…There's no pairing hell or move-in day, and no need to reset your entire smart home . Guest network isolation Protect your home from the smart home backdoor A great step…
…Related I moved my smart home off Wi-Fi and onto Thread, and my router finally stopped crashing Thread fixed the one smart home problem I couldn't troubleshoot away A smartphone…
…Smart home Nuki's new smart lock gives the US the tap-to-unlock standard it should have had years ago Nuki adopts the new Aliro standard to make unlocking your door…
…in its “strategy to build a global home embodied AI ecosystem.” That’s a version of a phrase we’re starting to hear from several smart home companies — most recently Dreame. …
Hey r/homelab, A while ago I posted about OpenNMC, my open-source replacement for APC SmartSlot network management cards. The short version: I got tired of APC network cards being closed and expensive, so I started build…
18 months ago I had an ISP router, a smart thermostat and a Pihole on a Pi Zero… moved to a new house and thought it was about time to build a proper lab. Built it in a TecMojo 12U 450mm rack as wife wanted white, really…
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…
Hey Everyone - 32M, ~10 years in IT (5–6 in networking/network engineering specifically). Recently started a network deployment contract through TEKsystems and honestly realizing this type of work fits me WAY better than…
I decided to straighten things up a little and put my stack in a cabinet, plus implement a few upgrades like switching the original router (TP-Link Archer BE800) for a Firewalla Gold Pro and a TP-Link Omada EAP783 AP. I …
…Qwen is enough for your smart home Qwen 2.5 provides enough capability to build a useful smart home assistant without making your home dependent on a remote service for every command…
…There’s a reason for this lull — the company has been going through a “brand evolution” focused on wellness, robotics, and, of course, AI. “The smart home is getting kind of…
…off or the app logged them out, all this does is build up even more pent-up rage. The smart home was supposed to reduce friction, but now you're acting as…
…Sign in to your XDA account Smart homes feel like a chore sometimes. The passive irritation of the maintenance can slowly build up over time. Let's say you buy into the…
…But as a proud member of this community, let me assure you that building a completely local smart home setup has become more beginner-friendly than ever. Deploying Home Assistant, either as…
…And some of these features become invaluable when setting up a home lab or smart home. One such feature I needed and missed on ISP hardware was a virtual LAN (VLAN). Related…
