I built a perfectly segmented home network, then spent six months poking holes back through it
…And a lab VLAN for a Raspberry Pi 4 running as a smart home hub and a mini PC as a home lab server. I set the firewall rules to default deny…
…And a lab VLAN for a Raspberry Pi 4 running as a smart home hub and a mini PC as a home lab server. I set the firewall rules to default deny…
…Running Home Assistant on a Raspberry Pi ? Just connect the Pi directly to a LAN port on the older router. Since the Pi only has one Ethernet port, move Home Assistant entirely…
…The phone isn't replacing a Raspberry Pi as your Home Assistant server, and the network chores are a bonus rather than the reason to do this. However, if you have a…
…That means the board is ready to use after flashing. In some ways it’s similar to the Raspberry Pi Imager 2.0 , except it covers a much broader ecosystem of single…
Right! I know I posted this homelab a few days ago but a few people were asking about the hardware and the photos were bad... so the photos are a bit better and here is all of the information!!! so im running two labrax …
Just wanted to share my introduction into homelabbing. Did research, got some basics and put together a couple machines that have some services running on them. Main project here is to get a good understanding of this an…
Ended up doing some plumbing, high and low voltage work, over 10 Cat 6 runs for APs, switches, cameras, and doorbell. Been very happy with my UDM pro SE and U7 pros. I moved all my hubs above the server cabinet and mostl…
I'm pretty new to homelabbing and this is my first mini rack! Started with the Beelink ME Mini and then just kinda grew from there (it's always the way hey haha). It idles at 70 watts (not too shabby for how much is goin…
…on my Raspberry Pi to replace Sonos entirely. While browsing the Sonos forums and sub-reddit , I discovered something unexpected: community members had vibe-coded Sonos controllers. With AI assistance, many people…
…To move away from Apple’s HomeKit, I turned a Raspberry Pi 4 into an OpenThread Border Router . That turned out to be total overkill for my needs, and spending money on…
…I regret building this $3000 Pi AI cluster Tried Nvidia's GTX 1080 - still no external GPU on a Pi Three more graphics cards on the Raspberry Pi CM4
…It pulls Home Assistant calendar and weather data, and wakes every 30 minutes from deep sleep. I love projects that combine e-ink displays with DIY chips. You usually find them cropping…
…powered hardware like an Intel N100 mini PC or a Raspberry Pi. Here’s the thing — when I consolidated my home lab down to a couple of low-power mini PCs running…
…All data it collects gets recorded on flash storage or forwarded to Home Assistant. That relieves me from SD card corruption anxiety, as I face in Pi-based setups. Honestly, I rarely…