Full Lab Tour 2026: Firewalls, Switches, NAS, and More [YouTube Release]

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Chapters
00:00 Behind the Racks: Where It All Starts
00:20 UDM Pro Beast HA Pair
01:08 Color Coded Power and the Studio Wall Pass-Through
02:14 The Low Power Box Running Most of the Lab
03:01 Rack One Front: Power Switches and UniFi Test Gear
04:00 Firewalls and VLANs
04:31 Numbered Patch Panel
05:13 Rack Studs, JetKVM, and the Ugly NAS
06:16 UPS Pro Units and UniFi 5G Backup Internet
07:26 The Side Mounted Switch
08:28 Home Assistant on PoE
09:10 The Synology NVR
09:41 Ryzen 1, 2, and 3: XCP-ng and Proxmox Lab Servers
10:16 45Drives HL15: Quiet Fans and the Air Filter
11:25 TrueNAS Mini R, UNAS Pro, and the Synology Backup Box
13:10 45Drives HL8 Media Server
14:05 Back of the Rack: Aggregation, DAC Cables, and IPMI
16:12 Velcro, Service Loops, and Ceiling Magnets
16:49 The Sticker Tour and My Old Rack Faceplate
19:10 Parts Bins and the Workbench
20:30 VLAN Layout: CG-NAT, IoT, and Labs 101 to 105
22:18 Wi-Fi Coverage and the Full Device List
22:52 Topology View and Device Tags


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Thanks for the tour @LTS_Tom! I’ve seen you show various aspects of your lab to some degree or another in previous videos, but this one is the most comprehensive (sorry to state the obvious, haha).

How do you handle the heat output of everything? Is there that much to begin with? I’m not referring to the individual devices, just the room by itself. It doesn’t seem massive or anything.

Edit: Grammar

It’s really not much heat output so there is nothing extra in terms of HVAC needed beyond what the house already has.

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