https://www.volchar.dev/categories/homelab/Recent content in Homelab on VolcharHugoen<a href="https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/4.0/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">CC BY-NC 4.0</a>Thu, 16 Apr 2026 22:00:00 +0200https://www.volchar.dev/projects/fwsense/Thu, 16 Apr 2026 22:00:00 +0200https://www.volchar.dev/projects/fwsense/Why I often start by writing Why. Even though this is one of those projects with a practical use, looking back, I can’t justify it any other way than by saying “it’s cool.” It’s a strange feeling. From a technical perspective: Deepening my knowledge of OPNSense, networking, and OpenBSD Stepping out of my comfort zone into the unknown You could say I’m deploying an “enterprise” solution in my home network/homelab Real protection for my network (Suricata IDS) Despite these compelling arguments, I still don’t see the rational and pragmatic “why.https://www.volchar.dev/projects/myvps/Fri, 20 Mar 2026 10:00:00 +0200https://www.volchar.dev/projects/myvps/I’ve been toying with the idea of getting a VPS for hosting servers [Mumble, etc.] or quickly make/setup something up at home when I’m away, but mainly to bypass my internet provider’s NAT. This problem has been haunting me since childhood, when I wanted to set up a Minecraft server and play with friends, but the ever-present &ldquo;port forwarding&rdquo; was the stumbling block to all my efforts. Why I always like to start by explaining why I’m doing these things in the first place.