Our new house (a foreclosure we bought last year) apparently has networking wiring, but it is not quite finished and is wired for phone instead. I'd like to know whether I can re-purpose it for ...

Just a general question, and I don't want to derail the thread...but what do home builders generally do for wiring these days? If you didn't request anything special, what would the wiring setups look ...

Fancy doing something more with your home network? Or are you already up and running with a NAS device, a simple server of some kind, or a bunch of smart home gadgets you’d like to get more control ...

Upgrading to Wi-Fi 7 and fiber exposed my home network’s wireless bottlenecks, which is why I’m finally wiring my entire house for Ethernet.

Let’s address the two-dozen little elephants in the room: Swapping all of my smart home devices to a new Wi-Fi network should not be as annoying as it is. I recently switched to a new router, which ...

My home network hasn't always used quality networking equipment. For many years, I used whatever the ISP provided as my only network appliance, since I didn't need anything beyond Wi-Fi and a few ...

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Recently, when I started renovating my home, I knew it was the perfect time to rebuild my smart home from scratch. I’ve been on the smart home bandwagon for years, but cobbling together IoT products ...