This open-source dashboard finally gave me the unified view my home lab desperately needed
…This open-source dashboard helps you monitor Docker containers, network devices and homelab topology from one place
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Smart home devices are sneaking around your Pi-hole, and your dashboard won't catch them
…This helps segment the network and allows for specific rules to be applied to a blanket of clients. I can block DNS access, limit external access altogether, and monitor traffic more closely…
Used enterprise switches are absurdly cheap, and they unlock features home routers can't touch
…Ex-enterprise switches fill in that feature gap, with LAGG, VLANs, network monitoring, per-port controls, and more. That lets the rest of your network scale, as the backbone is built solidly.
My best 3D print wasn't a PC mod, but it replaced five failed commercial solutions
…headphones, without helping the problem of clutter I faced. Desperation breeds creative, if deeply flawed, solutions. I once resorted to hanging my headphones on the top corner of my monitor, with the…
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Your cheap USB-C cables will fail with USB4
…Though not exactly cheap, these handy devices can help avoid a situation where you waste money buying the wrong USB-C cable. Cheap USB-C cables are fine ... until they're not…
I ditched OPNsense for UniFi, and the speed gain wasn't the real win
…I could add monitoring software to part of the network to fill in those gaps, but then I'd be managing two different network monitoring tools, and the whole point was to…
5 self-hosted tools I prefer to install on every new PC
…Uptime Kuma Key highlights Open-source monitor Uptime Kuma is a lightweight, easy-to-use monitoring tool that offers multiple ways to keep you up-to-date about the status of your…
I set up this open-source tool to see what my network was doing, and I found things I didn't expect
…I monitor my home network by self-hosting ntopng - here’s how From analyzing your traffic to snooping on malicious devices connected to your network, ntopng can do it all! A better…
Tailscale replaced my dynamic DNS setup, and I stopped worrying about IP addresses entirely
…help people with their technology problems and gadget purchases. For that, he has worked for some of the biggest international technology publications, covering news, explainers, how-to guides, listicles, and product-buying…
I replaced 6 paid subscriptions with a homelab on an old laptop — here's the full stack
…Since I host a number of apps and websites online, I was also paying for an uptime monitoring service. I was using UptimeRobot Pro at around $8 a month to monitor everything…