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Homelab Network Setup

by affaan-m in affaan-m/ECC

Practical home and homelab network planning for gateways, switches, access points, IP ranges, DHCP reservations, DNS, cabling, and common beginner mistakes.

MITAuto-check passedDevOps & Cloud

Install Homelab Network Setup

skills CLI
$ npx skills add affaan-m/ECC --skill homelab-network-setup -a claude-code

Project install by default; add -g for ~/.claude/skills/.

GitHub CLI
$ gh skill install affaan-m/ECC homelab-network-setup --agent claude-code

Project scope by default; add --scope user for a personal install. Needs GitHub CLI 2.90.0 or later (public preview).

Manual copy
$ git clone --depth 1 https://github.com/affaan-m/ECC.git skills-src && mkdir -p .claude/skills && cp -r skills-src/skills/homelab-network-setup .claude/skills/homelab-network-setup && rm -rf skills-src

Use ~/.claude/skills/ instead of .claude/skills for a personal install. The folder must contain SKILL.md.

Claude Code skills documentation · loads skills from .claude/skills/

Facts

Skill name
homelab-network-setup
GitHub stars
277k
Used in
1 other repo
Token cost
~1.1k tokens
SKILL.md length
488 words
Files
1
Skills in repo
683
Repo updated
First seen
Licence
MIT

At a glance

Practical home and homelab network planning for gateways, switches, access points, IP ranges, DHCP reservations, DNS, cabling, and common beginner mistakes.

  • Works in 4 steps: Set DHCP reservations for NAS, Pi, and… → Move local names to home.arpa. → Disable duplicate DHCP servers on… → …
  • Homelab network — gateway
  • SKILL.md covers When to Use, How It Works, IP Plan and DHCP And DNS, plus 4 more sections
  • Instructions only: no scripts, shell commands, URLs or credentials in SKILL.md

What it does

Homelab Network Setup is an agent skill from affaan-m/ECC. Practical home and homelab network planning for gateways, switches, access points, IP ranges, DHCP reservations, DNS, cabling, and common beginner mistakes. Use when planning or fixing a home or homelab network — gateway, switch, AP, IP ranges, DHCP, DNS, or cabling.

Its SKILL.md is about 1.1k tokens, which your agent loads only when the skill is triggered. It is a single SKILL.md file with no bundled scripts.

It sits in DevOps & Cloud. The repository describes itself as: The agent harness performance optimization system. Skills, instincts, memory, security, and research-first development for Claude Code, Codex, Opencode, Cursor and beyond. The licence is MIT.

When your agent uses it

  • Homelab network — gateway

Example prompts

  • “/homelab-network-setup”

Workflow steps

4 steps, taken from the first numbered list in SKILL.md.

  1. Set DHCP reservations for NAS, Pi, and any SSH hosts.
  2. Move local names to home.arpa.
  3. Disable duplicate DHCP servers on secondary routers or APs.
  4. Wire the main AP instead of relying on wireless backhaul.

What it can do on your machine

Read from SKILL.md and the folder at commit 2d515e4. It shows what the files ask for, not the result of running them.

  • Tool permissions

    Pre-approves nothing: there is no allowed-tools line, so your agent's usual permission prompts apply.

    From allowed-tools in the SKILL.md frontmatter.

  • Runs code

    No scripts in the folder and no shell commands in SKILL.md.

    From the folder's file list and the shell code blocks in SKILL.md.

  • Network

    No URLs in SKILL.md.

    From URLs in SKILL.md, links to its own repository left out.

  • Credentials

    Names no API keys, tokens, secrets or passwords.

    From names ending in _API_KEY, _TOKEN, _SECRET, _KEY or _PASSWORD in SKILL.md.

Context cost

Homelab Network Setup loads about 1.1k tokens when it runs. Until then it costs about 72 tokens; SKILL.md has 488 words of instructions outside code blocks.

Always · name and description, kept in context so the agent knows when to use it
~72
When it runs · the whole SKILL.md, loaded when a task matches
~1.1k

Estimates: characters ÷ 4, the usual rule of thumb; real counts depend on the model's tokenizer. Scripts and assets cost tokens only if the agent reads them.

