Comment on What network hardware should I get for my homelab?
lemming741@lemmy.world 5 weeks agoI’m running it virtualized in proxmox, mostly for the challenge. And boy was it a challenge. Runs great now though!
Comment on What network hardware should I get for my homelab?
lemming741@lemmy.world 5 weeks agoI’m running it virtualized in proxmox, mostly for the challenge. And boy was it a challenge. Runs great now though!
SheeEttin@lemmy.zip 5 weeks ago
I don’t really recommend virtualizing network infrastructure. If you break proxmox, you will probably lose Internet access entirely.
lemming741@lemmy.world 5 weeks ago
Oh you do and I have.
HiTekRedNek@lemmy.world 5 weeks ago
My network actually ran better when my OpnSense was virtualized on a Proxmox server running atop a Dell Optiplex 790 MT from like 2013, than it is currently on a bare metal Sophos SG-135v2.
But that is because the sophos has 8 ports. And all 8 are a separate interface, so to use them as a switch requires bridging 7 of the 8.
And that slows things down tremendously. I really just need an 8 port switch in there, I guess.
The upshot is, the sophos came with rack mounts.