My Dope Advanced Home Network Setup for Privacy and Security!

I'll be describing a unique advanced network setup for a home that has convenient privacy and security options. I set these as objectives for the network. (1) Automatic VPN access - wired or wireless, (2) Non-VPN access wired-or wireless, (3) Ad-Blocking with Pi-Hole, (4) Wired alternatives.
It's not expensive to set up (normally it would be) and avoids rewiring an entire house with CAT 6 cabling. This setup discusses a wired VPN router with integrated pi-Hole support and wired extension solutions.

Part List
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Powerlines: Remember in the video that you need different powerlines to ensure separate networks. I've tested Netgear vs TP-Link so these seem to work separately. Be careful when choosing some of the unknown Chinese brands since they probably all use the same technology so you may end up with a single network even if they're differently branded (Chinese tech companies tend to multi-brand the same product)
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Someone just did a variant of this, using my BraxRouter and created a 3rd network that has TOR. So his home router can do Open-Wifi, VPN-Wifi, and TOR-Wifi.

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[ninjarider]

Excellent video. I have been using pi-hole for years running on a Pi3 24/7 and configured to block about 3 million bad domains that updates weekly. Love pi-hole!

[kindnesscounts]

Any chance you can post a flow chart of the system? Similar to the graphics you used in the video. Great content, big fan.. thanks a ton!

[ramadaneel]

Hi, Rob. I calculated the total cost of the setup coming to $446.45 and $501.45 if your bytzvpn added. Now my question: is your home network immune to hacking ?

[grantstewart]

My first thought is how can I pay someone to do this for me.

[demetriskaizer]

Very good video, just a few notes: Switches don't repeat the signals to all the ports blindly. (This used to be true for hubs) Actually they have some kind of logic and they only transport packets to the right destination (using mac address table). Raspberry pi 4 has a gigabit port so you don't need to buy the gigabit adapter maybe for older versions, yes.

[LokiScarletWasHere]

Sorry to be pedantic here, and I know this video is old, but your description of an ethernet switch actually is that of an ethernet hub. Hubs operate solely on layer 1, the physical layer. That is to say, they duplicate incoming signals electrically and do no routing. Hubs are practically nonexistent in this day and age as they're pretty much useless. Regular, unmanaged ethernet switches operate on layer 2, the data link layer. It routes transmissions to the port they're intended for by identifying the MAC address of the next hop as specified by the previous hop. Layer 3 switches are where the line between switch and router starts to get blurry, and many managed switches are layer 3 switches. These operate on logical addresses (typically IP addresses) more than hardware addresses. These are capable of advanced routing, as they can operate on layer 2 and 3 as needed. For example, a server could be connected to a layer 3 switch via multiple physical connections and the layer 3 switch would be able to provide load balancing and failover functions.

But I know what you're referring to with having too many devices on it at once - If more than 1gbps of traffic is trying to make it through to your router, it's going to slow down, as the speed it can pass network traffic along is limited by the physical layer speed (in this case 1gbps on each port). This bottleneck would exist for a layer 3 switch as well, unless it were connected to your router via a faster physical link, which in this case isn't possible as the pi also operates at a gigabit maximum.

I don't know if you addressed this in another video as I've yet to accomplish watching all of them, but I thought I should throw that out there.

[yeayea]

2:36
2:57 Ad blocking
3:25 piehole
4:16 my setup

[GaryCameron]

I've been using the powerline adapters for many years. Excellent solution for home. They don't work so great in commercial environments.

[ericsmith]

This is awesome, I do need to split my network adding the VPN setup in my office for the desktop, laptop, and cell phone. I will get there soon.

[JoeTheGadgetMan]

Great Info on setting up a home network .thanks Rob

[NoOne-qstv]

Amazing content, thank you! Could you please review some home security systems or talk a bit about how to set up home security without loosing all of your privacy and having to become a tech expert?

[jameswatkinsiii]

I really like your setup. But I would like to add some comments on the power line extenders. They will not do well if plugged into a circuit that has a fridge or any rotary electric motor plugged into that circuit. This causes network errors, and the units themselves cause dirty electricity. With all those wifi routers you are dosing everyone in the home with EMF at a much higher levels than China and Russia allow on there public. If you added a managed switch then you could impalement V-lans for all cameras and or IOT devices. Oh and for cyber security using the same wifi passwords not good, WPA2 and WPA3 are cracked so there is really no safe wifi unless your using a firewall, or a pair of them with a DMZ. Pfsense and IPfire are great. I love your channel great info and good videos thanks for being a privacy advocate.

[cheesecake]

You definitely need more graphics and visualizations of what you are saying

[danielellis]

Learned a lot Rob -- thanks for making this video. Liked and subbed.

[Walkeranz]

Powerline adapters don’t work well with gfi outlets. If the outlet has a test and/or reset button, plug the powerline in somewhere else.

[ryanfowlow]

Thank you subbed, I appreciate your very concise explanation of everything. You make a good teacher. Again thanks.

[ghosttiger]

I subscribed as all this information is clear and accurate. Cheers!

[goku]

Just fyi on switches, offices use them too. It is the core of any computer network. They don't slow down your network like network hubs who disappeared a long time ago do.

[douglascrawford]

Hi I was at your site, a lot of items are sold out or not available- no phones, no Pi VPN- what is your plans- restock or just offer the software and SD cards?

[CheckTesting]

…looks like YouTube are promoting your old vids Mr B 🤭 Brilliant vid as always. Hope that you are & the family are all well sir? 🙏🏾 Patiently awaiting your new content 😉