…Sign in to your XDA account Like most homes built before the 2000s, the last apartment I lived in was a nightmare for getting consistent network connectivity in every room. The wall…
…Ethernet cables are about protecting your home server from network hiccups, not chasing throughput numbers. Related I ran my home server on Wi-Fi for a year, and learned when Ethernet actually…
…There's also no native VLAN support on the LAN side, which is a strange ommission given that the guest network likely uses this for proper network segmentation. If your home lab…
…Related 5 reasons you should replace your unmanaged switch with a managed one You gain a ton of utility by using a managed switch in your home network. Older hardware can be…
…UniFi makes my home network easier to handle Life's annoying enough without having to micromanage every part of your home network. I got tired of having a different dashboard to log…
…I was already using it to access sensitive dashboards like Portainer, Pi-hole, and Omada Controller when I was outside my home network. Beyond homelab-related services, I was also actively using…
…A lot of home networking problems are physical, not digital The physical layer is to blame for a lot of networking malaise When a network connection drops, slows down, or behaves inconsistently…
…You can try to restrict communication for these devices to enhance your home network security. Related Pi-hole showed me exactly what my smart home does behind my back Your smart home…
…Related Pi-hole is still the best free upgrade you can make to your home network Safer, faster, cleaner Don't trust the dashboard It doesn't tell the whole story The…
…If you've picked up a load of cheap IoT smart home devices, it's likely they have questionable security and phone home to overseas servers quite often. Creating network segmentation with…