Ring’s new smart home sensors use Sidewalk instead of Wi-Fi or Z-Wave

Sidewalk, which launched in 2020, is a low-power, low-bandwidth, long-range IoT network that is free to use. While Ring cameras use Sidewalk connectivity to send alerts even when your home’s Wi-Fi is ...
Forbes

Protect Your Home Network With The Firewalla Purple… Probably The Best Cyber Sentry On The Market

The small and perfectly formed Firewalla Purple is not much bigger than a box of matches and yet it has sufficient power to secure your home network and protect you from cyber bandits. Imagine if ...
Virtualization Review

Using ntopng for Network Visualization and Monitoring

In a previous article, I wrote about/confessed what a mess my home/home lab networking was and discussed various tools I used to discover what devices were connected to my home network and where they ...
Android Authority

I tested dozens of smart home devices; this is the feature I loathe the most

You may have run into this when setting up a new smart home product: You’ve installed its companion app, created an account, plugged in the gadget, and you’re all ...