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February 27, 2021
How to use a 3D Printer to manager your remote controls in your Smarthome
Want a way to manage the collection of remote controls you have?
Want to control your 3D Printer with a Raspberry Pi?
Looking for a way to print something practical with your 3D Printer?
Stay tuned and I will show you how to do this
Look at Thingiverse.com to see the different items you can print/create
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*** Show Notes, Links and Resources ****
Here are the items mentioned in this video –
CanaKit Raspberry Pi 4 2GB Basic Starter Kit with Fan (2GB RAM)
https://amzn.to/35QBB8I
$63
BIQU B1 3D Printer
https://amzn.to/2OFiYyT
$299
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The post How to use a 3D Printer to manager your remote controls in your Smarthome first appeared on TechBytes With Ron Nutter.
February 21, 2021
Why you should have a 3D Printer in your Smarthome
Thinking about adding a 3D Printer to your smarthome?
Looking for a device you can control with a Raspberry Pi?
Stay tuned and I will show you why you should get a 3D Printer
• Print replacement outlet / switch plate covers
• Remote control organizer
• Parts sorting trays
• Electrical Outlet safety covers
• Another reason to use/have a Raspberry Pi
• Even more things you can create/print
Look at Thingiverse.com to see the different items you can print/create
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*** Show Notes, Links and Resources ****
Here are the items mentioned in this video –
CanaKit Raspberry Pi 4 2GB Basic Starter Kit with Fan (2GB RAM)
https://amzn.to/35QBB8I
$63
BIQU B1 3D Printer
https://amzn.to/2OFiYyT
$299
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The post Why you should have a 3D Printer in your Smarthome first appeared on TechBytes With Ron Nutter.February 20, 2021
How to safely surf the internet using Pi-Hole, Cloudflare & Unbound
Using PiHole and Unbound?
Want to use Cloudflare with PiHole and Unbound?
Stay tuned and I will show you how
TIMESTAMPS
0:00 – Intro
0:49 – What we will be covering
1:11 – Review of where we got started and why
2:59 – Configuring PiHole/Unbound with DoT
6:31 – Testing that DoT and Unbound are working
Enable DNS over TLS with Unbound and Cloudflare
server:
tls-cert-bundle: /etc/ssl/certs/ca-certificates.crt
forward-zone:
name: “.”
forward-tls-upstream: yes
# Cloudflare DNS
forward-addr: 2606:4700:4700::1111@853#cloudflare-dns.com
forward-addr: 1.1.1.1@853#cloudflare-dns.com
forward-addr: 2606:4700:4700::1001@853#cloudflare-dns.com
forward-addr: 1.0.0.1@853#cloudflare-dns.com
Verify this is working after restarting unbound and going to 1.1.1.1/help
# sudo service unbound restart
After restart of unbound, use tail daemon.log to verify everything is working
tail /var/log/daemon.log
Feb 13 13:46:20 DoH-PiHole systemd[1]: Stopping Unbound DNS server…
Feb 13 13:46:20 DoH-PiHole systemd[1]: unbound.service: Succeeded.
Feb 13 13:46:20 DoH-PiHole systemd[1]: Stopped Unbound DNS server.
Feb 13 13:46:20 DoH-PiHole systemd[1]: Starting Unbound DNS server…
Feb 13 13:46:20 DoH-PiHole package-helper[24641]: /var/lib/unbound/root.key has content
Feb 13 13:46:20 DoH-PiHole package-helper[24641]: success: the anchor is ok
Feb 13 13:46:20 DoH-PiHole unbound: [24645:0] info: start of service (unbound 1.9.0).
Feb 13 13:46:20 DoH-PiHole systemd[1]: Started Unbound DNS server.
Feb 13 13:46:20 DoH-PiHole systemd[1]: Started Unbound DNS server via resolvconf.
Different port numbers
DoT traffic uses a dedicated port 853
DoH uses port 443 (HTTPS) due to the protocol layering.
Unbound can use DoH but requires a different compile option
For home use, not sure if this is worth the effort
How to further check how safe your DNS experience is
https://www.cloudflare.com/ssl/encryp...
How to check the status of Cloudflare’s system
https://www.cloudflarestatus.com/
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*** Show Notes, Links and Resources ****
Here are the items mentioned in this video –
CanaKit Raspberry Pi 4 2GB Basic Starter Kit with Fan (2GB RAM)
https://amzn.to/35QBB8I
$63
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SmartHome Account Creation Checklist
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The post How to safely surf the internet using Pi-Hole, Cloudflare & Unbound first appeared on TechBytes With Ron Nutter.February 15, 2021
How to share any printer in your smarthome using Raspberry Pi and CUPS
Have a printer you want to share between multiple computers?
Looking for another way to use a Raspberry Pi in your smarthome?
