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    Building a multi-room networked home audio solution for FREE, Part 2 

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    Published on 11-25-2015 03:33 PM  Number of Views: 9890 
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    Three years ago I wrote the article Building a multi-room networked home audio solution for FREE, Part 1 and never wrote part 2, where I promised I would show everyone how to put together a professional grade system for around $1,000. To date part 1 has been the most popular home network article on this site with over 45,000 views (next to the random article I wrote on how to remove a broken dipstick, which has over 73,000 views).

    A few things have changed in those 3 years, inflation happens you know, but prices are still close to the same. There are more options now however, which I'll highlight as we go. My home has an accessible crawlspace which made running speaker wire insanely easy. Without that you may need to get creative, this article is going to assume you have the ability to at least run a little wire.

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    Logitech SqueezeBox replacement for under $30 

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    Published on 11-30-2013 07:31 PM     Number of Views: 12916 
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    Pogoplug VAMP



    I'm re-writing this article simply because the Vortexbox site was hacked and this excellent information in the original Logitech Squeezebox replacement for under $30 was lost. I did find some excellent writeups such as Turning a Pogoplug in to a Music Player, however every site I found was missing something and sent me digging. This hopefully can be a complete guide for anyone late to the VAMP game. Note that I simply regurgitate the information and the true geniuses have done all the work before me.

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    Raspberry Pi speed test 

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    Published on 12-02-2012 07:05 AM     Number of Views: 18239 
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    Raspberry Pi in clear case



    I finally got around to "building out" my Raspberry Pi. Building it out is a rather superfluous explanation, basically all I did was remove it from the package, open the case I bought, put them together, add the SD card, and connect a cell phone charger. For the initial run I hooked it up to our Samsung TV, stealing the HDMI and network cable from the Seagate FreeAgent Theater I used in the TVersity review. What follows is just the simple speed test I ran against it.
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    How to Crack WPA / WPA2 Security 

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    Published on 10-26-2012 05:00 AM     Number of Views: 7584 
    How to Crack WPA / WPA2



    Normally I don't cross-post information about articles I do for other sites on to my own site, but I think this should be an exception. I was asked to revise an old 2008 article for SmallNetBuilder on cracking WPA / WPA2. I went in full steam and learned as much as I could. Let's just say the results were surprising to say the least. Passwords I had used for years, that I thought were pretty secure, fell in minutes to some of the attacks I ran against them.
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    Making your own Temp-1Wire: Temperature sensor with RJ11 interface 

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    Published on 06-14-2012 05:57 AM  Number of Views: 17972 
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    HWg-STE ethernet thermometer



    If you're lucky enough to have an HWg-STE ethernet thermometer for monitoring temps in your network closet or home theater cabinet, you know how hard it is to find the 1-wire temp sensor to complete both sensor inputs if you only have one sensor. In this short article I'll show you how to make one with a few parts from Home Depot and ebay.

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    Monitoring the status of your garage door, did the kids leave it open? 

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    Published on 06-13-2012 05:58 AM  Number of Views: 7514 
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    tuxgrpahics ethernet garage door opener in Panasonic battery case


    Awhile back I reviewed the tuxgraphics smartphone garage door opener, which you can purchase here. After using it for awhile I decided it was the perfect candidate for a simple bat file. This short article will show you how to monitor whether your garage door is open or closed with just the use of a bat file. You might have interest in doing this if your family often forgets to close the door and you're worried about theft from your garage.

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    Your gigabit network, what kind of speed should you really expect, Part 1 of the Network Performance series 

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    Published on 05-15-2012 12:01 PM     Number of Views: 30453 
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    Network Speed gauge



    Over the weekend I reorganized the HomeNetworkEnabled forums. It had been six months since inception and I had a little time to analyze what was useful and what wasn't. On the useful front, I realized benchmarks of network performance are useful. With this revelation I added two forums to the LAN Speed Test forum, one for wireless speed test results, and another for wired speed test results. As I started to delve in to it a little more however, I realized some context is definitely in order. In what I can only describe as a geeky epiphany, I ran around the house collecting performance figures on all of our devices. I decided to put this together as a 3-part series. The first will explore wired speeds, the second will explore wireless speeds, and the third will look at the effect of antivirus on performance numbers.
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