Stop struggling with OPNsense — these 4 tweaks take a few minutes to make
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Your NAS doesn't need to be all-SSD, and TrueNAS proved it to me
…The network becomes the bottleneck far before you start maxing out the speed of the hard drives. Forget a 10-gigabit network, that's true even with a standard gigabit local network…
Flat Ethernet cables look great — but there’s a catch
…or a streaming device is not going to cause you network problems. At short distances and gigabit speeds, the signal integrity differences between flat and round cables are small enough that you…
I connected my local LLM to Home Assistant through MCP, and now my smart home manages itself
…HASS automations, modify scripts, and update integrations from LM Studio, so there’s a lot of utility in this project. Related I deployed a network scanner that feeds my LAN statistics into…
I built a distributed computer with three cheap ESP32 boards using a feature most people ignore
…Sign in to your XDA account Most ESP32 projects I see treat the chip as an island that boots, joins a Wi-Fi network, and talks to Home Assistant. The chip is…
Docker bypasses your firewall silently, and most home labs don't realize it
…It hits the host's network interface, gets matched by Docker's NAT rules, and is forwarded into the container's network namespace without UFW's INPUT rules ever being consulted. The…
I mapped every machine in my home lab with this free tool
…That can record more than just your network stack You can even feed your VM specs into the app Aside from the network stack, NetBox also lets you maintain detailed records of…
Your self-hosted setup is a mess of IP addresses until you do this one thing
…Related Avoid these 10 pitfalls when setting up the network for your home lab Don't let these networking issues break your home lab enjoyment. Domains are so cheap, it's hard…
Premium TVs ship with bargain-bin networking speeds, and it's getting harder to ignore
…If a manufacturer is already selling advanced gaming features, high refresh rates, Dolby Vision, powerful processors, and smart home integration, the wired network port should not feel like an afterthought. Gigabit Ethernet…
I ditched my dedicated GPU for integrated graphics and cut my power bill in half
…Sign in to your XDA account Integrated graphics have come a long way, especially when looking to transcode media. I've gone from network-attached storage (NAS) enclosures with weak processors and…