I'm not going to provide an answer here but more a point and perhaps complicate things a little more - With ActivityPub and other open Federated protocols - The Platform that you use and the client that you select can be different. I use a Mastodon account and Friendica account with FediLab as my mobile client. I guess you are looking for the feature set and then UI for both Desktop and Mobile.
I kind of like the document but I'm struggling with all the cookies given that its hosted on xda-developers.com. In the eat your own dogfood kind of way.. Do you have your own host that you could serve this up from? Wordpress?
AliExpress some ZigBee light switches. They arent connected to anything but through Openhab you use them to swtch ZigBee light switches that replace your existing switches.
Really useful thanks. Definitely sounds like I will be thinking about the Cable Cat more carefully.
The specs for latest versions of POE go up to 60-100W which is way beyond what I expected. Is that just still running over normal Ethernet or should I be looking for specifically rated stuff?
Ah so I started with this and got stuck. I was struggling adding existing layers which already had relevant features.
Maybe we could chat and see if I can have another go.
I was debating running Ethernet and a separate pair of cables for 12DC - Thinking maybe I might need thicker cables for USB-C levels of power and / having separate USB faceplates but looking again I think everything could run on Ethernet and then just decide / change what i put on the end.
So a bit more thinking on this.
Looking at https://community.fs.com/article/understanding-poe-standards-and-poe-wattage.html POE could probably do a lot more than a few watts and could t feels like I could use POE to provide power for most of my devices providing cabled connection and power in one.
On the input side of things one idea I had was if I was running 12v DC on a separate cable run to power that I could have a battery / solar panel providing an independent supply since our 230v AC is strung from poles and does trip in bad weather.
Using POE does complicate that slightly I would have to find injectors that I could take that input and then extractors for USB, RJ45 and 12VDC output.
On the positive side of thing it would mean I could really reduce the number of 230 VAC sockets I would be putting around the house with just kitchen and laundry needing them.
Im also considering doing lightning at 12V LED rather than 230V
When looking for plugins how do people sort through all the 'free' plugins that sound great but are actually 'fremuim' where all the key features are actually in a PRO version?
How do you locate the fully featured proper open source plugins that are well maintained and used?
Haha of course it s going to be conduit. But its what to put in it. Just 230v ac or add 12v dc or POE or both.
This might be tangential to HomeAssistant but Im currently thinking about a household renovation and one thing I am considering is wiring.
I have some POE devices along with many other that run with a 12v DC supply.
I'm lookin at putting in a relatively straightforward 12v battery UPS with a small solar panel to charge. I probably only have space for 1500W of panels so putting in a whole grid tied solution is overkill. Primarily this is to provide backup as we sometimes lose power.
Networking wise I think I will put RJ45 into each room as we are concrete reinforced construction and so signal quality is an issue.
My query was how feasible it is to run both standard PEO devices and 12v devices (1-2w) all over POE.
I thought the alternative would be to run separate 12v cables with USB connectors at the end into each room as well as Rj45
Is anyone else doing this in their home?
A mutual cable / network provider sounds good. How many houses does it cover?
In New Zealand / UK / Spain the network company provides the cables and connections to consumers and retailers/generators who all pay to connect then customers buy their electricity from the chosen retailers - The network companies are relatively large regional operations that are eithe private for profit of trusts (as opposed to coops) all are regulated for a return on capital invested.
With rooftop solar how does the network provider get on balancing demand ? I guess your provider buys electricity at night and sells during the day?
For some reason despite not owning one I have alot of interaction with Canal Boaters.
They are always interested in information about places and services along canals and I was trying to think of the best way of explaining how the contribute and use Openstreetmap
Of course contributing is easy - I just recommend mapcomplete.org, everydoor app, and street complete (less so as its road related)
And then I recommend an App like OSMAnd to use Openstreetmap - But for Canal Boaters specifically - Is there any way they could use layers or searches, any tips, tricks or Apps specifically get information that would be useful for them or be useful if in a canal boat?
Asking for a friend - Because I have similar ideas - AP/router hardware recommendations for RV
I'm looking for hardware recommendations for the depicted setup, with an AP/router running OpenWRT in an RV. Requirements:
- Compact footprint: Very small equipment cabinet in RV.
- Stable (unattended connectivity with light traffic for months).
- Dual radios to support simultaneous WIFI uplink to Internet gw, as well as acting as a WIFI AP to clients.
- 802.11ac or better WIFI speeds.
- 1 Gbps or better Ethernet ports (at least two).
- Light traffic over Wireguard link to home base (telemetry).
- Low power usage preferred, 5V or 12V power supply preferred (available without shore power).
Any ideas? Thanks!
My thought was to also add a Starlink Connection using ethernet adapter for when no wifi or Mobile signal is a available and montior the bus with HomeAssistant for security and power management.
I want to be independent. My understanding is that Tail scale relies on a service they run or a endpoint you run on a VPS - Is that right?
Yeah been using No-ip free but I worry that one day I will forget to confirm and ill ge cut-off.
