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(via How to Secure Your Home Network: A Comprehensive Guide)

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Building JARVIS: Some Assembly Required

The next part of my Building JARVIS series is now up!

Now that we had our network cabinet in place, I turned my attention to JARVIS’s hardware. While I want to keep this relatively budget friendly, I also want to make sure JARVIS will be robust and durable enough to be reliable 24/7 for us. If we’re going to have a locally hosted solution for our files and services, JARVIS needs to be up to the task. While I’ve been building my own PCs since the…

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How to Troubleshoot Common Wi-Fi Issues

In today’s hyper-connected world, a stable Wi-Fi connection is essential for everything from remote work to streaming entertainment. Yet, despite advances in technology, Wi-Fi issues remain a common frustration. Whether it’s slow speeds, frequent disconnections, or devices failing to connect, understanding how to troubleshoot common Wi-Fi issues can save you from a lot of headaches. Wi-Fi…

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Google Nest Home Network Problem Statement

I've been dealing with some annoyances with my home network setup and I just want to document them for posterity in hopes of one day fixing them / asking for help.

Today I have a Google Nest Wifi mesh network with Google Nest Wifi Routers/AP's. They're these little rounded pucks:

I like them because they work well with the rest of our Google Home setup in our house (Nest x Yale lock, Nest Doorbell, Nest Thermostat, Nest security cameras, Smart lights, etc.) but I've recently been dealing with some annoyances with them.

The main issue I'm having is that I want to have my home office wired with ethernet, so I can get the performance benefits of my gigabit ethernet for my Mac, PS5, etc. that are in there. But I also want to have an AP in there that I can use to connect my phone and other mobile devices to (I'm a mobile developer, so have a few test devices I want to have on the wifi). I also want everything to be on one network/devices to be visible to each other (more about that later).

My current setup allows me to do that for the most part, here's what it looks like right now.

*Modem = Modem/Router supplied by the ISP

In my office, I circumvent the Google Nest network to connect directly to ethernet using a series of switches (TP-Link TL-SG105). This works okay, but it has two main drawbacks.

The Google Nest AP in my office doesn't get great connectivity from the mesh network.

When my PS5 is hard-wired into ethernet this way, it's not visible to my Steam Deck (connected to Google Nest wifi) via chiaki.

#1 is pretty clear-cut. I would ideally like to hard-wire in that AP so it had guaranteed good connectivity.

#2 is a bit more of a mystery to me, but I believe it's because the hardwired PS5 is somehow on my internet in a separate kind of network than the devices linked via my Google Nest wifi (I'm not a networking expert by any stretch of the imagination). If I was able to somehow get my PS5 hardwired in via Google Nest wifi I was hoping that would solve it.

Enter my first attempt at fixing this issue:

In this attempt I connected the Google Nest AP to ethernet, and then used the AP's 1 hard ethernet port to connect my switch & my other devices.

However I learned that Nest Wifi doesn't support multiple routers like this. There's 1 router & multiple mesh access points. So this approach still means the AP is connected to the mesh over wifi (ignoring the ethernet in) and thus limits all of my devices to wifi speeds. It also didn't solve my problem #2 with the Steam Deck.

At this point, I'm back to using the setup in the first diagram.

I'm now considering moving off of my Google Nest Wifi mesh network setup and towards something else, but I'm not sure what setup will work to give me everything I want. Primarily - the ability to have two AP's connected via ethernet, but still be part of the same home network.

Any suggestions / tips / troubleshooting ideas welcome.

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Install Pi-Hole in Ubuntu 24.04 LTS

Install Pi-Hole in Ubuntu 24.04 LTS @vexpert #vmwarecommunities #pihole #ubuntu2404 #adblocking #homenetworksecurity #dnssinkhole #dnsblackhole #dnssecurity #dnssec #cybersecurity #virtualization #vhtforums #selfhosted #selfhosting

Pi-Hole is arguably one of the most popular ad-blocking solutions for home networks and home labs. Likewise, Ubuntu is one of the most popular Linux distros around. While Ubuntu 24.04 LTS is still in beta, let’s look at installing Pi-Hole on Ubuntu 24.04 LTS and see what we need to do to get Pi-Hole installed. Install Ubuntu 24.04 LTS Server The first thing you need to do is install Ubuntu…

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My basement network needed to be appointed in a certain style.

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hi please ask me about my very sane crossover teen au i may have been developing for 2 years

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Cartoon Network Villains Bar

Even the bag guys need a place to unwind in between episodes. These guys are all regulars here, even if some of them often question why they come.

Would you go there if you could?

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On average, what is the total MONTHLY amount that you spend on dining out*?

*(This doesn't only count going out to restaurants, but also stuff like picking up fast food to bring home, getting a coffee on the way to work, getting a premade sandwich from a grocery store deli during lunch, buying a quick snack from a convenience store or food cart whilst walking somewhere, ordering a pizza or any other food to be delivered to your home, etc.)

*(If you often dine out in groups/as a household: calculate and divide the costs so that you get a Per Person average. This is for YOU individually, NOT the total household/group costs)

(I'm sure polls similar to this have been made before (very common topic), I just haven't personally seen one that I can remember, so, I was curious to do my own! I was discussing this with a group of people today and it was very interesting to see how widely the number varied between individuals. :0c )

(Reblog for bigger sample size if you can, and feel free to explain your answer in tags if there's anything extra to add!)

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John Krasinski and Ryan Reynolds while making their movie IF

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Cartoon Network at the CNN Center/The Turner Office in Atlanta Georgia (2006-07)

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How to Create a Home Network That Handles Everything

Having a reliable and robust home network is no longer a luxury; it’s a necessity. No matter if you’re streaming 4K content, working remotely, gaming online, or simply browsing the web, your home network needs to be powerful enough to handle everything. This article will guide you through the steps on how to create a home network that handles everything, ensuring that your digital life runs…

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