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Home Assistant is an open-source home automation platform designed to be a central control system for smart home devices

Introduction to Home Assistant

Posted on June 29, 2025June 29, 2025

Due to the variety of devices which are installed in my house, I thought I would take the plunge and learn to automate and monitor all of them with Home…

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Setting up a dot local domain

Posted on June 8, 2025June 29, 2025

With the purchase of a new Wireless Access Point, there is not going to be a better time to setup a dot local domain in my home network / homelab….

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TP-Link Tri-Band BE9300 WiFi 7 Router Archer BE550

Updating my Wireless Access Point

Posted on June 8, 2025June 8, 2025

Lately, it is become more clear that updating my wireless access point was just no longer an option and not performing the way I needed it to perform. Simply stated,…

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Update the HomeLab Server

Posted on February 13, 2025February 13, 2025

For the last 8 years or so, I have run my two websites on a Dell PowerEdge 1900 and it is long past time to update the HomeLab server. The…

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MT-VIKI 8 HDMI Port KVM Switch installed below the network switch

KVM Switch Upgrade in the Homelab

Posted on January 17, 2025January 17, 2025

A long time ago, when I started working professionally on computer networks, I purchased a four port Cybex Swithview VGA KVM (Keyboard, Video, Mouse ) Switch for my Homelab. In…

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Recent Posts

  • An unexpected update for Home Assistant
  • Introduction to Home Assistant
  • Setting up a dot local domain
  • Updating my Wireless Access Point
  • Update the HomeLab Server

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