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The Home Server Show Podcast
The Home Server Show Podcast

The Home Server Show Podcast

The Podcast for the Home Server Enthusiast.

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That day has come! We all come up on “that day,” either with joy or dismay.  I have a little bit of both that I’m publishing the last episode of the Home Server Show.  It all started in 2008 and now comes to end.  My podcasting is not over however.  I have a brand new show and I’ll talk about that in this last episode.  I’ll also talk about how HSS started and we will bookend this journey with Ian Dixon who was my first interview and on the first episode.

Check out RESET at mccabe.io

I gave brief thanks and mentions during this short episode.  Honestly, I could have spent an hour listing people.  I wanted to type them out here.  I don’t know why but I really didn’t want choke up during that last episode.  Seems silly right?

The other thing is I’ve stared at this post for hours.  I can’t possibly list everyone.  I am going to leave someone out and it’s not on purpose.  I’ve aged folks.  Why do you think I started a forum?  So I could ask questions to you guys!  I can’t possibly list you all and I’m sorry if you don’t see your name here.

Many thanks to all who have interviewed with me, talked to me about their gear, have and continue to participate in my many forums.  You have participated in all my crazy ideas, my popular ones and my failed ones!  Thank you as well to everyone who has co-hosted with me on Home Server Show and Surface Geeks.   There is no way I could list all those people but Chris Lux, John Zajdler, and Jim Collison stick out in my mind.  What a wonderful time we had together during the HSS Version 1 days.  Jim, thanks for sticking with me

Speaking of hey days. Ian Dixon, Andrew Edney, Alex Kuretz, Terry Walsh, Phillip Churchill, Christopher Courtney, Kevin Schoonover, John Stutsman, Chris Kenney, Rich O’Neal, Mike Faucher, Jose Ortiz, Michael Martis, Tim Daleo, Jim McCarthy, Jim Clark, Garry Whittaker, Dewain Robinson, Kyle Reddoch, John Wiskowski, Darren Cohen, Synology, WD, Icy Dock, and you.  Yes, you reading this.  That’s who I have to thank. All who have listened.  All who have read.

Every single one of the V1 Add-In Developers.  You guys rocked.

All the top posters in the HSS Forums.

Meetup attendees. You are a crazy bunch!

Microsoft.  WHS Team, Ex Softie, now Amazon Alexa: Charlie Kindel, Surface Team, Windows Insider Team. The Indianapolis Microsoft Store for treating me like a “big shot.”  Nanette Winter, the community director, for coming through with all my requests.

Thanks for a great ride.  I hope you like RESET and I’ll see you in the forums.

Lots of news articles to share with you today. New Synology gear, new OS for Synology Router, and what to do when adding Windows 10 to your Essentials network.  Lian Li, Otixo, Copy.com, Netgear Orbi,  and more!

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New Rackstations
RS31617xs
RS816
Check out the photos of these.  Awesome.
DS Photo on Apple TV
DS Video on Android TV Sets, Sharp Sony, NVIDIA Shield, Nexus Player, Razer Forge TV.

 

I’m going to tell you about a few Amazon purchases made on Prime Day. A couple of cameras for home security and I’m returning one of them! Patron shoutouts, Meetup 2016 and more!  Short but sweet!

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My Amazon Prime Day Loot as discussed

Sabrent Hard Drive Dock

Tablet Bean Bag

CyberLink Power Director 14 Ultra

Zmodo 1280×720 Pan and Tilt IP Camera

Amcrest ProHD 1080p Camera

Polk Audio Magnifi One Sound Bar and Wireless Subwoofer

CyberPower 1000VA Battery Backup

 

I’ve got Luma and I don’t know what to do with it!  If you follow the HSS Forums you no doubt have heard about the Luma debacle that is unfolding. We go over that as well as hammer out a testing method for the Luma that I have in hand.  When I’m done testing I’m giving it away! Listen to find out how.

Well also cover some news.  I’ve got Patron shout outs, D-Link has some new cameras that you will want to hear about, I’ve got a follow up on Ecobee, Spruce for SmartThings, and Meetup 2016.  It’s a long show but it’s a handsome one, Clark!

