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Venting a Server Closet (The Right Way)

A lot of people these days are building homes or buying homes that have network or A/V closets in them. On many of the higher end homes, these builders will hire audio-visual companies to actually do the installs and many times they will install a ductless mini-split air conditioner on the closet.  This will be […]

Review of the Synology NVR216

Surveillance systems are something that used to be considered a nice-to-have. With today’s crime rates, and lawsuit happy customers it just makes sense to have something like the Synology NVR216 in your personal or small business arsenal. There are many surveillance systems on the market, and let me tell you, there are some real turds […]

pfSense Rules not Working?

pfSense has to be the greatest thing to ever happen to the open source firewall movement. It’s a one of those open source products that’s truly a game changer. It runs on just about any hardware, whether it be a PC or an old XBOX. Companies have even built custom designed hardware around pfSense with […]

Make the Pacade (Bartop Retropie Arcade Cabinet)

About a year ago, I introduced my Bartop Arcade Cabinet Build. It was a big hit and I got so much great feedback from you guys! You guys really are the best audience ever. Well, today I’ve taken almost a years worth of feedback and used that to design and release an all new version […]

pfSense Road Warrior IPSec Config That Works

If you’re like me you’ve tried a to find a pfSense Road Warrior configuration for IPSec that actually works and you’ve banged your head against the wall for hours because its one giant problem after another.  Every pfSense mobile configuration on the pfSense site has a different box checked and every website has a different […]

pfSense not Recovering after WAN Failure

pfSense is probably the best open source firewall/router software package I have ever used. It’s packed full of professional feature sets and has a very polished and clean user interface (web based GUI). And its FREE. That’s right. It’s 100% free (you can buy a support agreement if you want to). pfSense will run on […]

Ethernet Switch Between the ONT and the Router (FiOS)

When FiOS was first launched by Verizon it was a glorious time. The city I live in (Keller, TX) was the first city in the nation to get FiOS!  It was fantastic.  The fastest stuff on the block was DSL from Verizon or AT&T at 1.5Mb/s down and 128 Kb/s up and it wasn’t reliable […]

Installing a 19″ Network Rack (at home)

Home Network Rack

The story of installing a home network rack in our house is a great one, but first you need to know the backstory! When we built our new home a year ago (we started it in 2013) one of the things that was very important to me was that the home was designed with structured […]

Use Airport Extreme Guest Network in Bridge Mode

Is it possible to use Apple’s Airport Extreme Guest Network without using the Airport as your main router? YES. This is one of those situations where Apple really pisses me off. Apple loves to make their technologies proprietary and compatible with only other Apple gear. And that really sucks when you need their gear to […]

Use Siri to Control Nest, MyQ, HomeSeer, etc.

A lot of people want to use Siri to control Nest, HomeSeer, or other automation systems. Apple created a product suite called HomeKit that allows just this type of interaction to happen. However, as of yet not very many app developers or manufacturers have added this functionality to their applications or hardware. Once enabled you […]