I spent a huge chunk of my weekend trying to get a new camera set up through Smartlife (Tuya) app on my network. You know how it is, everything seems right, the lights on the device are blinking, the password is correct, the app found the camera, but the app just refuses to connect, it… Read More SmartLife Camera Not Connecting to WiFi
You’ve built your “walled garden” but in the networking world, if you haven’t tested it, you haven’t secured it. A single misconfiguration can turn a fortress into an open door. Here is your post deployment checklist. Do not skip these; they are the difference between a secure setup and a false sense of security. The… Read More OpenWrt Network Segmentation Part 2: The Security Audit
If you are running a smart home, you have probably got a dozen devices, lightbulbs, cameras, smart plugs, that probably shouldn’t be chatting with your main PC or your NAS. In a standard home network, everything is “flat.” If one cheap, insecure IoT device gets compromised, it has a direct line to your private files… Read More OpenWrt Network Segmentation Part 1: How to Isolate IoT Devices with VLANs and Firewall Zones
Updated: Jun 5, 2022 You stumbled here most likely because of having internet or wifi connection issues with Telus. I am having the exact same issue since mid Dec 2020, I do not have solution yet but I thought I wanted to keep track of a series of events that happened over time, in hopes… Read More Telus Internet and WIFI connection issues
Honestly this Uniden U-Bell Wifi Video Doorbell is a pretty good looking unit, price is pretty reasonable, when on sale. The issue you see across the web is with connectivity issue, you hear a lot of people complaining about the set up, the initial installation and also wifi connection issue. It took me a while… Read More How to Fix Uniden U-Bell WiFi Video Doorbell Connection Issues? Solved