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There is a post in HSS Fourm with 442,965 views!

http://homeservershow.com/forums/index.php?/topic/5639-proliant-microserver-gen8-links/

D-Link HD Wi-Fi Camera (DCS-936L)https://youtu.be/WGO9_8LfqGI

http://us.dlink.com/products/home-solutions/hd-wi-fi-camera-dcs936l/

130 degrees of viewing! $110 Amazon

D-Link HD Pan & Tilt Wi-Fi Camera (DCS-5030L): https://youtu.be/uhiLGghqtH0

http://us.dlink.com/products/home-solutions/hd-pan-tilt-wi-fi-camera-dcs5030l/

$139.99 Amazon

My router is a Cisco RV 325 https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B00GSQJI4E/ref=oh_aui_search_detailpage?ie=UTF8&psc=1

https://www.plumewifi.com/

https://www.amplifi.com/

http://us.dlink.com/press-centre/press-releases/unified-home-wi-fi-network-kit/

http://totusoft.com/lanspeed/

Dimming the light of an eero

https://www.amazon.com/s/ref=nb_sb_noss_2?url=search-alias%3Daps&field-keywords=LightDims

Eero Backhaul

https://www.reddit.com/r/eero/comments/4mbs40/is_the_backhaul_radio_enabled_yet/

Eero – Turn off the Guest AP to get performance back

https://www.reddit.com/r/eero/comments/4l5s47/eero_vs_onhub_tplink_rangeperformance/

Today I’m talking with Dr. Paul Judge, cofounder of Luma.  Luma is on the verge of being released and I’ve got a lot of questions about it for Paul.  My thanks to Luma and Paul for giving me a slice of his time today.  They are busy trying to get Luma into your hands and into stores so thank you for that.

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Direct Link to Luma on Amazon

Learn more about Luma at GetLuma.com or discuss Luma in our forums here.

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I’ve got a big list of news items for you mostly centered around Microsoft but some networking and home automation as well. Some Community news, Patreon, Meetup, and I’ve bought something and returned something else. Find out in this episode.  Enjoy and see you in the forums.

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Microsoft comes through with rollup of updates and fixes for Windows 7 | ZDNet

http://www.zdnet.com/article/microsoft-comes-through-with-rollup-of-updates-and-fixes-for-windows-7/

OneDrive UWP app for Windows 10 now available for PCs – OneTechStop

http://www.onetechstop.net/2016/05/onedrive-uwp-app-windows-10-now-available-pcs/

Hyper-V

https://channel9.msdn.com/Shows/OEMTV/OEM1623

Fixing Hyper-V connection display scaling on High-DPI monitors

http://blog.coretech.dk/hra/fixing-hyper-v-connection-display-scaling-on-high-dpi-monitors/

Security

https://blogs.technet.microsoft.com/ata/2016/05/05/advanced-threat-analytics-new-version-1-6-is-now-available/

Wifi

http://blog.dlink.com/the-evolution-of-wi-fi/

http://blog.dlink.com/2-4ghz-versus-5ghz/

fast.com

eero.com I got an e-mail with a coupon code for $75 a system. Well, you are supposed to give that code to a friend and minimum purchase is $450.  I can’t pick up an extra AP with it. Bummer.

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Tivo Roamio on Episode 299

HSS Episode 100

Anonabox questions for Jim

https://www.anonabox.com/compare-routers.html

How about this for arlo? IFTTT

https://ifttt.com/p/arlo_netgear/shared

My favorite device, something new for it. @DKBIntrigue showed me this on twitter

https://www.etsy.com/listing/265999953/mount-for-amazon-echo-ceiling-counter

Arlo and SmartThings?

