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How to setup Sonos – best way?
The paradox of setup choice Sonos is an easy to use, popular, and arguably the best wireless solution for listening to music throughout your home. Choosing the best way to set up a new system is not so simple. Then again, anything to do with networking and then Wi-Fi...
The death of Insteon hub
Another one bites the dust.. Insteon, an early pioneer of smart home lighting controls, has gone out of business. Not exactly earth-shattering news, companies fail all the time. But this happened with no advance notice at all. Not even a few days, let alone a week....
There’s more to love about Lutron Caseta lighting controls
A Lutron deeper dive Only familiar with Lutron Caseta? This topic has been long overdue. As a certified Lutron Gold Residential Pro dealer, I work with a lot of products and systems from Lutron. In my consulting conversations with clients and homeowners looking for...
Hotel travel with Apple TV just got super easy
Taking your Apple TV with you got super easy It used to be that taking your Apple TV or Apple TV 4K with you on vacation or a business trip to stream media or surf the Internet meant swimming upstream. Sure, you can do it, but you'll have to bring along a travel...
How to swap out your Wi-Fi router like an expert
Have you been itching for a change? If you haven’t changed your home network Wi-Fi router in several years, what’s stopping you? There are many reasons to upgrade - faster speeds, better coverage, more distance, and the biggest one - bragging rights - just kidding?...
VLANs are not the #1 smart home network security solution you are looking for
Smart home network techie details If you use the modem/router/Wi-Fi box provided by your Internet Service Provider (ISP) as the sole piece of networking gear in your home, you can probably skip the rest of this. Don't feel bad, something like 70% to 80% of all...