I thought I needed a mesh Wi-Fi setup, but a single router solved all my problems
…Related Wi-Fi 7 will not fix what's actually wrong with your home network A new router alone won't upgrade your network to Wi-Fi 7 A new setup became…
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…Sign in to your XDA account Network-attached storage (NAS) becomes the central part of most home labs and smart homes. Even if you're not running stacks of used enterprise gear…
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The best NAS distro is getting better at virtualization, but you shouldn't use it exclusively for that
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My entire homelab runs on an 8-year-old laptop most people would throw away
…Speedtest Tracker was one of the required services for my home network. I have connections from two different ISPs, which are routed through a dual-WAN gateway . Speedtest Tracker helps me track…
I set up this open-source tool to see what my network was doing, and I found things I didn't expect
…And this tool provided me with exactly that — a clear, live view of everything talking in and out of my network. I monitor my home network by self-hosting ntopng - here’s…
I stopped using motion sensors after my smart home learned to read my PC's state
…Related I deployed a network scanner that feeds my LAN statistics into Home Assistant It's perfect for building Home Assistant automations using LAN data There are a range of benefits Your…
I upgraded my NAS to NVMe and barely noticed a difference—here's why
…Connected over a network, you're never going to touch those speeds at all. Most home NAS setups, including mine, run on a standard gigabit Ethernet connection. That caps out at about…
Mesh Wi-Fi is causing the exact problems it promised to solve
…Placement Antennas Signals Interference Networking 01 / 8 Placement Where in your home is the best place to position a Wi-Fi router for maximum coverage? A In a corner of the house…
The services you ignore are quietly breaking your home lab
…Home labs can become fragile when every service is constantly rebuilt, updated, optimized, and reconfigured. Sometimes the best maintenance decision is to leave a working setup alone until there’s a reason…