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…I’ve even had my Home Assistant automatically detect the Philips, TP-Link, Aqara, and Yaber devices as soon as I hooked them up to my home network, whereas EcoFlow, Kasa, and…
…Your IP address for internal and external requests will be your home networks. I created a very basic image below that explains this. Split-Tunnel WireGuard Client Configuration In the AllowedIPs section…
…cloud-first smart home apps usually hide. Integrations change. Devices need troubleshooting. Automations can break because a device entity changed names, a firmware update shifted behavior, or a network hiccup made something…
Hi everyone I’m hoping to get some insights from the experts here on how to troubleshoot and improve the local network speed between two devices in my home. To give you a clear picture of my setup, I’ve attached a diagra…
**UPDATE** I have went through tediously and re-checked everything including fixing some mistakes that were still left in version 1. I went over everything and all the feedback recieved, the second edition includes both …
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…Plus, setting up (and more importantly, troubleshooting) FOSS services has taught me a lot about containerization and the Linux CLI. But the most underrated feature of self-hosting is that it got…
…There is still a real case for refining and rebuilding often Experimentation is part of why home labs exist To be fair, a home lab isn’t supposed to be a frozen…
…For example, if I wanted to use local models when troubleshooting random home lab problems, I could toss all the documentation I’ve built over the years into the LLM provider and…
…Or, if I didn’t already have productivity-centric tools scattered across my Proxmox nodes, I'd use Coolify to run n8n , Joplin, Homebox, BentoPDF, SearXNG, Syncthing , and other must-have FOSS…
…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…
