010 - Smeagol

Smeagol is an IT Student from Poland.

June 04, 2025

Smeagol is an IT Student from Poland, with a great Homelab to gain experience in the IT field.

Social Media:

  • @smigol

  • @rigcz.club (Mastodon)

Hardware

  • Ninkear MBOX 11

    • Intel N150,

    • 16 GB RAM,

    • 512 GB storage

  • TP-Link TL-SG108E managed switch

  • TP-Link ER605 router

Software

  • OpenWRT on the router

  • Wireguard for remote access through a mikr.us VPS

  • Proxmox VE on the mini PC

    • On Proxmox:

      • Alpine Linux KVM width Docker -

      • turnkey LXC with LNMP

  • Sometimes I run Windows Server for studying

What inspired you to build your homelab, and what’s its main purpose today?

I had a homelab with i3-9100 in the past, but it was too big. I ran torrents and Plex on it.

What are your next plans, experiments, or dream upgrades for your lab?

I will add two 500 GB SSDs.