 

 

The WiFi keeps coming

http://www.engadget.com/2016/05/10/portal-router-aims-to-deliver-us-from-congested-wifi/

 

Amplifi Ubiquiti

http://homeservershow.com/forums/index.php?/topic/11114-amplifi-by-ubiquiti/

 

How about some cheap Untangle?  We have been chatting about this in the forums since the news broke in late March. I keep forgetting to put it in a podcast but this is huge!

http://homeservershow.com/forums/index.php?/topic/10905-untangle-new-price/?hl=untangle

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Talking about this next week:  Reolink POE Cameras – Read this one by Mike Faucher.

Solved the Media Center Problem

http://techcrunch.com/2016/04/27/tivos-new-roamio-ota-dvr-for-cord-cutters-has-no-monthly-fees-more-storage/

OTA 1TB, Best Buy, Amazon. $399

Look at this laundry list of features

http://pr.tivo.com/press-releases/more-storage-all-in-price-tivo-launches-the-tivo-roamio-ota-1tb-nasdaq-tivo-1255911

Works with Tivo Mini $149 https://www.tivo.com/shop/mini

Now, look at the specs of the mini. Netflix, Prime, Hulu, vudu, youtube, etc.

WinDirStat – is what I used to find my phantom files taking up all my room on my SSD drive. What do you use?

Another Cloud service bites the dust

Bitcasa Drive

http://venturebeat.com/2016/04/21/bitcasa-killing-drive-cloud-storage-service-on-may-20-will-focus-on-growing-platform-business/

Copy and Cudo offline May 1

https://techlib.barracuda.com/Copy/EndOfLife

Portable Storage and Streaming

WD:  https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Gp4fONAupxw

Corsair Voyager 2: http://www.corsair.com/en-us/voyager-air-2-mobile-wireless-storage-1-tb

Amazon’s 80 TB Snowball

Home Automation Corner – Visit homeautomationforums.com for more

Lowes IRIS

http://www.cnet.com/products/iris-by-lowe-s-second-generation/

Ring Pro delivering yet?

I kind of want the zmodo doorbell camera combo.

http://amzn.to/1WRcmIH

August Doorbell

CNET Seriously. Who installs like this?

http://www.cnet.com/products/august-doorbell-cam/

Have you guys done this? This is exactly why I don’t have a RING.

Netatmo

A weather station for your home and home automation setup. Netatmo

Other products from netatmo, the welcome. Review

Rose

Spruce Irrigation Controller

http://www.spruceirrigation.com/

These guys have delivered on their Kickstarter. 100%

Aggregation Services

ST and SmartTiles – My choice

http://www.smarttiles.click/

Thington

https://thington.com/faq/index.html#whatdevices

Muzzly

https://www.muzzley.com/

TrackR:  https://www.thetrackr.com/

Drobo is back according to Jim Collison! $$$  A YouTube milestone, D-Link Home Automation news, new TrendNet 4MP cameras, Echo Dot, and a new router.  Tons of news and chat with Mike Faucher and Jim. See you in the forums!

This one has a little of everything. Backups, cameras, CrashPlan,Copy.com, OneDrive, and a follow up on eero.  World Back Up Day too!

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YouTube Milestone! Thank you.

http://youtube.com/davidmccabe

All started here:

Upgrade your RAM in EX470:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rTPgjvar2Io

The Classic: Burning the ioSafe here:

https://youtu.be/M6l4kxhl_DI

TrendNet New 4MP Cameras

http://www.trendnet.com/press/releases/view.asp?id=2866

TrendNet NEW PoE+ AV Series Switch line

http://www.trendnet.com/press/releases/view.asp?id=2867

New TrendNet USB Adapters

http://www.trendnet.com/press/releases/view.asp?id=2864

ioSafe Outlet Store

Dave has a new router.

 

This one has a little of everything. Backups, cameras, CrashPlan, Copy.com, OneDrive, and a follow up on eero.  World Back Up Day too!

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Speed Test App I used

https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.pzolee.android.localwifispeedtester&hl=en

Cameras

http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B014E995K8?psc=1&redirect=true&ref_=oh_aui_detailpage_o09_s00

http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B010LH48F4?psc=1&redirect=true&ref_=oh_aui_detailpage_o09_s01

Blue Iris – http://blueirissoftware.com/

Copy.com