Lars Beckmann is a network engineer and homelab enthusiast who has been running OpenWrt on his home infrastructure for eight years. He writes about networking, open-source firmware, and home network security with a practical focus on what actually works outside a professional data centre.
Home Networking
Cat 5e vs Cat 6 vs Cat 6A vs Cat 7 vs Cat 8: Which Ethernet Cable to Run in a House
Lars Beckmann
October 14, 2026
Self-Hosting
Authelia vs Authentik for a Homelab: Single Sign-On Without Losing a Weekend
Lars Beckmann
October 14, 2026
Home Networking
Homelab
What does OPNsense break in a two-person apartment that the ISP router did not?
Lars Beckmann
October 7, 2026
Home Networking
Homelab
2.5 GbE vs 10 GbE: When Can You Actually Tell the Difference?
Lars Beckmann
September 27, 2026
Home Networking
Homelab
Do You Actually Need a Static IP for a Home Server?
Lars Beckmann
September 27, 2026
Networking
Starlink
Starlink Bypass Mode vs the Included Router: When You Need Your Own Firewall
Lars Beckmann
September 18, 2026
Networking
Starlink
Starlink as Fiber Failover: The Cutover That Still Breaks VoIP
Lars Beckmann
September 18, 2026
Homelab
Networking
Router Over-the-Air Updates vs OpenWrt: When the ISP Image Is the Vulnerability
Lars Beckmann
September 18, 2026
Linux & Open Source
Privacy & Digital Rights
How Open-Source Firmware Projects Are Keeping Old Routers Alive
Lars Beckmann
July 7, 2026