…If you genuinely need to access your router's admin panel from outside of your local network, do it through a VPN. Tailscale running on the router itself or a separate device…
…OPNsense controls which VLANs each client can access. Some devices love to broadcast data everywhere on your LAN, which is where VLANs can really make a difference by reducing the clutter on…
…While 'Network Access Server' is a real term in enterprise networking, in the consumer home media context NAS always refers to a centralized storage device accessible over your local network. 03 / 8…
…That’s something a NAS or streaming device simply can’t do. Then there’s storage. Instead of being limited by fixed bays or soldered components, you can add more drives whenever…
…But I didn't really explore the device's features past this. I knew that I could also use it to store media files, but its limited CPU and RAM meant that…
…Though the Pi booted from an NVMe SSD , the Pi's 4GB memory limit became difficult to ignore as I built ESPHome devices. Recently, I moved Home Assistant to a mini PC…
…and easiest ways to access a home server remotely. Not quite — the answer is a tunneling service like Tailscale or Cloudflare Tunnel. Port forwarding exposes your device directly to the internet, which…
…and limited RAM is overwhelmed by running services. Maintenance can prove troublesome and, at worst, break when updating everything at once. Then there's the risk of using a single device for…
…For them, Google shall graciously hand out "limited distribution accounts" where you can sideload the app on a whopping 20 unique devices only. This effectively kills grassroots beta testing and severely limits…
…A similar thing happened with the media server and accessing it on various devices like smart TVs and mobile devices. Smart TVs and media servers were supposed to work seamlessly when on…