Be aware of the risks of hosting your websites publicly from home, make sure to run them in very isolated environments. Having your VPS compromised is bad, but having your home network compromised is much worse!
Agree - Not something I will throw myself into.
Yes I use no-ip but have to confirm the domain name every month or so and cant use my own domain on the free tier. (Maybe im just being cheap) - Also I haven't been able to figure out how I would use / get SSL certificates.
I know that the US has three or four major electricity networks (East, West, Texas, Hawaii) but I dont understand how they are they are regulated or operated.
In many countries there are generators who produce power, retailers who sell power to retail customers and network operators who 'move' power between generators and consumers either through high voltage or local transmission lines but these roles are separate and you pay a separate fee for the connection/transmission vs the power you buy. Retailers pay to 'move' power from where its produced to where their customers are.
The transmission companies in most cases regulated natural monopolies. Retailers and producers can be the same company.
How does it work in the United States? Does one company own everything in some areas? Do you usually have a choice of energy retailer?
Wow thanks everyone. I think I need to take another look at some of the DynDNS provides and digest all your great feedback.
Id like to go beyond personal self hosting stuff and maybe run some stuff that requires Federation. Im just thinking at the moment.
Im sure this has been asked before i juat can't find where it has been - Maybe need to work on how to search Lemmy better. But...
Id like to eventually self host some sevices that require external access. While I have IpV6 addresses my IPV4 is dynamic.
Whats the best free way to be able to point some domains/ subdomains I have to my external dynamic IP and keep it updated. Im running OpenWrt on my router. - So possibly should be posting there.
Free Dyndns services seem to be a bit crap. Do I need to pay for a VPS? (seems to defeat the point of self hosting)
I guess it depends if you want to put edge compute in each room. os just audio freeds to something central. But long term I'd avoid anything that uses any propriety service.
I'm doing a quick review of the Addons that I am using on my Windows PC. I've had a look at some of the previous posts to try to get an idea of where things are at
Currently I have the following Container related Addons but I think things have moved on a bit since I looked at this.
This means that opening Facebook and Google automatically goes into relevant containers and using Switch I can create separate containers for Work, Banking etc.
I noticed that I'm not using Mozzilla's Multi-Account Containers
Ideally I'd like to be able to:
- Have Facebook and Google Open in their own containers
- Potentially open separate containers for different Google Accounts
- Allocate other domains to open by default in a specific container (e.g a list of Bank websites into a specific container) but be able to override that
- Have links from Thunderbird open in relevant containers
What are people using in terms of Container addons?
Just a bit or a wandering mind on my part but one of the issues in the back of my mind is what happens to whatever self hosting I setup if something happens to me.
Ideally I'd like to be able to know that in case of emergency Id be able rely on a good friend or two to keep things going.
My thought was that would require some common design patterns/ processes and standardisation.
I also have these thoughts because eventually Id like to support other family members with self hosted services at their places. Standardising hardware, configurations etc makes that much simpler.
How have others approached this?
In the instructions it starts "The Outdoor, Wall, EAP225 v3, and later models can be installed via the web interface after disabling FW." - Can I check what FW refers to? I dont want to muck this up.
Attached: 1 image Ok. I might have had a small drink but this is nuts. Where is the #petition for #govuk #ukgovernment to stop using #twitter and start using #ActivityPub - just #10000 the #ukgov responds #100000 it gets 'considered' for debate in #ukparliament. Who is going to help start a petitio...
This is a sort of a cross post but I was thinking maybe to get some visibility on the issue of UK public agencies requiring the use of private social networks to engage with them - Maybe a petition? Im surprised that someone hasnt started one already..
Ive always wondered. - Should I be adding relevant hashtags to Lemmy posts related to the subject of the post to make the content more findable on other Activitypub services?
I'm looking at buying a couple of EAP 225s to provide outdoor coverage for two houuses about 15 meters apart - But I haven't been able to confirm how much memory or The CPU it uses to determine if it would meet my needs. I'm looking to run a few Wireguard connections to route traffic through some other gateways as well as proving WAN access for approx five people. Would want to provide captive portals for visitors and some age related content filtering of Internet access for selected devices.
My Android Phone allows you to run two separate copies of installed applications and a second space where you can run a different profile for apps (Think a Personal or work persona). The stock file manager clearly captures a range of personal and usage data and information for ad targeting. I'm therefore looking for an alternative open source File manager that I could use that allows me to access files in both profiles as the stock one does. Any ideas?
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In an unprecedented initiative aimed at ensuring the right to information, Reporters Without Borders (RSF), the international nonprofit organisation promoting and defending a free, independent and pluralistic journalism, have announced the signing of a contract with Eutelsat, a leading global satell...
My understanding is that many people.in Russia are quite dependent on Russian state satellite TV for access to News amd Information.Prior to the war #Eutelsat facilitated transmission of major #Russian #SatelliteTV services but have reduced their involvement. I always wondered why more #Independent and #International #news and #entertainment programming wasn't made available to #russian residents. I know there isn't ahuge commercial opportunity considering the type of broadcast. But content rights for Russia must be very cheap now and the value of such a service huge.