I’ve got a networking adventure to tell you about that has a very surprising ending. While the specifics of the story will be recounted purely for your entertainment, there are some steps along the way that might help you in diagnosing technical problems. Remember, we have two engineers with masters degrees in the house so […]
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Eero, MoCA, ONT – Not a Happy Networking Story
Eero 6E You know what’s a super fun way to spend Mother’s Day? Diagnosing network problems! Let’s back up and I’ll tell you a story that might give you some insight into your own networking problems someday. A few weeks ago our network started to get dodgy. While all network speed tests showed everything was […]
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A Day in the Life of Allison’s Notifications
Ring Notifications I remember going to my son Kyle’s house right after they moved in, and noticing that every time the back door opened, I’d hear a very gentle “beep-boop”. It was his alarm system letting him know that the door sensor had been triggered. I also remember thinking that would drive me nuts. But […]
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Too Many Devices on an eero Mesh Network?
How Lindsay Knows We’ve Arrived We often visit our daughter, Lindsay, and her family. Because we go there really often, I like to make sure our electronic life is as smooth as it is at home. Lindsay is an accomplished geek in her own right, so she enjoys the improvements as much as we do. […]
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NC #843 5 Stars for Eero Support, Knightwise on M1 MacBook Air, Solar Comes to Casa Sheridan
Hi, this is Allison Sheridan of the NosillaCast Apple Podcast, hosted at Podfeet.com, a technology geek podcast with an EVER so slight Apple bias. Today is Saturday, July 3, 2021, and this is show number 843. I’m pushing the show out a few days early because we are spending the 4th of July with Lindsay […]
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5 Stars for Eero Phone Support
Eero Pro This week in a later article, you’re going to learn about how Steve and I are having solar panels added to our home, and I hope the information I’ll give you might help you make your own decisions about solar. One part that I won’t really dwell on is that for the better […]
Continue readingNC #802 Telegram Tutorial, 2020 MacBook Air, Facebook vs Slack, Pause 5GHz on eero, iPhone to View Negatives, Designing Time Shifter Clock
Hi, this is Allison Sheridan of the NosillaCast Apple Podcast, hosted at Podfeet.com, a technology geek podcast with an EVER so slight Apple bias. Today is Sunday, September 20, 2020, and this is show number 802. mp3 download
Continue readingTiny Tip – How to Pause 5GHz on eero Mesh to Connect IoT Devices
Internet of Things devices (IoT), are proliferating into our lives, saving us from the incredibly arduous tasks of turning off light bulbs and closing our blinds. If you’ve been playing with IoT for any length of time, you know what I’m talking about. Setting up IoT devices usually follows this generic set of steps: Launch […]
Continue readingNC #765 Fire Tablet, Netgear to eero, Bedjet, Hue, SleepCast, Retro Tech with 9.7″ iPad
This week we’ve got a fun bit from George from Tulsa on why you should get an Amazon Fire tablet, then I’ll tell you about the great network migration of 2020. After that Jill McKinley is back with three products she uses to help her sleep better. Every time Kaylee joins the show I get […]
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Moving from Netgear to eero
4 years ago, I told you about my wicked cool new router, the Netgear Nighthawk X8 AC5300 tri-band router. I bought it about 3 minutes before the whole mesh router craze hit the market. A while later, I tested it against Netgear’s Orbi mesh router and the “normal” router actually outperformed the 2-unit Orbi for […]
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