Wake-on-LAN isn’t a new technology, but with the increasing number of smartphones making their way to the market, it’s high time we looked at how you can make a home theatre PC, or any hard-wired system in your house, wake up from anywhere with free tools and a bit of tinkering. Here’s how to get started.
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We love to automate things in our home here at Lifehacker, and it turns out that with just a router, an Arduino and an RF switched outlet, you can control pretty much any electrical device you want from your smartphone or computer.
Ad-blocking extensions are great for individual browsers but leave out other devices and applications. Set up a router-level filter to block ads for every device on your home network.
Whether for aesthetic or practical reasons, most people don’t like running wires around their entire home to, say, get online or hook up a home theatre. These tips and tricks can help you go wireless in nearly any room in the house.
Your wireless router broadcasts your Wi-Fi signal on channels ranging from 1 to 13.* As more routers broadcast on the same channel as yours, your router’s performance generally decreases. The solution: scan for the least crowded channels and use one of those.
