Plus brief mentions of what else Raspberry Pi’s can and have been used for by Ian For anyone interested in knowing where this website is being hosted, Ian set the website up on a Raspberry PI 3B+, it is a WordPress site running on a LAMP ( Linux, Apache, MySQL, Read more
We recently updated the content on our webpage, detailing the additional steps we had to implement with additional firewall layers, to discourage hacking Since we implemented changes to our firewalls, including advanced firewalls with threat detection, comprehensive IP Blacklists, IP banning and security tools. We have noticed the number of Read more
Due to a recent mishap with the web server that hosts this website, Ian wanted more flexibility hosting wise. He wanted the ability to host more than one web server. The problem of hosting more than one web server is you can port forward one port 80 and 443. In Read more
Ian found the need to create a backup / test web server, whilst he was making some minor changes to this website, there was a problem that necessitated a partial rebuild and restore of it. So rather than go through that again, he made the decision to have a spare Read more
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Pages Home Assistant & batteries for ZigBee battery-powered devices As energy costs rise – Home Assistant – Better home temperature control Doorbell now working via Home Assistant Sandra & Ian’s Home Assistant SwitchBot IP65 BlueTooth – Our chosen device for temperature sensing Switching from fixed-contract Internet, telephone, and TV providers Read more
Due to changing how we access the internet, moving to 4G data internet connections, it became tricky to host this website ourselves. We use multi internet providers which are selected automatically by our load balancing router, so our outbound I.P. can suddenly change. Using Dynamic DNS servers wasn’t really practical Read more
We are happy to share our settings in .pdf format for the cost of a , these settings took us a little time to work out.
Pi-Hole – Pi-hole is a Linux network-level advertisement and Internet tracker blocking application which acts as a DNS sinkhole and optionally a DHCP server, intended for use on a private network. The designers created it for low-power embedded devices with network capability, such as the Raspberry Pi, but can install Read more