My old phones replaced three smart devices in my Home Assistant setup
…In my setup, that’s a Frigate server running on a mini-PC. If I connect my smartphone to the same network as my Frigate system, this setup works really well as…
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I stopped choosing between SMB, NFS, and iSCSI, and my NAS finally makes sense
…this setup works really well over a fast Ethernet connection. I’ve tried using SMB for this project in the past, but some games outright refused to boot on a network drive…
My Raspberry Pi 4 still has a job in my homelab, and it isn't Home Assistant
…It’s not a typical “remote access” setup for my home network. Using Tailscale, I access network monitoring dashboards directly. I have a two-node setup with one node running Pi 4…
I tried Hue Bridge Emulator for my smart bulbs and lights — turns out, I didn’t need it
…Meanwhile, native Mosquitto support chained with Zigbee2MQTT gives me a stable setup. Zigbee-only setups help devices from crowding up your Wi-Fi network. For that, Zigbee2MQTT with Mosquitto broker is the…
I turned my Raspberry Pi into a portable NAS that runs off a power bank, and now I carry terabytes everywhere
…Or even any Wi-Fi network, for that matter. My theory is that OMV’s packages automatically remove the wireless tools, as I'd used the same setup (minus OpenMediaVault) for my…
Stop treating Proxmox's firewall like an optional feature — it's your lab's clearest safety net
…It made my setup feel more deliberate and less chaotic Clear network boundaries are useful even in small labs What surprised me most was that turning on the firewall didn't make…
Your ISP router is the biggest bottleneck in your home network, and you know it
…Sometimes, your router may not be old, but it can still be too weak to support your home network. Most modern home setups have multiple computers, TVs, smartphones, smart devices, and home…
I built a 4K Jellyfin server from an old gaming PC, and it transcodes everything I throw at it
…Remote access is another area where a dedicated PC setup helps. Since the machine stays online all the time, you can configure Jellyfin to access outside your local network and stream your…
I stopped trying to replace my Nvidia Shield and built something better instead
…02 / 8 NAS Basics What does NAS stand for in the context of home networking and storage? A Network Attached Storage B Networked Audio System C Network Access Server D Node Aggregation…
Wi-Fi signal bars are lying to you, and this app finally showed me the truth
…Identifying problems with graphs and numbers So what if there's no pictorial visualization App setup and baseline testing When troubleshooting low-level networking issues, I need something functional, reliable, and bereft…