Upgrading to a managed switch for my home unlocked increased control, VLAN support, link aggregation, and other advanced ...

Building a custom OPNsense-powered firewall transformed my home LAN, providing enhanced security, control, and ...

IP network nodes determine the scope of the local subnet by consulting the network mask setting. So even though your machines are connected to the same physical segment, the configuration settings are ...

I've got a Linux (Ubuntu 22.04) server that I use for a few different misc tasks here (mostly as a Stable Diffusion server, but also handles some file sharing/backups), and I realized.. It's ...

The Steam client is getting a beta feature called 'Local Network Game Transfers,' which lets users install games directly from one PC to another over a local area network. Game downloads can put a ...

Why it matters: Consoles have been able to transfer games from machine to machine over local networks for a while. Hints that Valve would give Steam similar functionality first emerged last fall, and ...