How does one admit they need help to stop adding Zigbee devices to their network? Asking for a friend..
Adding Zigbee devices to their network
AdGuard on my home network
I’ve been running a local instance of AdGuard on my home network for over a year now. It’s been a satisfying, ad-free browsing experience. On the flip side, it does impact those who rely on advertising revenue to provide their services..
Automatic VPN connection on router level
Created an automatic VPN connection on router level between home and another property I own. ASUS routers allow this over OpenVPN. Planning on using this for easier IoT devices access with home-assistant
35 and 45 WiFi devices at home
How many WiFi devices at home is 'too many'? We have between 35 and 45 depending on who's home and which devices are active. A mesh network of four routers provides the needed coverage.
Router upgrade and 3D printed a wall mount
Router upgrade finally arrives. Family of four working and studying from home plus 25 connected smart things made the old router unreliable. Planning on flashing Merlin. 3D printed a wall mount for the router Measurable speed improvements – new vs old router speed test
Separate network for your IoT devices at home
I am curious if you folks have a separate network for your IoT devices at home? Bonus read on the subject: https://robpickering.com/ubiquiti-configure-micro-segmentation-for-iot-devices/ The poll results are interesting. Looks like 80% of my tech-savvy followers do not have a separate network for their IoT devices, which means either they DIY all of their IoT hardware and…
Local hostname for connected devices
Reaching a headless IoT device after DHCP: local hostnames with mDNS/NetBIOS instead of hunting IP addresses in the router UI.
Exposing Raspberry Pi’s network setting files to /boot so that they are visible on a PC
Exposing the Raspberry Pi’s network settings to /boot so they can be edited from a PC – handy when cloning SD cards for other networks.
Monitoring my home automation system uptime
Free uptime monitoring for my home automation system with UptimeRobot – a notification when the house goes dark, whatever the reason.
Duck DNS updater in Node-RED
Dyn and No-IP got too commercial, so I moved my dynamic DNS to DuckDNS with a small Node-RED updater flow.