Search Results for: dd-wrt

Arris TM822G Cable and Telephony Modem — To lease, or not to lease. That’s the question for anyone who gets their high speed Internet through Comcast Xfinity. Literally millions of Comcast customers (over 18MM, to be exact) are paying an extra $7 per month to rent a modem from the cable company, and if you’re unsure whether […]

Review: Arris TM822G DOCSIS 3.0 8×4 Ultra-High Speed Telephony Cable ...

This entry was posted in Product Reviews Technology and tagged Arris cable modem Comcast DOCSIS 3.0 EMTA telephony modem TM822G VOIP on December 3, 2012 by Steve Jenkins (updated 4830 days ago)

Something had been bothering me at the Utah house for a few years, so I finally got around to doing something about it this week. Take a peek at the photo below and see if you can find it: If nothing in the above photo bothers you, then move along… this blog […]

Upgrade your Bath Tub Trim – Fast, Easy, and Cheap

This entry was posted in DIY Videos and tagged DIY drain plug plumbing replace bath tub drain tub hardware tub trim WATCO on March 23, 2015 by Steve Jenkins

Postfix 2.9 Upgrade — To help reduce the load on my Postfix mail servers, I rely on Postscreen (which is built in to Postfix) to help weed out bot spam and misconfigured mailers. And to reduce the load on Postscreen, one of my tricks is to whitelist the outbound IP addresses of a couple of […]

Postscreen Whitelisting of SMTP Outbound IP Addresses from Large Webmail ...

This entry was posted in Linux Technology and tagged CIDR Gmail Hotmail Microsoft Outlook Outlook.com Postfix Postscreen white list whitelist Yahoo on November 23, 2015 by Steve Jenkins (updated 3838 days ago)

ecobee3 Lite calibration mode — Are you wanting to get on the smart thermostat bandwagon, but aren’t sure if it’s worth the $249 price tag of the full-featured models like the ecobee3 and Nest? Then has ecobee got a deal for you. They recently added the ecobee3 Lite to their line-up with a very tempting MSRP of […]

Review: ecobee3 Lite

This entry was posted in DIY Home Theater & Automation Technology and tagged DIY ecobee ecobee upgrade ecobee3 ecobee3 Lite Install remote thermostat smart thermostat thermostat WiFi thermostat on January 17, 2017 by Steve Jenkins (updated 3557 days ago)

“Smart” home devices don’t only make your life easier, but in many cases can also save you money. Readers of my blog already know I’m a big fan of ecobee’s smart thermostat products. They’re WiFi enabled controllers that use weather data available via the Internet to predicatively (and reactively) minimize HVAC system […]

WiFi Sprinker Controller Review: Rachio Iro vs. RainMachine vs. IrrigationCaddy

This entry was posted in DIY iPhone Linux Product Reviews Technology and tagged irrigation IrrigationCaddy product review Rachio Iro Rachio Iro review Rain Machine RainMachine RainMachine review smart controller smart home sprinkler WiFi on July 15, 2015 by Steve Jenkins (updated 4109 days ago)

Hazard switch pin and channel system — Imagine you’re driving a 1989 Ferrari 328 GTS through Utah’s Wasatch Mountain canyons near Park City with a group of other European exotics. As the group pulls off to the side of the highway to let the stragglers catch up, you hit your hazard lights button. When it’s time to depart once […]

How to Fix a Broken Ferrari 328 Hazard Switch

This entry was posted in Cars DIY and tagged broken DIY Ferrari Ferrari 328 Ferrari 512 Ferrari F40 fix hazard fuse hazard lights hazard switch how to stuck turn signals won't turn off on August 14, 2016 by Steve Jenkins

As you may be aware from one of my previous posts, I decided to ditch both of my analog phone alarm companies in favor of digital monitoring using my Envisalink 2DS adapter which connects my DSC alarm panels to my in-home networks and, along with a host of other features, […]

How to Disable Phone Options on a DSC Alarm Panel ...

This entry was posted in Product Reviews Reference Technology and tagged 2DS alarm disable telephone DSC Envisalink Eyez-On panel on March 6, 2012 by Steve Jenkins (updated 5335 days ago)

Close-up of Trex flaking — When it came time in 2006 to replace the deck at my log home in Eastern Washington, I wanted to go low maintenance. I already had plenty of maintenance tasks with the logs, the waterfront, the dock, and the teak furniture, so I decided to go with the most well-known and trusted […]

Follow My Trex Surface Flaking Class Action Claim

This entry was posted in Product Reviews Rants and Raves and tagged Trex Trex Class Action Trex Class Action Lawsuit Trex deck Trex decking Trex flaking Trex replacement Trex warranty on April 25, 2016 by Steve Jenkins (updated 3774 days ago)

Bandwidth test as Sender — In the top-right corner of the Ubiquiti EdgeMAX EdgeRouter’s GUI interface, you’ll find a Toolbox menu with plenty of goodies inside (assuming you’re running a version of the firmware that has them, such as 1.7.0+). One of the menu items lets you test the Bandwidth to or from your router: Selecting […]

Using the Ubiquiti EdgeRouter’s Built-In Bandwidth Tester

This entry was posted in Linux Reference Technology and tagged bandwidth tool EdgeMax EdgeRouter iperf iperf3 networking router speed test toolbox Ubiquiti UBNT on October 10, 2015 by Steve Jenkins (updated 4022 days ago)

The Ubiquiti EdgeRouter Lite can replace the Google Fiber Network Box — I’ve been a Google Fiber user (and fan) since the service first hit Provo, Utah. I have a vacation home there, so while I don’t get to benefit from the Gigabit speeds on a daily basis, I certainly take advantage of it while I’m there. Because it’s a vacation home, I rely […]

Replace Your Google Fiber Network Box with a Ubiquiti EdgeRouter ...

This entry was posted in Linux Reference Technology and tagged config.boot EdgeMax EdgeOS EdgeRouter EdgeRouter Lite EdgeRouter POE EdgeRouter X ER-LITE ER-POE ER-X ERL ERLITE-3 GFNB Google Fiber Google Fiber Network Box Google Fiber Network Jack POE replace replace Google Fiber Network Box Ubiquiti UBNT on November 8, 2015 by Steve Jenkins (updated 3472 days ago)