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The home network shelf: MikroTik, TP-Link, and a 10-inch rack that fits in a cupboard

April 2023 — on making the network visible, organised, and not an embarrassment

Every home network starts the same way: a router from the ISP, a switch from a supermarket, a tangle of cables behind the television. It works. It’s not organised. It grows by accretion. At some point it becomes something you hide rather than show, and you stop understanding what’s actually connected to what.