Recycling Old Tech: A Segmented Home Network and a Private Media Server
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My ISP upgraded my gateway to a newer model and let me keep the old one. Instead of tossing it in the e-waste pile, I turned it (plus a decommissioned enterprise appliance from eBay) into a segmented home network with a private Jellyfin media server. It came together over a weekend, and I'm writing it up in case the approach is useful to someone else.