Stay tuned and I will show you how to do thisTIMESTAMPS
0:00 – Intro
0:49 – What we will be covering
1:06 – Required items
1:49 – Creating a SD card for RPI
3:53 – Enabling SSH
4:32 – Updating RPI OS
6:02 – Installing CUPS
13:15 – Adding printer to CUPS
15:57 – Configuring workstation to use CUPS based printer
## Update RPI
sudo apt-get update
sudo apt-get upgrade
sudo reboot
## Install CUPS
sudo apt-get install cups
## Add user pi to lpadmin group
sudo usermod -a -G lpadmin pi
## Make a backup of cups confi file
Cd /etc/cups
sudo cp cupsd.conf cupsd.conf.back
## Start cups service before making any changes to make sure it would start at this point
sudo /etc/init.d/cups restart
sudo /etc/init.d/cups status – should show as started
sudo /etc/init.d/cups stop
## Configure CUPS
sudo nano /etc/cups/cupsd.conf
# listen on all interfaces
#Listen localhost:631
# Restrict access to the server…
Order allow,deny
Allow @Local
# Restrict access to the admin pages…
Order allow,deny
Allow @Local
# Restrict access to configuration files…
AuthType Default
Require user @SYSTEM
Order allow,deny
Allow @Local
# You can allow all domains to access the interface
ServerAlias *
# or provide a specific name.
# ServerAlias one.example.com two.example.com
## Allow CUPS to be available everywhere on the network
sudo cupsctl –remote-any
** Note if error restart, use the restart cmd below and the retry this cmd
## Restart CUPS to make these changes active
sudo /etc/init.d/cups restart
## Check for CUPS admin page to respond
http://x.x.x.x:631 (replace x.x.x.x with ip address of CUPS RPI)
If printer is HP and not showing under “Local Printers”, may need to install hplip from this URL
https://developers.hp.com/hp-linux-im...
## If the printer only prints X number of jobs and then quits, try the following-
# Replace PRINTERNAME with the name used in step 7. Eg: m1136
lpadmin -p PRINTERNAME -o usb-no-reattach-default=true
# Restart your Pi
sudo reboot
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*** Show Notes, Links and Resources ****
Here are the items mentioned in this video –
CanaKit Raspberry Pi 4 2GB Basic Starter Kit with Fan (2GB RAM)
https://amzn.to/35QBB8I
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The post How to share any printer in your smarthome using Raspberry Pi and CUPS first appeared on TechBytes With Ron Nutter.February 13, 2021
How to safely surf the internet using Pi-Hole & Unbound
Want to increase being safe when surfing the internet?
Want to minimize the number of DNS lookup requests leaving your network?
Stay tuned and I will show you how
• Removing Cloudflare client
sudo systemctl stop cloudflared
• Verify it is stopped
sudo systemctl status cloudflared
• uninstall service
Sudo cloudflared service uninstall
Install Unbound
sudo apt install unbound
Sudo nano /etc/unbound/unbound.conf.d/pi-hole.conf
server:
# If no logfile is specified, syslog is used
# logfile: “/var/log/unbound/unbound.log”
verbosity: 0
interface: 127.0.0.1
port: 5335
do-ip4: yes
do-udp: yes
do-tcp: yes
# May be set to yes if you have IPv6 connectivity
do-ip6: no
# You want to leave this to no unless you have *native* IPv6. With 6to4 and
# Terredo tunnels your web browser should favor IPv4 for the same reasons
prefer-ip6: no
# Use this only when you downloaded the list of primary root servers!
# If you use the default dns-root-data package, unbound will find it automatically
#root-hints: “/var/lib/unbound/root.hints”
# Trust glue only if it is within the server’s authority
harden-glue: yes
# Require DNSSEC data for trust-anchored zones, if such data is absent, the zone becomes BOGUS
harden-dnssec-stripped: yes
# Don’t use Capitalization randomization as it known to cause DNSSEC issues sometimes
# see https://discourse.pi-hole.net/t/unbou... for further details
use-caps-for-id: no
# Reduce EDNS reassembly buffer size.
# Suggested by the unbound man page to reduce fragmentation reassembly problems
edns-buffer-size: 1472
# Perform prefetching of close to expired message cache entries
# This only applies to domains that have been frequently queried
prefetch: yes
# One thread should be sufficient, can be increased on beefy machines. In reality for most users running on small networks or on a single machine, it should be unnecessary to seek performance enhancement by increasing num-threads above 1.
