Networking

My wife secretly bought a robot vacuum on Black Friday; little did she know it had been on my “to-get” list for some time already.

In 2013, Google released the Chromecast to give android users the ability to cast their phones and applications to their TV; a competitor for the Apple TV. Then came other devices such as the Fire TV and Roku Stick. There was one thing required in order to use a Chromecast, though: a cell phone. That […]

Need better WiFi network coverage at home?

EnGenius is a technologies company that has been in the space since the early 1990’s, specializing in high-power wireless communications and radio frequency.

We have made it to Part 3 of our UniFi based smart home network. This is where we get down to ‘brass tacks’ and really get the most out of our setup.

There are benefits to using the Dream Machine Pro. Something more in the enterprise class of network gear opens up a lot more control and power.

This is the first in a series of blog posts walking through my big home network overhaul. In this segment, we will discuss PiHole: what it is, how I set mine up, and why you might want to do something similar. What is PiHole? You may be familiar with ad-block software or browser extensions that […]