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Everything Set tries to offer smart home security as a service

March 15, 2022 by Stacey Higginbotham Leave a Comment

The average home now has 19 connected devices. This includes tablets, computers, printers, smart TVs, lightbulbs, smart speakers, and myriad other items that can range from the practical (cameras) to the ridiculous (egg-counting storage bins). But … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Featured, Startups Tagged With: Circle Router, Everything Set, Firewalla

Can you run Home Assistant in a Docker container on the Firewalla Purple?

July 31, 2021 by Kevin C. Tofel Leave a Comment

On our most recent IoT Podcast, Brian asked an interesting question for our voicemail hotline about the just-announced Firewalla Purple. We actually shared the news about this new addition to the Firewalla product lineup, so Brian's question is … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Featured, How-To Tagged With: containers, DIY, Docker, Firewalla, Firewalla Purple, Home Assistant, Linux, network security, smart home

Podcast: Safe words for smart homes and cheap mesh

July 29, 2021 by Stacey Higginbotham Leave a Comment

We start this week's show with a $200 million funding for Wiliot, a company I profiled back in 2017 as one of the vanguards of low-power sensing. Then we tackle a creative idea that could see consumers create safe words for their smart homes to … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Featured, Podcast Tagged With: alexa, Carnegie Melon, Firewalla, google, Silicon Labs, Spinn, Swarm, Very, Vilo, Wiliot, Zededa

Don’t audit your smart home devices with a router. Use this instead.

March 27, 2021 by Kevin C. Tofel 1 Comment

On our most recent IoT Podcast episode, Sam called in with a question about managing the networked devices in his smart home. Specifically, he wants to get a list of the IP and MAC addresses in his smart home from his Nest mesh Wi-Fi router. Ideally, … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Featured, How-To Tagged With: connected devices, Firewalla, google, mesh network, Nest Wifi, network monitoring, network security, smart home, WiFi

Smart home choices: Philips Hue vs Nanoleaf and Eero vs Firewalla

January 25, 2021 by Kevin C. Tofel Leave a Comment

On our most recent IoT podcast episode, Daniel called in to our voicemail hotline with two separate questions relating to his HomeKit smart home setup. He currently uses Philips Hue bulbs and is wondering if he should replace one or more of them … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Featured, How-To Tagged With: Apple HomeKit, Firewalla, Google Home, Nanoleaf, Philips Hue, routers, smart home, Thread

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