Plex Pass costs $750 now, but this $0 networking trick streams 4K from anywhere
…That’s how my phone on hotel Wi-Fi appears to Plex like it's on my home network. Not exposing my router’s ports, and Plex still finds its way home…
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I changed these settings on my ISP gateway and my network finally works like it should
…Your network performance , security, and reliability can all be improved by changing just a handful of settings. Related 5 router settings most people never touch that fixed my network problems Lesser-known…
I never configure a home firewall without these three rules, and they stop the attacks most people don't know are happening
…They stop traffic coming from known bad actors, reduce the threat of devices inside my home network betraying me, and stop automated scripts from hammering through my defenses. The best part is…
I ditched Pi-hole for AdGuard + Unbound on my OPNsense router, and my network runs cleaner than ever
…Then there’s the fact that I can create custom DNS rules for each device in my home network on AdGuard. For example, I’ve imported block lists for dubious application downloader…
Plex Pass is expensive, but it's the only streaming app my family actually uses
…streaming from a hotel room, or one of the Apple TV 4K units at home. I have enough networking headaches in my home lab, I don't want them when I'm…
I bought a KVM-over-IP for my home lab, and I can't believe I waited this long
…While you can do this with a Raspberry Pi , I wanted something that would work even if my network went down. Yes, that's a disturbingly common occurrence in my home lab…
HDMI is terrible, but I found one thing it's actually good for
…But you know what is capable of more than Gigabit bandwidth? Yep, HDMI, and that's what some networking appliance makers decided to do. Some companies have taken liberties with HDMI Netgear…
Your switch probably has an unused SFP port, and it's the best networking upgrade you're ignoring
…That's fast connections between your networking appliances, so your backhaul doesn't become the bottleneck of your network. As with all networking equipment, the "do you need it" question is always…
I stopped treating old phones like e-waste and started treating them like tiny servers
…I wanted a way to securely access my home network when I was away, but I did not want to deal with port forwarding, dynamic DNS services, or exposing self-hosted apps…
I turned my old Android phone into a car media server, and it worked better than expected
…find it on my iPhone, my daily driver. Since the old Android phone was already creating a Wi-Fi hotspot for the Jellyfin server, I connected the iPhone to that same network…