Your self-hosted apps won't work right until you fix this one DNS setting
Joe Rice-Jones May 12, 2026, 1:30 PM EDT Maker, meme-r, and unabashed geek, Joe has been writing about technology since starting his career in 2018 at KnowTechie. He's…
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Running Ethernet through my house taught me things no router upgrade ever could
Joe Rice-Jones Apr 26, 2026, 1:30 PM EDT Maker, meme-r, and unabashed geek, Joe has been writing about technology since starting his career in 2018 at KnowTechie. He's…
Your router's MAC address filter is security theater, and here's what actually protects your Wi-Fi
…A lot of people also aren’t trying to defend against a determined attacker with networking tools. They just want to reduce the chance of an unknown device hopping onto the network…
Switzerland tried to secure internet routing, but the industry just ignored it
Joe Rice-Jones Mar 27, 2026, 3:00 PM EDT Maker, meme-r, and unabashed geek, Joe has been writing about technology since starting his career in 2018 at KnowTechie. He's…
Stop buying networking gear for your smart home that looks good on paper but fails in practice
…After teaching university English and computer science for a few years, Jeff launched his writing career . He's written for Macworld , Tom's Hardware , groovyPost , The Mac Observer , and more before beginning…
This $20 gadget finally fixed my smart doorbell’s weak Wi-Fi signal
…Next, I tapped on Extended Network, changed the network name to something different from my main network, and then connected both my Ring and Nanit Pro baby monitors directly to the range…
4 Android Auto apps that make EV range anxiety a thing of the past
…The app lists electric vehicle charging stations, regardless of network or type, including Tesla's Supercharger network, Electrify America, Flo, and more, and indicates the type of charger, whether it's CHAdeMO…
I bought a KVM-over-IP for my home lab, and I can't believe I waited this long
Joe Rice-Jones Mar 26, 2026, 11:00 AM EDT Maker, meme-r, and unabashed geek, Joe has been writing about technology since starting his career in 2018 at KnowTechie. He's…
Flat Ethernet cables become e-waste the moment they break, and I'm swearing them off for good
…a career path. Besides being the first call for tech support for those close to him, Ty is a computer science student, with his focus being cloud computing and networking. He also…
NetBird's new reverse proxy is the remote access tool I've been waiting for
Joe Rice-Jones Mar 20, 2026, 3:30 PM EDT Maker, meme-r, and unabashed geek, Joe has been writing about technology since starting his career in 2018 at KnowTechie. He's…