…A PCIe network card is the ideal solution in this case, unless a motherboard upgrade is already coming up. TP-Link 10GB PCIe Network Card (TX401) $100 at Amazon Related Your router…
…While it might not be adept at running the newest titles, old gaming GPUs have a ton of potential in a home server build, where they can excel at local media transcoding…
…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…
…Sign in to your XDA account HDMI eARC was supposed to be the part of modern home theater that finally made things less annoying. One cable from the TV to the soundbar…
…and the same applies on the home lab front. Except, you’ll have to be extra cautious, as you might end up with broken network services and irrecoverable virtual guests if things…
…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…
…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…
…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…
…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…