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To me the gap in the market is for convincing advice - we probably have to admit we are past the point of “ it a device and it’s all good”.

Speaking for myself, I am technically competent but lacking the time to invest to find all the pitfalls for simple home network management - I mean really simple.

So I have a growing family and want to

- end my ISP at a router I own and control with say openWRT.

- run cabling to each floor because the wifi turns to dog crap after a few yards indoors

- replace two “smart TVs” that we spend more time fighting probably with computer monitors but all I want is a dumb screen that does what it says

- then tell me what plugs into the hdmi port of that dumb screen? A raspberry pi? What’s it running? Can I use an apple something something - what’s the uo or down side?

- I am not even thinking about turning on light bulbs or central heating yet.

There is a small book or maybe an hour or twos youtube video on this and then I am clicking the affiliate links - but I need to trust the advice .. does it exist?







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