My Setup I wanted to build a smart home that was both functional and reliable. The goal: convenience and control, without sacrificing security or performance. The second goal: learn how this all works. Networking A smart home starts with the network. If your network is unreliable, everything else falls apart.…
1. Own a voltage meter Get one. Really. If I hadn’t had this I would have shocked/hurt myself. I’d made the assumption that every gang (set of switch/outlets) would always be on the same circuit. This is not always the case. While replacing two switches in…
Ethernet solves two problems: power and connectivity. Ethernet started in the 1970s – we capitalize it because Xerox copyrighted it before releasing it to the public domain. It was made to connect computers in local networks. Now it’s everywhere, a key part of data centers or your home internet. The…