Your home network probably has a hidden bottleneck, and Wi-Fi 7 won't fix it
…Let's say you pay for a gigabit plan. Your ISP likely provides a modem with a single 1GB port or a 2.5GB port. Once you then factor in protocol overhead…
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I started my home lab with a mini PC instead of a Raspberry Pi, and the difference was massive
…Then there are the two internal SATA ports, HDMI, DisplayPort, and six USB ports. Most SBCs simply can't match this, allowing me to use the mini PC as a true home…
It looks like the Steam Machine will likely get full HDMI 2.1 support after all
…When the console-like PC finally drops, it's expected to cost considerably more than Valve initially planned. Related The Steam Machine has been delayed, and it's going to cost you…
This $200 Android gaming handheld is the ultimate retro hit with Linux
…Take the Retroid Pocket 5, which I recently picked up after planning to hold out for the MSI Claw in lime green. Instead of spending multiple hundreds on a handheld PC with…
I built a perfectly segmented home network, then spent six months poking holes back through it
…The Pi ran Pi-hole serving DNS queries across VLANs, with each VLAN allowing inbound traffic on port 53. That worked exactly as I planned. What I missed was Home Assistant constantly…
These $10 home lab upgrades solved problems I didn't know I had
…10 gigabit functionality to my PC, NAS, and home server, most of my home lab paraphernalia and smart devices still feature 1G ports. Unfortunately, my 12-port switch doesn’t have enough…
Claude's new computer use feature turned my old laptop into a machine I control from my phone
…I instructed Claude to open Portainer on my Mac and to check Nextcloud logs. It first reported that Portainer wasn’t accessible on the default port, as it was trying to open…
Microsoft might finally give the Start Menu the customization options it deserves
…Sign in to your XDA account Summary Microsoft is rumored to be planning a major revamp of Windows 11's Start Menu, including the ability to manually select between the large and…
My ISP gave me a Wi-Fi 7 router, and my 2.5GbE wired network still beats it at everything
…TP-Link Archer BE800 $392 $600 Save $208 Wi-Fi Bands 2.4GHz, 5GHz, 6GHz Ethernet Ports 4x 2.5Gbps, 2x 10Gbps USB Ports 1x USB-A 3.2 MU-MIMO Yes…
Winlator lets you play Steam games on your Android phone, and it actually works
…The plan was to transform my phone into a portable PC gaming device to see how capable it is at running games from Steam. This isn't a gimmick, and I created…