10GbE home networking on a budget

IoT devices live on their own VLAN with no internet access and I sleep better.

My little home lab started as a Pi and is now a full rack shelf — send help.

Self-hosted email is the one thing I refuse to take on — deliverability is a minefield.

Caddy won me over with automatic HTTPS; nginx when I need fine control.

Curious what everyone else here thinks about it.

Caddy’s config reads like a postcard compared to nginx.

Good point, I had not thought of it that way.

Caddy’s config reads like a postcard compared to nginx.

The VLAN isolation tip is underrated.

That has been my experience as well.

Interesting — I will have to try that.

Unraid for mixed workloads, TrueNAS if storage is the priority.

Good point, I had not thought of it that way.

Unraid for mixed workloads, TrueNAS if storage is the priority.

I monitor with just uptime-kuma and it covers 90% of my needs.

I monitor with just uptime-kuma and it covers 90% of my needs.

Gigabit spoiled me — I can never go back.

The VLAN isolation tip is underrated.

Caddy’s config reads like a postcard compared to nginx.

The VLAN isolation tip is underrated.

Caddy’s config reads like a postcard compared to nginx.

I monitor with just uptime-kuma and it covers 90% of my needs.

Caddy’s config reads like a postcard compared to nginx.

Good point, I had not thought of it that way.

Unraid for mixed workloads, TrueNAS if storage is the priority.

Nice thread, following for the replies.