I started building my home lab with a Raspberry Pi 4. That SBC helped me learn and experiment with software without spending ...

Linux dominates the home lab conversation for good reasons. Containers, lightweight services, network appliances, and ...

Building a home server can seem like a daunting task, but with the right tools and approach, you can create a powerful, scalable system tailored to your specific needs. This guide provides a ...

It's the heart of your network, so it's essential that you get the best possible performance from your server. From a user perspective, the network file server is often both the most forgotten piece ...

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 ...

Currently I have an IBM-P4 (WinXP), & HP-P3 (Win98), connected via a PIX 501. This setup shares the internet great. I also have an old IBM-P2 (WinXp), that I want to use soley as a home server.

Have you ever looked at an old, broken phone and thought, “This is just e-waste now”? What if that seemingly useless device could be transformed into something surprisingly powerful—a functional home ...

Okay, I'm getting tired of running an old AMD K7/200 Intel box with RedHat as my home server. What is the cheapest box I can get away with that will run OS X Server (Which I can get on a EDU discount) ...

One of the seemingly simplest things you can do to get more out of your network is to start sharing files and other stuff between different devices. It was always easy in the past and you don’t have ...