Simple ideas to assist with your smarthome renovation
I wanted to join some servers up so that I could get better monitoring and quicker control. I have a Proxmox server in Asia, and an Unraid server in the UK. I’m a big fan of Docker. I run it natively on Unraid, but I …
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Ok so for a long time now I’ve wanted to set up Nginx Proxy Manager (NPM). I’d seen a multitude of youtube videos walking through it as well as wanting to see if I could get it done. Today was the day I set about …
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It’s been a long time since I’ve been impressed this much with a piece of software. I love this software almost as much as I love Node-red. I’ve wanted the ability to have different machines in different locations all connected in a way that I …
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Ok so the time has come for me to start down the surveillance/cctv pathway. My previous experience with CCTV has been somewhat patchy. In the family home previously we had an old analogue system, where you could remote into the NVR to view the cameras, …
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If you’ve read part 1 and part 2, then you’ll already know how to work with MQTT (both receiving and sending commands), how to take sensor information from home-assistant as well as control entities directly in home-assistant, and most importantly, how to work with the …
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So after 18 months in our current home we decided to move out into nature and try and get away from it all for a while. Not only did this mean we could get further into the mountains, and start to enjoy the wilderness a …
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So I’m an avid user of plex and am a plexpass subscriber. I travel a lot for work and it’s so convenient for me to just watch films, TV shows and even live TV on my ipad or phone when I’m out and about. I …
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So I just thought I would see how quick our internet provider was and what I could do to make it quicker still: I ran 10 different tests which you can find how to do it here (I essentially spun up a ubuntu Virtual machine …
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We’ve seen a lot of people asking questions about upgrading their consumer router due to WiFi related issues or just general throughput problems. Some of you are lucky enough now to be receiving very quick internet speeds but you need to make sure your hardware …
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