overview for RydRychards

Router recommendations in c/homeautomation@selfhosted.forum

[–] RydRychards@alien.top 1 points 2 years ago

Tp link Archer c7 with openwrt

Smart TV - firewall so it can only access google store and netflix? in c/homeautomation@selfhosted.forum

[–] RydRychards@alien.top 1 points 2 years ago

I'd recommend setting up the router so that "dns requests" are always forwarded to your pihole so that at least hardcoded dns servers are caught. Depends on the router how this can be done (if at all).

Repurposing "old" PC for home automation: how to make use of a completely overkill system? in c/homeautomation@selfhosted.forum

[–] RydRychards@alien.top 1 points 2 years ago (1 children)

This. If it's completely overkill it's likely going to use a lot of power and you'll pay for compute power that you don't actually need.

I'd stick with the pi4. I had 12 or so services running on it without problems.

LED Light Strip with Built in Mic vs Philips Hue in c/homeautomation@selfhosted.forum

[–] RydRychards@alien.top 1 points 2 years ago (1 children)

If you are willing to DIY you could create your own.

https://kno.wled.ge/advanced/audio-reactive/

How do you backup your docker containers when so much is owned by root? in c/main@selfhosted.forum

[–] RydRychards@alien.top 1 points 2 years ago

I used to let root start the backup job

sshfs is NO longer orphaned in c/main@selfhosted.forum

[–] RydRychards@alien.top 3 points 2 years ago

Perfect! I rely on it heavily for my remote backups.

Android doesn't use my self-hosted dns-server in the private network in c/main@selfhosted.forum

[–] RydRychards@alien.top 1 points 2 years ago

Did you disable secure dns in your browser?