Safety

Auto-check passed

The automated check found no risky patterns in SKILL.md.

Automated static check — not a guarantee. Review scripts before installing. It scans the text of SKILL.md for risky patterns (piping downloads into a shell, reading credential files, hidden Unicode, destructive commands); files beside SKILL.md are not scanned.

SKILL.md

The full file from affaan-m/ECC at commit 2d515e4, republished under its MIT licence (© affaan-m). 488 words, ~1,108 tokens.

Download SKILL.mdSave it as .claude/skills/homelab-network-setup/SKILL.md (or your agent's skills folder).
name
homelab-network-setup
description
Practical home and homelab network planning for gateways, switches, access points, IP ranges, DHCP reservations, DNS, cabling, and common beginner mistakes. Use when planning or fixing a home or homelab network — gateway, switch, AP, IP ranges, DHCP, DNS, or cabling.
metadata.origin
community

Homelab Network Setup

Use this skill to design a home or small-lab network that can grow without needing a full rebuild.

When to Use

  • Planning a new home network or redesigning an ISP-router-only setup.
  • Choosing gateway, switch, and access point roles.
  • Designing IP ranges, DHCP scopes, static reservations, and DNS.
  • Preparing for future VLANs, Pi-hole, NAS, lab servers, or VPN access.
  • Troubleshooting a new network that has double NAT, unstable Wi-Fi, or changing server addresses.

How It Works

Start by separating device roles:

text
Internet
  |
Modem or ONT
  |
Gateway or router      NAT, firewall, DHCP, DNS, inter-VLAN routing
  |
Managed switch         wired clients, AP uplinks, optional VLAN trunks
  |
Access points          Wi-Fi only; ideally wired backhaul
Servers and NAS        stable addresses, DNS names, monitoring
Clients and IoT        DHCP pools, isolated later if VLANs are available

Pick a gateway that matches the operator, not just the feature checklist:

OptionBest fitNotes
ISP routerBasic internet onlyLimited control and often poor VLAN support
UniFi gatewayManaged home networkGood UI, ecosystem lock-in
OPNsense or pfSenseFlexible homelabStrong VLAN, firewall, VPN, and DNS control
MikroTikAdvanced network usersPowerful, but easy to misconfigure
Linux routerTinkerersDocument rollback before using as primary gateway

IP Plan

Avoid the most common default, 192.168.1.0/24, when you expect to use VPNs. It often conflicts with hotels, offices, and ISP routers.

text
Example small homelab plan:

192.168.10.0/24  trusted clients
192.168.20.0/24  IoT and media devices
192.168.30.0/24  servers and NAS
192.168.40.0/24  guest Wi-Fi
192.168.99.0/24  network management

Gateway convention: .1
Infrastructure reservations: .2 through .49
Dynamic DHCP pool: .50 through .240
Spare room: .241 through .254

Use home.arpa for local names. It is reserved for home networks and avoids the leakage/conflict problems of ad hoc names like home.lan.

text
nas.home.arpa
pihole.home.arpa
gateway.home.arpa
switch-01.home.arpa

DHCP And DNS

  • Use DHCP reservations for anything you SSH into, bookmark, monitor, or expose as a service.
  • Hand out the gateway as DNS until a local resolver is intentionally deployed.
  • If using Pi-hole or another DNS filter, give it a reservation first, then point DHCP DNS options at that address.
  • Keep a small static/reserved range per subnet so replacements do not collide with dynamic leases.

Cabling And Wi-Fi

  • Prefer wired AP backhaul over mesh when you can run Ethernet.
  • Use a PoE switch for APs and cameras if the budget allows it.
  • Label both ends of each cable and keep a simple port map.
  • Put the gateway, switch, DNS server, and NAS on UPS power if outages are common.
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Examples

Beginner Upgrade

Goal: Keep the ISP router but stabilize a small lab.

  1. Set DHCP reservations for NAS, Pi, and any SSH hosts.
  2. Move local names to home.arpa.
  3. Disable duplicate DHCP servers on secondary routers or APs.
  4. Wire the main AP instead of relying on wireless backhaul.
VLAN-Ready Plan

Goal: Prepare for future segmentation without enabling it immediately.

