A simple smart plug became the unsung hero of my home lab.

So, like a lot of you I’ve got a home lab and a slightly more advanced network configuration than most homes. I’ve been looking at throwing a certificate server on the network to eliminate all (or ...

Don't stop at local control.

Forbes contributors publish independent expert analyses and insights. Alex Vakulov is a cybersecurity expert focused on consumer security. The rise of Internet of Things gadgets has transformed our ...

Have you ever poured hours into building a home lab, only to find yourself tangled in a web of mislabeled cables, unexpected shutdowns, or worse, data loss? For tech enthusiasts, a home lab is more ...

In this series of articles, I am looking at how to monitor my home/home lab LAN. In my first article, I probed my network to see what devices were on it and where they were located. In my next article ...

My home and home lab network are a mess. Over the years, connecting my lab's physical and virtual machines (VMs), SAN, NAS, and other projects using various network switches, and routers have become a ...