Justin Garrison Builds 8-Node Homelab in Old Linksys Router Cases
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Updated · Hackaday · Jul 5
Justin Garrison Builds 8-Node Homelab in Old Linksys Router Cases
1 articles · Updated · Hackaday · Jul 5
Summary
Eight machines — including two Raspberry Pi 5s, two Pi 4s and an HP Z4 G4 mini PC — were repackaged into old Linksys router shells for a retro early-2000s homelab look.
The setup is tied together by a TP-Link LS108GB PoE switch, with the mini PC handling control-plane duties while the cluster runs Talos and Kubernetes workloads.
A GMKtec NucBox M6 Mini with an ASUS GeForce RT 2060 GPU, a LattePanda IOTA and an Nvidia DGX Spark round out the hardware, showing the build is functional as well as decorative.
Garrison also modified the cases so status LEDs still flicker and power buttons remain accessible, turning discarded router enclosures into usable custom housings.