The Router Wars: 11 Months of Analysis Paralysis
A month of obsessive research into replacing my consumer ASUS router turned into 11 months of not buying anything. OPNsense vs MikroTik vs just keeping what works.
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The Tailscale Revolution: 16 Months from Port Forwarding Hell to Mesh Nirvana
How I went from 16 months of VPN pain and port forwarding nightmares to a flat mesh network connecting two sites 40 miles apart. Covers subnet routing, ACLs, LXC container access, Unraid bare-metal Tailscale, and the routing table hacks that made it all work.
Zero Trust at Home: Cloudflare Tunnels, Split-Brain DNS, and Why Port 443 Is Dead to Me
How I went from open ports and pray to zero inbound connections. Cloudflare Tunnels, Zero Trust Access, and the split-horizon DNS trick that makes it all transparent.
Remote Access Evolution: From TeamViewer to Tailscale
Years of remote desktop frustrations, a brief WireGuard experiment, and the mesh network that finally made everything work. A journey through every way to access your homelab remotely.