So, we got a puppy and wanted a way to keep an eye on him when we left the house to make sure he behaved. So I thought I’d try out UniFi Protect since we already have a UniFi Dream Machine Pro. The G3 Instant Camera is $30, has infrared night vision, two-way audio, and … Continue reading “Fixing Recording Disabled | UDM Pro | UniFi Protect”
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Gigabit Wireless – WiFi 6 – UniFi 6-LR
I replaced the UniFi AP AC Pro in my homelab with the UniFi 6 Long Range (U6-LR) WiFi AP. How fast is it? From the living room (one wall between my laptop and the AP), running an iPerf test on the 5GHz band 80MHz channel width: (my previous AP) UniFi UAP-AC-Pro: 474/402 Mbps UniFi 6-LR … Continue reading “Gigabit Wireless – WiFi 6 – UniFi 6-LR”
Best Gigabit Routers
So, you are getting Gigabit Internet, and you need a faster router? Here are your best firewall/router options. With all the ISPs starting to roll out fiber many folks have asked which Firewall or Router to get for Gigabit Internet. Instead of answering the same question over and over, I made this post to link … Continue reading “Best Gigabit Routers”
WireGuard VPN
Have you heard about WireGuard? I was looking at OpenVPN and other VPN options recently and came across WireGuard. WireGuard is built into the Linux kernel and is now available for just about every platform: Windows, Mac, FreeBSD, Android, iOS. I would just run WireGuard in a VM but if you wanted to it can … Continue reading “WireGuard VPN”
7 Homelab Ideas | Why You Should Have A Homelab
Why You Should Have a Homelab In 1998 my friend Meredith gave me a RedHat Linux CD. I spent hours each day experimenting with Linux–I loved it. 2 years later I’m in a room with 30 other students at a University applying for the same computer lab assistant job–I’m thinking my chances are grim. Part-way … Continue reading “7 Homelab Ideas | Why You Should Have A Homelab”
Wireless APs and Switches | UniFi
When all of your network devices lose access to the internet all at the same time regularly throughout the day, there is not much to blame other than a bad network cable to your Wireless Access Point (AP), or the Access Point itself. It wasn’t the cable. My old Cisco-Linksys E3000’s days were numbered. Skype … Continue reading “Wireless APs and Switches | UniFi”
