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  1. M

    AdGuardHome Monitor AdGuard Home with Zabbix

    Zabbix template for AdGuard Home If you're using Zabbix to monitor your network and want to collect statistics from your AdGuard Home instance, I've created a Zabbix template that provides some useful monitoring items. The monitoring is agentless via a "REST-ish" API, since AdGuard Home offers...
  2. M

    AdGuardHome Open AdGuard Home stats file

    AdGuard Home has a stats.db file located at: # ls -lah /opt/etc/AdGuardHome/data/stats.db -rw-r--r-- 1 root root 4.0M Mar 10 21:00 /opt/etc/AdGuardHome/data/stats.db Initially I thought it was SQLite file, but when I tried to open it, SQLite says the file is not a database. #...
  3. M

    AdGuardHome AdGuard blocked local domain queries

    Today I had an issue with AdGuard where it was blocking queries for local domain hosts. When I checked the dashboard, I noticed many blocks for local queries and they all pointed to the EasyList list. AdGuard reported a block with rule ||o. So, I tried to open EasyList and see if it had...
  4. M

    AdGuardHome AdGuard Home fails to start after reboot

    Router: RT-AX86U - 386.5.2 AdGuard Home: 1.5.2 - build Release Sometimes, when I restart the router, AdGuard simply doesn't start. About every 3 router reboots, 1 AdGuard doesn't start. When that happens, I manually start the service and it just starts with no issues...
  5. Background

    YazFi Guest Network for WiFi Smart Home Devices

    Hi all, Happy New Year! Making a guest WiFi network for smart devices (Hue lights, Alexa, Google Home etc). Should I enable/disable any of two way to guest, one way to guest or client isolation? I'm not 100% sure I truly understand what they mean. Thanks.
  6. alekdavis

    Access point options for home network

    I have a 1-story, 1,890 square foot home with the TP-Link Archer C9 router in the middle of the house (in the laundry room). What do I need to do to improve wireless signals in the most remote rooms? All rooms in the house have 1GB ethernet ports, so I assume the best option would be to connect...
  7. mAXmAD

    New life and firmware for LG N2R1 ... ?

    Hellllo folks! :) I just found old NAS home server - LG N2R1 and luckily (or not) it looks like even working. Firmware is from 2009 and looks like its never been even updated. So, tell me what i can do to upgrade it to work better todays needs, or is it even possible? This firmware from 2009...
    • mAXmAD
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    • firmware freenas home n2r1 nas server update upgrade
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    • Forum: DIY
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    LTE connected router?

    I'm in a bad wired connection area and are using 4G. But due to a change in vendor, I need to find my own router this time. I have two antennas on the roof to point toward nearest antenna that I should be able to connect. But most routers that have LTE/4G is fairly old. Or am I missing...
  9. D

    Wireless Advice - Mikrotik

    Following deployment of a mikrotik RB1100AHx2 in my office and being very impressed, I'm now looking to replace my home system due to a dying Asus N66u. At present i have Wired Clients --> Netgear Prosafe Switch (House is full Cat 6 to this) --> (LAN) Asus N66u (Serving Wireless) (WAN) -->...
  10. M

    Using Amazon Echo to provide additional home security

    A free skill for Amazon Echo which I think may be of interest to help protect your home, it's called Burglar Deterrent. It turns your Echo into a device to protect your home from unwanted visitors when you are out. It will give the illusion that your house is occupied using realistic audio to...
  11. Yoshka Pundrik

    Home VPN server question

    Newbie here. I have a local sports package on my cable that allows me to stream my local MLB team’s games to my phone and other portable devices via its internet site. However, the streaming service is geo-specific and only works within my provider’s service area and I am frequently outside...
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    Networking Help Required between ISP Router and VPN Router

    Hi Guys, First time posting here after a lot of research online, hopefully someone here can help with the issue: I have an ISP router which is cabled physically to a Linksys router I am using with ExpressVPN firmware installed (OpenWRT). Everything connects fine but I am not able to ping...
  13. Julio Urquidi

    Bullguard’s Smart Home Security Solution, Dojo, Now Shipping

    The Dojo security device includes a network-connected base and wireless battery-powered "pebble". It uses Bullguard’s cloud-based AI engine to learn about devices in a home’s network. Using artificial intelligence and machine learning, Dojo keeps track of services and device patterns connected...
  14. M

    My first home NAS! I need some advice...

    Hi! I decided this week to use a NAS at home and bought the QNAP TS-251 with 8Gb RAM. I'm a newbie so there are some things I wanted to ask about setting it up... I'd appreciate if you could give me some advice about the following: First, about choosing the hard drives - do they really need to...
  15. Julio Urquidi

    QNAP NAS Products Get IFTTT Agent

    With the new IFTTT Agent, QNAP users can orchestrate NAS-specific trigger-based actions around their QNAP product. The new IFTTT Agent requires a QNAP account and available for all QNAP NAS products using QTS v.4.2.2 or later. The IFTTT (if this then that) Agent is used to build workflows...
  16. memphis2k

    RT-AC68U Configured as AP br0 interface not seeing WIFI

    Hello, I am working on setting up a Proximity script for my RT-AC68U (set to AP mode) to send REST commands to my Home Automation system, an ISY994i. Running the latest Merlin firmware. Ideally want this to run as "services-start" if I run the command (found in the script) "arp -i br0" none...
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    New Home Network advise

    Hi Gents, So im looking to set up a brand new home network and would like some advise. I have gigabit internet speeds and would like the hardware and network to take advantage of that speed as best as possible and more for my freeNAS based NAS. So I was thinking a Mix of wired 1 gbe, 10 gbe...
  18. ChicagoOutfit

    Help Setting Up Home Wireless Network (Floor Plans Included)

    Good evening! I am new to setting up "enterprise-like" wireless for the home; and know that if any folks have suggestions on a proper set-up, they will be members here at SmallNetBuilder. A family friend is moving into a single family home in Milwaukee that consists of four floors (three above...
  19. Julio Urquidi

    D-Link In Development For New Apple HomeKit Friendly Wi-Fi Cameras

    D-Link announced it has a new smart home Wi-Fi camera in development that would be compatible with the new Apple Home app, as well as with Apple’s HomeKit smart home framework. Touting itself as “one of the latest brands to support Apple’s smart home framework,” D-Link specifically noted that...
  20. Julio Urquidi

    Google Home: A New Virtual Agent Announced

    “Okay, Google” just got more interesting. Google introduced its entry in the home virtual agent market, Google Home, at this year’s I/O conference. Built around AI-inspired technology, Google Home will be competing against Amazon’s Echo, creating a stir in today’s growing virtual agent...
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