LAN Overview 2026
The last time that I blogged about my personal LAN setup was more than a decade ago. Meanwhile we moved into our own house and one of the major things we did, was adding Ethernet to every room.
So let's have a look at the current state:
This only shows the devices connected by Ethernet in detail. I added a few placeholders for the various devices connected by WiFi. Zigbee and Bluetooth devices are also omitted. I probably forgot something, too.
I am connected to the Internet via a 1GBit/s (TV) cable connection. It's great when it works, but unfortunately the service isn't the most reliable. To get Vodafone support help me faster, I opted to connect their shitty modem instead of my own Fritzbox to the line. This way they can run their access tests and don't have me unplug (and thus mutilate my network) everytime I have them on the phone. The modem runs as a simple forwarder.
I am still using a Fritzbox to run DNS and DHCP but often think about replacing it with a less consumery device where I have more control. But so far I have been too lazy. I also like their mesh network mechanism for the repeaters.
Everything else is pretty straight forward. I haven't dropped PowerLan completely - it's more reliable for extending the network out to the shed than WiFi.
The diagram was created using FossFLOW and I built a little tool to create the icons I was missing using gpt-image-1.
For my own reference in the future, here's the FossFLOW file: network.json