Using a MikroTik as a home router

Rafał Opiłowski was looking at setting up a new homelab, starting with a comprehensive networking setup.

Given my experiences related to performance and security issues with ISP-provider routers, I wanted to have a better control over the traffic on my home network. I decided to heavily focus traffic on wired connections, to offload WiFi and ensure connection between devices over local network are as fast as possible.

That’s where Mikrotik L009UiGS-RM comes in play. It has enough Gigabit Ethernet ports to connect all my Ethernet ports on the walls. PoE is a nice bonus too, as I can power my access point without having to use a wall wart.

See how each part of the network were set up in the post here.

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