…Devices using NAT are invisible to the outside world by default, since unsolicited inbound traffic hits the router and gets dropped before touching any internal devices. It's not the same as…
…devices working locally. The steps to build my own smart home took several weeks of reading documentation, scouring community forums, ordering components, and soldering them to the ESP32. In the end, troubleshooting…
…But I really recommend splitting all your devices across a couple of dashboards, as it will make managing everything as a beginner a lot simpler. Got specific devices in the kitchen? They…
…and your experiments I’ve also got a 2-node high-availability PVE cluster involving ZFS replication between cheap x86 devices, with a Raspberry Pi serving as the Q-device, and I…
…The cache eventually slows the streaming device down Almost every device benefits from cache cleanup Clearing the cache isn't limited to Fire TV Sticks. You can do it on almost every…
…Syncthing Manually moving files between devices gets old fast Linux Mint gives you Warpinator, which is fine if you just need to toss a file from one device to another and move…
…I have personally dedicated multiple old devices, including laptops, as servers running Docker containers and virtual machine setups. These solutions breathe new life into my old hardware, which was otherwise unfit for…
…So, it is quietly siphoning off your bandwidth to serve updates to other devices, even those you don’t own. For a single PC user with limited data, this feature wasn’t…
…For context, I have more than 15 devices, including my personal devices, home lab, family devices, and smart devices. So, implementing it network-wide was the best solution possible. While setting up…
…After troubleshooting various devices to see if the issue was local, I ended up checking my firewall rules, and that's when it all made sense. I blocked access to a server…