num-threads: 1
# Ensure kernel buffer is large enough to not lose messages in traffic spikes
so-rcvbuf: 1m
# Ensure privacy of local IP ranges
private-address: 192.168.0.0/16
private-address: 169.254.0.0/16
private-address: 172.16.0.0/12
private-address: 10.0.0.0/8
private-address: fd00::/8
private-address: fe80::/10
Start your local recursive server and test that it’s operational:
sudo service unbound restart
dig pi-hole.net @127.0.0.1 -p 5335
You can test DNSSEC validation using
dig sigfail.verteiltesysteme.net @127.0.0.1 -p 5335
dig sigok.verteiltesysteme.net @127.0.0.1 -p 5335
Finally, configure Pi-hole to use your recursive DNS server by specifying 127.0.0.1#5335 as the Custom DNS (IPv4):
TIMESTAMPS
0:00 – Intro
0:59 – What we will be covering
1:23 – What is Unbound
4:35 – Transitioning from Cloudflare to Unbound
5:45 – Unbound install
8:52 – Summary
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*** Show Notes, Links and Resources ****
Here are the items mentioned in this video –
CanaKit Raspberry Pi 4 2GB Basic Starter Kit with Fan (2GB RAM)
https://amzn.to/35QBB8I
$63
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The post How to safely surf the internet using Pi-Hole & Unbound first appeared on TechBytes With Ron Nutter.February 8, 2021
How to Trend Micros Home Network Station to keep your network safe in your smarthome
Want to protect the network in your smarthome from intruders?
Want to protect your smarthome network using tools only available to businesses?
Stay tuned and I will show you how to do thisTIMESTAMPS
0:00 – Intro
0:56 – What we will be covering
1:22 – What is Trend Micro Home Network Station
3:32 – Implement software portion of Home Network Station
6:40 – Implementing hardware component of Home Network tation
8:33 – My experience with HNS after two weeks
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*** Show Notes, Links and Resources ****
Here are the items mentioned in this video –
Trend Micro Home Network Security Firewall Device
https://amzn.to/3rtR8ni
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The post How to Trend Micros Home Network Station to keep your network safe in your smarthome first appeared on TechBytes With Ron Nutter.February 1, 2021
How to keep your TeamViewer account from being hacked
Do you have an online account with TeamViewer?
Would you like to take a few precautions to keep you account from being hijacked ?
I will take you through 2 steps you can take to help prevent that from happening.
Let’s get started
TIMESTAMPS
0:00 – Intro
0:12- What we will be covering
1:08 – Implementing two factor authentication
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The post How to keep your TeamViewer account from being hacked first appeared on TechBytes With Ron Nutter.January 30, 2021
How to safely surf the internet using your smartphone and Cloudflare
Want to increase your level of privacy when surfing the net on your phone?
Want to prevent your ISP from tracking where you go?
Stay tuned and I will show you how
TIMESTAMPS
0:00 – Intro
0:50 – What we will be covering
1:11 – What is DNS over HTTPS
2:10 – Enabling DNS over HTTPS (DoH) in Chrome
4:08 – Using Cloudflare’s client
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*** Show Notes, Links and Resources ****
Here are the items mentioned in this video –
Cloudflare
http:/1.1.1.1
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The post How to safely surf the internet using your smartphone and Cloudflare first appeared on TechBytes With Ron Nutter.January 25, 2021
How to safely dispose of hard drives in your smarthome
Want to discard a drive and make sure that all data is gone?
Did you know that Format doesn’t really wipe data from a drive?
Stay tuned and I will show you how to wipe a drive?
SATA/IDE to USB 3.0 Adapter, Unitek IDE Hard Drive Adapter for Universal 2.5″/3.5″ Inch IDE and SATA
https://amzn.to/39fQROV
MiniTool Partition Manager
https://www.partitionwizard.com/free-...
Eraser
https://www.groovypost.com/howto/7-fr...
List of hard drive wiping programs
https://www.lifewire.com/free-data-de...
TIMESTAMPS
0:00 – Intro
0:57 – What we will be talking about
3:16 – Required parts
5:39 – Eraser software (free space/file erase software)
11:19 – MiniTool drive wipe software
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*** Show Notes, Links and Resources ****
Here are the items mentioned in this video –
SATA/IDE to USB 3.0 Adapter, Unitek IDE Hard Drive Adapter for Universal 2.5″/3.5″ Inch IDE and SATA
https://amzn.to/39fQROV
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The post How to safely dispose of hard drives in your smarthome first appeared on TechBytes With Ron Nutter.January 23, 2021
How to safely surf the internet using your web browser
Want to increase your level of privacy when surfing the net?
Want to prevent your ISP from tracking where you go?
Stay tuned and I will show you how
How to Enable DNS Over HTTPS in Google Chrome
chrome://settings/security?search=dns
DNS over HTTPS with Firefox
https://wiki.mozilla.org/Trusted_Recu...
TIMESTAMPS
0:00 – Intro
0:53 – What we will be covering
1:19 – What is DNS over HTTPS
2:24 – Enabling DNS over HTTPS (DoH) in Chrome
5:10 – Using Cloudflare’s client
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*** Show Notes, Links and Resources ****
Here are the items mentioned in this video –
Cloudflare
http:/1.1.1.1
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The post How to safely surf the internet using your web browser first appeared on TechBytes With Ron Nutter.
