When I first started building my smart home network, I felt like a networking rockstar. I was trying out every new feature, shortcut, and pro-tip I found online. After all, we all want a fast, secure, ...

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Home networks can be a complicated beast, and they can very quickly grow out of control for a few reasons. Unlike a monitored environment, you tend to use your home Wi-Fi network as a plug-and-play ...

Have you ever wondered if your home network could do more—without guzzling electricity or breaking the bank? Imagine a setup where your devices hum along efficiently, your network is secure and ...

What if you could harness the power of innovative technology in your home without breaking the bank, or the environment? Picture this: a sleek, energy-efficient setup running AI workloads, automating ...

Fancy doing something more with your home network? Or are you already up and running with a NAS device, a simple server of some kind, or a bunch of smart home gadgets you’d like to get more control ...

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Posts from this topic will be added to your daily email digest and your homepage feed. The Thread 1.4 spec arrives today with a slew of updates designed to solve the problems the smart home protocol ...

Recently, when I started renovating my home, I knew it was the perfect time to rebuild my smart home from scratch. I’ve been on the smart home bandwagon for years, but cobbling together IoT products ...

Smart home technology promises convenience, efficiency, and peace of mind through connected security cameras, smart locks, and automated monitoring systems. But these same devices that are supposed to ...

As the title of the post indicates, I have available space in my home networking rack, 9U of space to be specific. I did a post some years ago requesting feedback on a home network build I was ...