					of my home network. It's a very modest
+					<b>Ubiquity Networks EdgeRouter-X</b> and boy does that
+					thing delivers.
+				</p>
+				<p>
+					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.
+				</p>
+				<p>
+					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.
+				</p>
+				<p>
+					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.
+				</p>
+				<p>
+					Bellow you can find a map of my home network.
+				</p>
+				<div class="figure">
+					<p><a href="../img/net.png" target="_blank"><img src="../img/net_small.png" alt="net_small.png"></a></p>
+					<p>My network</p>
+				</div>
+				<p>
+					The <b>bbox</b>, 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
+					<b>helios</b>. But removing <b>bbox</b> entirely would
+					be great.
+				</p>
 				<h2>athena</h2>
 				<h2>alcatraz</h2>
 				<h2>Other notable hardware</h2>
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