How it all begin… From some time, I had a second though about getting my homelab. I wanted to play with my own projects without relying on cloud providers or to have my own storage space to store backups as prices of cloud storage are getting more expensive. No homelab can be complete without a prior proper 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. The router has a small form factor, which made it possible to mount on the wall.…