--- title: HomeLab #1: MikroTik as a Home Router | daily.dev description: A hands-on guide to setting up a MikroTik L009UiGS-RM as a home router for a homelab. Covers understanding ISP connection types (IPoE vs PPPoE, public vs CGNAT... canonical: https://daily.dev/posts/homelab-1-mikrotik-as-a-home-router-pcwy2g35t twitter:card: summary_large_image twitter:site: @dailydotdev og:type: website og:site_name: daily.dev og:title: HomeLab #1: MikroTik as a Home Router | daily.dev og:description: A hands-on guide to setting up a MikroTik L009UiGS-RM as a home router for a homelab. Covers understanding ISP connection types (IPoE vs PPPoE, public vs CGNAT... og:url: https://daily.dev/posts/homelab-1-mikrotik-as-a-home-router-pcwy2g35t og:image: https://api.daily.dev/og/posts/pCWy2g35T.png og:image:alt: HomeLab #1: MikroTik as a Home Router og:image:width: 1200 og:image:height: 630 og:locale: en --- > ## Documentation Index > Fetch the complete documentation index at: https://daily.dev/llms.txt > Use this file to discover all available pages before exploring further. # HomeLab #1: MikroTik as a Home Router **[Hacker News](https://daily.dev/sources/hn)** · 12 min read · 0 upvotes · 0 comments ## Summary A hands-on guide to setting up a MikroTik L009UiGS-RM as a home router for a homelab. Covers understanding ISP connection types (IPoE vs PPPoE, public vs CGNAT IPv4), cloning the ISP router's MAC address, configuring a VLAN and PPPoE client in RouterOS, setting up wireless access points via CAPsMAN with PoE, and fixing bufferbloat using FQ-CoDel queue discipline with practical RouterOS CLI commands throughout. ## Full article daily.dev links to this article rather than hosting it. Read it at the original source: ## Similar posts on daily.dev - [MikroTik: First Look and Getting Started](https://daily.dev/posts/mikrotik-first-look-and-getting-started-ufxcocygu) · Lobsters · 1 upvotes · 0 comments - [Home router recommendations](https://daily.dev/posts/home-router-recommendations-fiz92rk8j) · Lobsters · 0 upvotes · 0 comments - [LLM Networking with MikroTik](https://daily.dev/posts/llm-networking-with-mikrotik-pj31oea4c) · Hacker News · 0 upvotes · 0 comments --- [View this post on daily.dev](https://daily.dev/posts/homelab-1-mikrotik-as-a-home-router-pcwy2g35t) ```json {"@context":"https://schema.org","@graph":[{"@type":"Organization","@id":"https://daily.dev/#organization","name":"daily.dev","url":"https://daily.dev","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://daily.dev/apple-touch-icon.png","width":180,"height":180},"sameAs":["https://twitter.com/dailydotdev","https://github.com/dailydotdev","https://www.linkedin.com/company/daily-dev-ltd"]},{"@type":"WebSite","@id":"https://daily.dev/#website","url":"https://daily.dev","name":"daily.dev","publisher":{"@id":"https://daily.dev/#organization"},"potentialAction":{"@type":"SearchAction","target":{"@type":"EntryPoint","urlTemplate":"https://daily.dev/search?q={search_term_string}"},"query-input":"required name=search_term_string"}}]} {"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"TechArticle","headline":"HomeLab #1: MikroTik as a Home Router","url":"https://daily.dev/posts/homelab-1-mikrotik-as-a-home-router-pcwy2g35t","mainEntityOfPage":{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https://daily.dev/posts/homelab-1-mikrotik-as-a-home-router-pcwy2g35t"},"datePublished":"2026-07-19T21:18:35.097Z","dateModified":"2026-07-19T21:18:55.334Z","description":"A hands-on guide to setting up a MikroTik L009UiGS-RM as a home router for a homelab. Covers understanding ISP connection types (IPoE vs PPPoE, public vs CGNAT...","image":"https://media.daily.dev/image/upload/f_auto,q_auto/v1/posts/6c4a413cf59b481e56bfc64e70d5fc47?_a=AQAEuop","thumbnailUrl":"https://media.daily.dev/image/upload/f_auto,q_auto/v1/posts/6c4a413cf59b481e56bfc64e70d5fc47?_a=AQAEuop","isAccessibleForFree":true,"articleSection":"Hacker News","inLanguage":"en","publisher":{"@type":"Organization","name":"daily.dev","url":"https://daily.dev","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://daily.dev/apple-touch-icon.png","width":180,"height":180}},"author":{"@type":"Organization","name":"Hacker News","logo":"https://media.daily.dev/image/upload/t_logo,f_auto/v1/logos/hn","url":"https://daily.dev/sources/hn"},"commentCount":0,"discussionUrl":"https://daily.dev/posts/homelab-1-mikrotik-as-a-home-router-pcwy2g35t","interactionStatistic":[{"@type":"InteractionCounter","interactionType":{"@type":"LikeAction"},"userInteractionCount":0},{"@type":"InteractionCounter","interactionType":{"@type":"CommentAction"},"userInteractionCount":0}],"keywords":"","timeRequired":"PT12M"} {"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"BreadcrumbList","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"name":"Home","item":"https://daily.dev"},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"name":"Hacker News","item":"https://daily.dev/sources/hn"},{"@type":"ListItem","position":3,"name":"HomeLab #1: MikroTik as a Home Router"}]} ```