Routers, WiFi & Your Smart Home

As people add more and more WiFi-based devices to their home network, especially with smart home products like bulbs and switches that can quickly multiply the number of devices, questions often arise about limitations of WiFi routers with large numbers of devices. This guide will help answer some of those questions and give guidance on how to insure that your network serves both you and those devices well.

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Fail-safe Design for Critical Home Automation Features

Let’s talk a bit about home automation and safety.

You can go a long way in the process of automating your home without ever introducing any features that might conceivably endanger property or lives. Typically the worst thing that goes wrong with an automation to control a light is you wake up at the wrong hour or pay a little extra on your electric bill.

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