Well what do you know – The Electronics Flea Market (EFM) has moved back to Saturday mornings and if you park in lot 2 it is free. Looks as we get to share the campus with the farmer’s market, so I get to peruse fruit & veg for the week and get my nerd on. Hopefully I will find another security appliance from a vendor I do not have yet for my test rack in the garage.

The first date is Saturday March 14, 2026 at West Valley College in Saratoga, CA (south bay area): http://www.electronicsfleamarket.com/

See you there!

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Trying to decide whether to get a #RaspberryPi or a budget mini pc as a home backup server, AdGuard DNS and home network firewall.

Some Pi setups are as expensive as budget mini PCs and all I'd have to do would be replace Windows with Linux on those.

I've run out of broken and old computers at home for this purpose as my last old laptop's screen broke and now has hard drive failure😁.

Ideas/Input?

Thanks.

#repost #technology #homenetworking

Fritzbox-Fernzugriff: Wie du das digitale Scheunentor schließen kannst

https://techupdate.io/sicherheit/fritzbox-fernzugriff-wie-du-das-digitale-scheunentor-schliessen-kannst/50946/

#technews #cybersecurity #bsi #avm #fritzbox #homenetworking

My flurry of network rework this week has wrapped up pretty well. 😃

It was all in aid of moving a WiFi access point to the other side of a concrete(garage) wall to improve the reception on that side of the house. That move meant orphaning several Ethernet cables that used its hardware ports tho'.

A bit of juggling and it's working nicely - and without buying another switch.

A network is never really finished, but hopefully it's stable for a few months or so.

#HomeNetworking #LAN

Question: Now that I have the #CAT7 & #CAT6 ran in the house, do I splurge for the CAT 7 termination/ends, keystones, panel, etc. or do I just use the CAT 6 that I have on hand/procured?

I ran both to the drops, now to terminate - wall plates & patch panel. procured shielded CAT 6, started shopping for CAT 7 and the sticker shock for someone who is unemployed....   

#networking #homenetworking #ethernet #ethernetadapter #computers #termination #networktermination #patchpanel #keystones
#cabling #networkcabling #network #networktermination #network_management #cat6 #cat7

Explicación sencilla del protocolo #mDNS y como lo implementa @mikrotik en #RouterOS se agradece que las marcas hagan vídeos que no solo vendan productos sino que también incorporen algo de "enseñanza", para mí es un valor añadido https://www.youtube.com/watch?si=pbW94FMYB9wUqKDa&v=ys9MZpHDdDk&feature=youtu.be

#homenetworking #homenetwork #MikroTik

Pulled huge lengths of coax cable out of the nooks and crannies of our house today. I have no need for it now or in the future.

Two more cables disappear into a wall to destinations unknown, and another goes to a known place, but is not moving at all so may have to remain.

One convoluted route is attractive for a future cat6 cable so I pulled a string through with that one and tagged it.

I hate mystery wires. Can't imagine where these ones would go.

#homeNetworking #DIY

I hope this is the right place to ask, but there is this TV/Radio antennae plug in our Den - Unfortunately it looks like someone cut the line where it comes out of the house near the old TV antennae mast. Any suggestions on fixing/leveraging this for DTV and/or FM antennae for my component stereo setup that I am planning to put back up? The lower plug on that faceplate is so dam weird..

It appears to be ladderline wiring inside - do I reconnect and use for a FM or Ham radio, or do I use it to pull through some COAX & CAT6 to connect the DTV & FM antennae? 🤔

EDIT: I pulled the faceplate and plug off, and it is ladder line inside. The plug is a Wineguard model T32-U which only had the TV/FM connected the lower UHF plug was disconnected - and neither had the ground connected.

#ladderline #broadcast #networking #networkingTech #SOHO #homeOffice #nerdsOfVintage #happyNerding
#computer #tech #linux #BSD #computerHistory
#retro #retrocomputing #retroComputers #WallOfRetro #retroTech #retroTechnology #upcycle #restore #TechnologyRepair #WasteNotWantNot
#happyNerding
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#upcycle #restore #reuse #RepairReuseRecycle
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