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title: Home network setup that just stays quiet
description: >-
  My simple home network: Pi-hole for privacy and a GL.iNet travel router to keep Wi-Fi stable in
  dead zones and on the road.
url: https://expiredqueues.com/home-network-setup/
date: '2025-09-21T00:00:00.000Z'
image: https://expiredqueues.com/images/og/home-network-setup-725cac6e.jpg
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Notes posts networking

# Home network setup that just stays quiet

21 September 2025 Updated 4 October 2025 By Adrian 1 min read

A quiet network is the one you stop thinking about. Mine is two pieces, both boring in the best way.

First: a Pi-hole for the whole house. One little box that blocks trackers and the constant “phoning home” from every device.

Optional: add NextDNS as the upstream DNS for Pi-hole, so you get an extra layer of filtering and analytics.

Second: a GL.iNet Slate (6 or 7). It makes a fresh Wi‑Fi island for dead corners, and it travels with me. Plug it into hotel Wi‑Fi and all my devices reconnect on their own - same SSID, same password, no fuss.

Less noise. One network everywhere.

### You might be interested in:

- [Smart living, but quieter](https://expiredqueues.com/smart-living/) - the devices on the other end of this network.
- [Explain the Cloud Like I'm 10](https://expiredqueues.com/books/explain-the-cloud-like-im-10/) - if DNS, resolvers and SSIDs went past too quickly.

[Previously A better ls on macOS: use eza, but not as an alias](https://expiredqueues.com/better-ls-macos-eza/) [Next Smart living, but quieter](https://expiredqueues.com/smart-living/)

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