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Firewalla Gold review: A router, network protector and more for the smart home

September 16, 2020 by Kevin C. Tofel 16 Comments

Last summer, I reviewed the Firewalla Blue, a small connected box that promised to help monitor and secure my smart home. I was very impressed by the device back then so when the company offered to loan me their new Firewalla Gold product, I jumped … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Featured, Reviews Tagged With: ad blocker, data security, Docker, Firewalla, HomeBridge, network monitoring, router, security, smart home, VPN

Why some smart home devices won’t connect to your Wi-Fi (and what you can do about it)

December 31, 2018 by Kevin C. Tofel 39 Comments

On last week's IoT Podcast, our voicemail hotline got a question from Mike about his smart Christmas lights. It turns out that he's having issues connecting them to his home Wi-Fi network, which is built around a Google OnHub. It also turns out that … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Featured, How-To Tagged With: 2.4 GHz, mesh networking, router, smart home, Wi-Fi

Ways to protect your smart home being used against you in abusive situations

June 27, 2018 by Kevin C. Tofel 2 Comments

It truly saddened me to read this article from the New York Times on how domestic abusers are using connected products to make a bad situation worse. Honestly, that’s an aspect of the technology I never considered. And it gives me pause when I joke … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Analysis, Featured Tagged With: Amazon Echo, digital assistants, nest, router, security, smart home, smart locks, webcams

We need more routers that function as smart home hubs

June 25, 2018 by Kevin C. Tofel 7 Comments

If I had a dollar for every time my wife asked me “what is that new….. tech box for?” I’d be a very rich man. “Tech box” is her generic for all of the hubs, gateways, bridges, access points, and -- more recently -- smart speakers I’ve installed at … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Analysis, Featured Tagged With: Almond, Fibaro, homekit, hub, Hubitat, iot gateway, mesh networking, router, samsung, Samsung SmartThings, smart home, TP-Link, WeMo, Wink

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