…OS more convenient for my networking projects (and the subsequent troubleshooting process after I end up botching said experiments). AdGuard Home + Unbound are a powerful combo for my DNS needs As if…
…Picking Home Assistant to support the majority of switches requires additional controller hardware. In reality, you set yourself up for countless hours of setup, troubleshooting, and maintenance. That’s how the plug…
…Portainer acts as the ultimate command center for my home lab . Instead of constantly running terminal commands to troubleshoot, Portainer gives me a clean, lightweight web UI that lets me manage my…
…It's a perfect fit in a home lab setup where it can serve a new role. I have personally dedicated multiple old devices, including laptops, as servers running Docker containers and…
…troubleshooting your portable workstation or tweaking its BIOS options. Most laptops also have Wi-Fi and Bluetooth connectivity, and the latter is extremely handy when you’re planning to host Home Assistant…
…I became curious to see what else I could do with Proxmox with regard to the wider home network. VLANs within the home lab turned from fear to outright curiosity. One important…
…Related I ran my home server on Wi-Fi for a year, and learned when Ethernet actually matters Wired connections might be 'best' but sometimes just enough is fine The myth of…
…Over the last decade he's written hundreds of articles about Linux configuration, troubleshooting weird problems, and using open-source tools in the real world. He also works a lot with Windows…
…Similarly, if I need to troubleshoot random home lab errors while I’m away from my PC, RDP-ing into it just so I can use my llama-vscode extension to query…
…Subreddits like r/selfhosted and r/homelab have accumulated substantial user bases, and the quality of the documentation, guides, and troubleshooting resources available has improved in step. What used to require either…