Running Ethernet through my house taught me things no router upgrade ever could
…Related I silenced my network stack, and all it cost me was my sanity And a little piece of one of my knuckles...
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I stopped blaming my ISP for bad Wi-Fi as the real culprit was right in front of me
…By identifying these physical barriers, I realized my router wasn’t broken; I was just being silenced by my architecture. Related 5 router settings most people never touch that fixed my network…
I ran wired backhaul to every room in my house, and it was so worth it
…Hybrid network infrastructure gets you the best platform for your home I've only got a handful of wired network devices in my home, and the majority of them are either in…
I finally set up the Jellyfin server I'd been putting off, and I'm done with the Roku home screen
…my other devices, including my phones, Fire TV Stick, Mac, PC, and an Apple TV. I also have various clients installed on my phones for when I go mobile. I use Findroid…
Self-hosting freed me from the OS lock-in trap (and made my devices clutter-free)
…remain safe inside a network share mapped to RomM , and my favorite ebooks stay on my Calibre-Web server. Sure, I’ve got a bunch of applications for organizing all the files…
I set up this open-source tool to see what my network was doing, and I found things I didn't expect
…I set it up because I wanted granular insights into what's happening on my network. I wanted to see exactly what my network was doing, what it was connecting to, in…
I replaced my copper links with SFP+ active optical cables, and I won’t go back
…Some of my network gear has RJ45 10GbE, but not enough ports I do have some hardware on my network with 10GbE-capable 8P8C/RJ45 ports, but they're few and far…
MoCA adapters are the most underrated networking upgrade, and I installed mine in 10 minutes
…Here was the solution I needed for my modest networking needs, and the best thing is it took about ten minutes to install. Related Most network problems aren't your internet—they…
I ditched Plex, Google Photos, and iCloud for self-hosted alternatives, and Pangolin made it actually work
…It was hosted on my old Synology NAS, and technically my first self-hosted service. But getting Plex to work outside my home network was never straightforward. CGNAT made that worse (more…
I set up a Tailscale exit node at home, and it's more useful than just exposing services
…Despite being overlooked by most home labbers, Tailscale exit nodes single-handedly protect my browsing sessions when I connect my devices to unsecured Wi-Fi networks. Related Tailscale Funnel is the most…