Most networking equipment isn't exactly designed to be user-serviceable, but the Unifi Dream Machine Pro Max was a little easier to disassemble than most. Honestly, I feared the worst when I looked down the hard drive bays and saw the cooling fans buried at the bottom, but they were attached to a plastic vent that came out after four screws were undone, so that was a pleasant surprise. The worst part was routing the Noctua fan cables back to the headers, as the sleeve around the cables made it a little tricky, so I had to go inside the venting area instead. And the plug needed a little trimmin
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…It gives you local network access at a switch , and now you can serve over Tailscale as well. It's fast enough for one user, easy to switch between multiple local models…
…Since the machine stays online all the time, you can configure Jellyfin to access outside your local network and stream your library while traveling or away from home. That setup does require…
Adam Conway May 21, 2026, 7:00 AM EDT I’m Adam Conway, an Irish technology fanatic with a BSc in Computer Science and I'm XDA’s Lead Technical Editor. My…
…He writes for XDA-Developers, where he focuses on topics like productivity, networking, self-hosting, and more. Over the years, his work has also appeared in leading publications such as Android Police…
Adam Conway Apr 10, 2026, 1:31 PM EDT I’m Adam Conway, an Irish technology fanatic with a BSc in Computer Science and I'm XDA’s Lead Technical Editor. My…
…He writes for XDA-Developers, where he focuses on topics like productivity, networking, self-hosting, and more. Over the years, his work has also appeared in leading publications such as Android Police…
…He writes for XDA-Developers, where he focuses on topics like productivity, networking, self-hosting, and more. Over the years, his work has also appeared in leading publications such as Android Police…
…VLC's ability to stream media over the local network feels almost too simple, especially in a world where everything wants you to set up a server, create accounts, and manage libraries…
…It has CPU, GPU, network, drives, and more options, but I used the network, temperature, and CPU widgets. The weather widget was also cool, so I placed it next to Irene's…