Alright, it’s been over a year, so it’s about time I did an update to my previous post, Jerry-Rigging My Home Network (Hey, it Works). There have been quite a few changes to my life and network over the past year. Chief among them is that I have moved to Virginia and finally spent some time building a lab environment.

My goal was to get hands-on experience with various platforms and tools to expand my arsenal while creating an environment where I could have a more self-hosted playground and entertainment system. And it all started when I discovered VulnHub. I wanted to be able to spin up any of their machines without clogging up my personal computer. In the previous post, I mentioned that I had Proxmox running on my gaming tower, but I wanted to have something completely stand-alone running the lab, so I started buying the parts to make a budget lab server.

Good Morning, Good Evening, and Good Night. As promised, here’s a detailed look at my home network. It’s not the most aesthetically pleasing setup, and there’s no rack mount, but it’s a system I’ve gradually pieced together over the past couple of years. While I have many additions and alterations planned for the future, this is how it stands for now.

The Network Layout

So, here it is in all its glory—or rather, its mess. As you can see, it’s quite the tangle of cables and wires. Since I expect to modify and recreate the setup, I’ve left most of the wires at their original lengths, except for the Ethernet cables.