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This step by step guide will take you through how to give a separate SSID name to your 2.4Ghz or 5Ghz network on your Orbi Wifi Mesh Units. The Orbi's are a great way to give your home a platinum standard of WiFi, I've owned them for a couple of years and since switching to to them my entire...

This guide will talk you through how to configure pfSense to use the Cloudflare DNS Service and enabling DNS over SSL/TLS which is one of the key features - effectively making your DNS queries secure. A lot of ISP's record and/or intercept DNS traffic as a form of tracking for either...

Plex is an incredible media manager, the biggest feature I love so much is the fact it tracks your watched/unwatched status. Over years, this can really help you manage TV Shows and Movies and ensure you know where you are up to. However there comes a time where you need to re-build your Plex...

Have you ever used a plugin or script like Plex-Sync or PlexPy (Now known as Tautulli) which has required your Plex Token? If so, this really quick step by step guide will show you how to safely get access to your Plex Web Token which can then be used in Apps to authenticate into your Plex...

When Sophos AntiVirus first launched on Mac, it provided a free version for home users which contained the same feature set including Adware / Threat Detection which is used in the Enterprise Version. However over time, Sophos quietly withdraw this when their new Sophos Home product launched...

If you brought an Pioneer aftermarket head unit for your car, like the Pioneer AVH-Z3000DAB and attempted to complete a Firmware Update / Upgrade you may find the option is Greyed out, like other various system options like Calibrating the Display or performing a Factory Restore. This is due...

With all the news going around about Apple and Amazon's fight back in the day with de-listing of Apple TV's from the Amazon Store, Amazon's refusal to make an Apple TV App and how they have now made up and released the App - something bigger seems to have gone totally unnoticed. It seems you...

Android TV (like the Nvidia Shield TV) has an amazing app called Live Channels available which is a fully feature Media Center just like Windows Media Center (MCE) use to be like if you remember that. It even supports DVR if your Android TV device has enough disk space or external drive access...

So for anyone who's physical location is the UK, Nvidia for the benefit of the 90% or so pre-installs BBC iPlayer and gives it front row on the Recommendations / Homepage on the Shield TV Console. The problem is for the those of us who don't want/have a TV License or use VPN's outside the UK or...

SMARTROO 23031 - 3 Port HDMI Switch I don't usually write many reviews, but this is one of those products I felt needed a review and some clarity for those thinking of purchasing it. I've struggled with finding the right HDMI switch going through so many on Amazon. Most of them claim '4k...

This guide shows you how to setup your NordVPN (or other OpenVPN) provider on your Android TV like the Nvidia Shield TV using a native application which works via the remote. Some providers already provide a Native TV application, but the majority don't which is really annoying. If you want to...

If you've ever tried to play online with a Nintendo Switch behind a pfSense or similar router/firewall, you will likely find out of the box it doesn't quite work alright. Everytime you try to go online on either Splatoon, Mario Kart 8 Deluxe or even Fast RMX you'll just get constant errors when...

This guide will talk you through the settings needed to resolve the Nintendo Wii U Online Mode when playing behind a pfSense Router/Firewall. This has been tested as working on Mario Kart 8, Super Smash Bros and Splatoon. When attempting to play any game online on the Nintendo Wii U; you may be...

pfSense is a fantastic fully fledged OS for turning any device into a home router. However, despite all its features with the loss of BandwidthD in the latest release (2.3.x); tools for monitoring network traffic are quite lacking which is surprising given its a fully featured OS running on...

This step by step guide will talk you through a working setup for allowing Multiple Xbox One's in the same network to get a fully Open NAT and be able to play together in the same games/parties all behind a pfSense Router/Firewall. pfSense is a great piece of software for running on your own...

Following this step by step guide to download SwitchDNS and set it up so you can browse any website on your Nintendo Switch Console. The Nintendo Switch launches without a Web Browser; or so we thought. It turns out there is one built into the console which is used for when logging into public...

Guide to Purchasing Content from other Regions on the Nintendo Switch Console This step by step guide will step you through the process for purchasing games from other regions on the Nintendo Switch eShop. This will allow you to purchase games outside of your own region (for discounts for...

NEG Ark Server is a 24/7 PvP server hosted on Xbox One. The Server is founded on the principle of fairness. We’re a group of friends that have played Ark across many private servers. Sadly we kept struggling with other private servers as Admin abuse is rampant across them all. We’d join one...

Hey All, Just curious, does anyone Play Ark on Xbox One? We're on a server and got a tribe and looking for more players. We're currently alpha on it to which is a win.

Here's a really simple tool which will allow you to open .MIG files (Compressed Windows Easy Transfer Files) and explore the files. I recently had to help a family member restore some old Pictures they deleted by mistake; and this tool easily allowed me to open up the .MIG backup and restore...