  1. Choose non-overlapping /24 ranges for trusted, IoT, servers, guest, and management.
  2. Reserve .1 for the gateway and .2-.49 for infrastructure on every subnet.
  3. Buy a gateway and switch that support VLANs and inter-VLAN firewall rules.
  4. Document which SSIDs and switch ports will eventually map to each network.

Anti-Patterns

  • Double NAT without a reason or documentation.
  • Using 192.168.1.0/24 when VPN access is planned.
  • Dynamic addresses for NAS, Pi-hole, Home Assistant, or other service hosts.
  • Consumer routers repurposed as APs while their DHCP servers are still enabled.
  • Flat networks with cameras, smart plugs, laptops, and servers all sharing the same trust boundary.

See Also

  • Skill: network-interface-health
  • Skill: network-config-validation

© affaan-m, MIT. Rendered from Markdown: HTML in the file is shown as text, images as links, and headings moved down two levels. Raw file

Files

Just SKILL.md in skills/homelab-network-setup of affaan-m/ECC.

Open the folder on GitHubat commit 2d515e4

Used in 1 other repository

We found 2 copies of this SKILL.md (exact, near-identical or edited) in other folders, from 1 other GitHub owner. This page covers the copy in affaan-m/ECC, which our catalogue first saw on October 7, 2026.

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Questions about Homelab Network Setup

What does Homelab Network Setup do?

Practical home and homelab network planning for gateways, switches, access points, IP ranges, DHCP reservations, DNS, cabling, and common beginner mistakes. Homelab Network Setup is an agent skill from affaan-m/ECC. Practical home and homelab network planning for gateways, switches, access points, IP ranges, DHCP reservations, DNS, cabling, and common beginner mistakes.

When should I use Homelab Network Setup?

Homelab Network Setup fits situations like: homelab network — gateway.

How do I install Homelab Network Setup in Claude Code?

Run `npx skills add affaan-m/ECC --skill homelab-network-setup -a claude-code`. Or copy the skill folder (skills/homelab-network-setup in affaan-m/ECC) into .claude/skills/homelab-network-setup in your project. Claude Code loads it when a task matches its description.

How do I install Homelab Network Setup in Codex?

Run `npx skills add affaan-m/ECC --skill homelab-network-setup -a codex`. Or copy the skill folder (skills/homelab-network-setup in affaan-m/ECC) into .agents/skills/homelab-network-setup in your project. Codex loads it when a task matches its description.

Can I use Homelab Network Setup in Cursor, Gemini CLI or GitHub Copilot?

Cursor, Gemini CLI, GitHub Copilot and OpenCode also load SKILL.md folders. With the skills CLI, run `npx skills add affaan-m/ECC --skill homelab-network-setup -a cursor` (or -a gemini-cli, github-copilot or opencode for the others). To copy it by hand, put the folder in .cursor/skills/homelab-network-setup, .gemini/skills/homelab-network-setup, .github/skills/homelab-network-setup and .opencode/skills/homelab-network-setup in your project.

What does Homelab Network Setup need to run?

SKILL.md names no scripts, command-line tools or credentials: Homelab Network Setup is instructions for the agent only.

Does Homelab Network Setup access the network?

SKILL.md contains no URLs. Any network use would come from the scripts or tools the agent runs. This is read from the text; nothing was executed.

Is Homelab Network Setup safe to install?

Our automated static check of SKILL.md found no risky patterns, such as piping downloads into a shell, reading credential files or hidden Unicode. It is not a guarantee. Review the folder before installing.

What licence does Homelab Network Setup use?

Homelab Network Setup is published under the MIT licence (the repository's licence). It allows redistribution, so the full SKILL.md is shown on this page.

How many tokens does Homelab Network Setup use?

About 1.1k tokens (SKILL.md is roughly 4.4k characters). Agents keep only the skill's name and description in context until a task matches; then they load SKILL.md in full.

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Who maintains Homelab Network Setup?

affaan-m (a GitHub user) maintains it in affaan-m/ECC, which has 276,673 GitHub stars. The repository holds 683 skills in this directory. The repository was last updated on October 11, 2026.

Source: affaan-m/ECC on GitHub. Facts on this page come from the repository at the commit we read; the author's words are quoted as theirs.