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WireGuard VPN: Route Traffic Through Home, Then Verify It

Set up a WireGuard road-warrior tunnel with protected keys, working DNS, scoped forwarding, and explicit IPv4/IPv6 verification.

Authored By LAN Surf - Home Lab Resources · Led By Robert H Published 2026-09-29

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Home Lab & Self-Hosting

The SMR Drive Trap: Slow ZFS and How to Avoid It

Drive-managed SMR can slow sustained ZFS writes and resilvers. Learn how to check a specific model, diagnose the bottleneck, and choose documented CMR.

Authored By LAN Surf - Home Lab Resources · Led By Robert H Published 2026-08-06 · Last Edited 2026-09-30

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Network Services & Security

Encrypt Home DNS Between dnsdist and an Upstream DoH Resolver

Configure dnsdist as a LAN DNS proxy with a verified outgoing DoH backend, then test the encrypted hop and check for bypasses and rollback.

Authored By LAN Surf - Home Lab Resources · Led By Robert H Published 2026-08-04 · Last Edited 2026-09-30

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Home Lab & Self-Hosting

Self-Host Your Bookmarks with Linkwarden: Beat Link Rot

Deploy Linkwarden with Docker, preserve bookmarks as local archives, and back up its database, captures, and search data.

Authored By LAN Surf - Home Lab Resources · Led By Lawrence R Published 2026-08-04 · Last Edited 2026-09-30

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Home Lab & Self-Hosting

Build a Private Search Engine with SearXNG

Self-host SearXNG with the official Compose stack and HTTPS. Learn its privacy limits, configure upstream engines and protect a public instance.

Authored By LAN Surf - Home Lab Resources · Led By Lawrence R Published 2026-08-01 · Last Edited 2026-09-30