Your old Android phone is a better thin client than most mini PCs
…desktop in a corporate setup connected to a server. It's something I've dabbled with in the past with Chromebooks and netbooks. Just remote desktop to home and let all the…
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Stop treating the Raspberry Pi 5 as a smart home hub — it's actually built for something bigger
6d agoCheap enterprise networking gear exposes the flaws in expensive consumer hardware
1w agoMy homelab monitoring broke silently until I switched from SMS to ntfy in an afternoon
1w agoCloudflare Mesh gave me everything Tailscale did, minus another company in my network
1w agoI tried to make my Steam Deck a real server, and it’s better at it than it has any right to be
…It holds up well for direct playback of compatible codecs on a home network but struggles with transcoding or high-resolution conversions. Related I turned a Steam Deck into my living room…
Home Assistant's best integrations aren't the obvious ones – here's what actually changed my setup
…Related HACS is an underrated tool for Home Assistant lovers The Home Assistant Community Store is a treasure trove of useful integrations and dashboards Remote Home Assistant Control entities on different networks…
That old router in your drawer can still fix your worst Wi-Fi problems
…This is one setup that will feel remarkably convenient and seamless in daily use. You can essentially create two separate Wi-Fi networks in your home. One will be a standard connection…
This tiny Docker container monitors my entire network and alerts me before things break
…the best for beginners Dockerized watchman For me, the goal of a great home lab or network setup isn’t just to have the most tools; it’s to have the most…
Network segmentation is the smart home security step nobody talks about
…You need to segment your home network. Network segmentation is a foundational step that belongs right alongside device pairing. It’s not reserved solely for homelabbers or enterprises. Setting up a guest…
Chasing the perfect home lab is why yours never works
…What starts as a simple Pi-hole and file server setup can grow into virtualization, monitoring, VPN access, smart home infrastructure, and more. At that point, refusing to rethink the environment would…
I gave Matter two years to work, then ripped out every Thread node for Zigbee
…Many homes still suffer from split networks. Your Apple TV and your Amazon Echo might both be border routers, but they often fail to share credentials properly, creating two invisible competing mesh…
I paired a GPU with a Coral TPU, and it ended up handling my home security system far better than I expected
…Related With a cheap IP camera, I can monitor my "dumb" devices in Home Assistant A simple IP camera unlocks a world of possibilities in this smart home setup.
My network kept dropping devices until I stopped over-engineering and checked my firewall rules
…started documenting absolutely everything about the network. This coincided with me using Gitea with a repository for my entire smart home and home lab setup. A label maker made this easier by…