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Setting up a basic home lab

Building a home lab for hands-on cybersecurity and networking practice, from hardware choices to initial network setup.

6 March 2026 · 1 min TB-2026-0002

Motivation

The hardware

Router

GL.iNet Beryl 7

Switch

TP-Link ES208G

Main lab machine

MacBook Air M2

Main headless server

Mac Mini M2 Pro

Raspberry Pi Linux server

Raspberry Pi 4B

Operating systems and software

Operating systems

MacOS, Kali Linux, Raspberry Pi OS, Windows

Virtualization software

UTM, VMware Fusion

Attack and defend lab environment

Final thoughts and future possibilities

takibyte

CompTIA Security+ and Network+. Building a homelab, working through TryHackMe, and writing down notes of what I learn.

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