Hello, I’m getting into self hosting and looking to setup a small home lab to play around with different technologies. I’m considering setting up a DMZ to keep my lab hardware separate from the rest of the network and other users. What is some of the minimal hardware required to do this on a small budget? Also what are some of the necessary security measures I should understand. One of my first projects would be to setup a small Linux box that I can ssh into remotely. Thanks.

EDIT After much reading today and great guidance from this community this is basically what i ended up doing… Got a dell optiplex on ebay for about 55 bucks and a dual intel network card on amazon with a managed switch. If i can bridge my current router as an access point, i should be on my way! This community rocks! Lemmy is awesome!

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    1 year ago

    I did this myself for all of 150 dollars. I bought an OptiPlex 7050 off of Amazon and added a dual intel network card. From there, I installed OPNsense. I have a DMZ, WAN, and LAN interface.

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      After much reading today, this is basically what i ended up doing. Got an optiplex on ebay for about 55 bucks and a dual intel network card on amazon with a managed switch. If i can bridge my current router as an access point, i should be on my way!