Your self-hosted apps won't work right until you fix this one DNS setting
…The problem with that is, if we're on our home network, traffic has to go out to the nameservers, and then back into our home network, causing a NAT hairpin and…
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Treating your ISP's router as the brain of your home network is the biggest mistake you can make
1d agoI thought a 10GbE home networking upgrade was overkill, but it's the best upgrade I ever made
3d agoI added a second network port to my home server, and it fixed more than transfer speeds
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1w agoI wired my house with fiber instead of Cat6, and the installation was actually easier than I expected
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I thought a VPS would replace my home server, but the real costs caught me off guard
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Your home lab's biggest mistake might be running everything in LXCs
…Home Assistant with device passthrough Smart home hubs dislike clever containment tricks Home Assistant can run in several ways, and some are more container-friendly than others. The problem starts when your…
I blocked my devices from bypassing my DNS server with one firewall rule
…This is wonderful for a home lab and smart home. How this works is through using something like Network Address Translation (NAT) with Destination NAT (DNAT) or REDIRECT rules configured on the…
Everyone loves Tailscale, but it's masking a critical gap in how most people think about networks
…But it's not a full replacement for the underlying networks , security stances, and equipment. Yes, you can use it to connect to services you want when outside your home network , but…
That old router in your drawer can still fix your worst Wi-Fi problems
…An aging router doesn't stop being useful just because it's no longer the main one on your home network. In fact, some of the best networking tricks around the house…
I upgraded to Wi-Fi 7 and discovered the real bottleneck was hiding in my walls
…Sign in to your XDA account Wi-Fi 7 might be the hotness right now, but it's (mostly) marketing fluff unless your home network is up to the task. It was…
Your home network doesn't need Pi-hole — an $8 ESP32 blocks ads just as well for a fraction of the cost
…His expertise broadly covers computers, smartphones, game consoles, headphones, smart home products, browsers, and apps. Sign in to your XDA account Whenever someone mentions ad-blocking on a home networking forum, the…
I thought a Wi-Fi Extender would help my network — it did, just not the way I expected
…Still, my home network is now equipped with a modern router and ready for future speed upgrades and high-bandwidth devices like a NAS or home server. My Wi-Fi range is…