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Notes from the field.
Short, practical pieces on the decisions I get asked about most. No news, no trends, no AI takes.
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Setting Up UniFi Talk for a Small Office
How to set up UniFi Talk for a small office: phones, number porting, extensions, a Smart Attendant with business hours, and a proper test.
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How to use UniFi Design Center, step by step
A walkthrough of UniFi Design Center: floor plans, scale, wall materials, AP and camera placement, coverage views, exports, and where it misleads you.
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How to Back Up and Restore a UniFi Controller
How to set up UniFi cloud and local backups properly, what the backup actually contains, and how to restore one when the hardware dies.
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How to Fix a Slow Windows PC, Step by Step
A methodical order for cleaning up a slow Windows PC: find the cause first, then fix startup apps, disk space, and malware without snake oil.
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Setting Up Your First NAS the Right Way (Synology DSM)
A NAS done right on day one: drive choice, real redundancy, per-person accounts, remote access without port forwarding, and a backup for the NAS itself.
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Choosing a NAS: Synology, UniFi, or TrueNAS?
Synology, UniFi's UNAS line, or a home-built TrueNAS box: an honest look at licensing, lock-in, and upkeep for business and home buyers.
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Fixing UniFi Device Adoption Failures
A methodical way to fix a UniFi access point or switch that will not adopt: IP checks, VLAN gotchas, factory resets and SSH set-inform.
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UniFi's Whole-Home WiFi: my first take
Ubiquiti announced a WiFi 7 mesh aimed at regular houses today: the UniFi Express 7. Who it's actually for, how it stacks up against the pro setup and against eero and Orbi, and the catches.
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How to set up VLANs on a UniFi network
A practical walkthrough of VLANs on UniFi: planning the segments, creating the networks, tagging Wi-Fi and switch ports, and firewalling between them.
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Setting up guest Wi-Fi on UniFi properly
How to build a guest network on UniFi that gives visitors internet and nothing else: isolation, bandwidth limits, and the portal question.
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What to do the moment you suspect malware
The first hour after 'something is wrong with this computer': what to do, what not to touch, and how to tell an infection from a slow PC.
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