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"Internet of Things" - related to using numbers of small devices, often low powered, communicating widely to make up sensor and control arrays.

"Internet of Things" - related to using numbers of small devices, often low powered, communicating widely to make up sensor and control arrays.

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How to restart a frozen 4G PoE antenna programmatically

I live in an isolated house, where the only Internet access is thru a telephone operator. So I have an antenna (Zyxel 4G LTE-A Outdoor Router,PoE LTE7460), and thanks to the (5G!) service and an unlimited data-plan subscrition, I enjoy quite a good…
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Is it possible to use a different TLD for mDNS other than .local?

If I don't want to use .local for mDNS services, can I use a different Top-Level Domain (TLD)? Say for example, could I setup a few home NAS devices, and name them something like: movies.nas pictures.nas Or rename some printers…
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How to share a binary file directly via a URL?

I need to send a single binary file to a couple of IoTs. It wants a URL where it can download this file. www.somekindadomain.aaa/binaryfile I tried, GDrive, OneDrive, Droplr and a couple of others and they all take you to a landing page where you…
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Why is my Sony TV is sending UDP packets to my firewall?

I've noticed that the Sony Bravia TV is sending UDP packets to my IP and they are blocked by UFW (firewall): Jan 09 16:56:09 my_host kernel: [UFW BLOCK] IN=wlp58s0 OUT= MAC=4c:1d:96:8b:8a:44:e8:6f:38:30:94:eb:08:00 SRC=192.168.1.62 DST=192.168.1.51…
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How to use bluetoothctl effectively?

When using bluetoothctl, it seems necessary to run the command scan on before it will connect to a low energy (IoT) device. I know the MAC of the device, but attempting to connect to it directly always fails with a Device xx:xx:xx not available…
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Root Amazon Echo and install linux kernel - what programs can run on it?

I have an old v1 Echo that I want to experiment with. Using this guide, I see it's possible to root this Echo and install a custom linux kernel (2.6.x) on it: https://github.com/echohacking/wiki/wiki/Echo My question is: should this in theory allow…
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Device connecting to WiFi w/o ssid/pwd, how can it work?

I have added a device to my boiler which allows temperature control through a mobile app. In order to connect it to the WiFi network I just followed the manual: install the app, ensure you are connected to the local WiFi push the button on the…
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Windows 10 Disable Welcome Screen

Is there a way to disable the welcome screen in Windows 10? I already found an option to disable the lockscreen and the boot screen, but the welcome screen with the username and account image still pops up. I want to do this because we are using…
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SoftAP on Windows IoT won't work

I have Raspberry Pi 3 with Windows IoT installed. It's connected to wired network. I want to use its SoftAP functionality as described here: https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/windows/iot-core/manage-your-device/DevicePortal#iot-onboarding to use it…
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Cannot connect to Win10 IoT with Remote Client?

I recently purchased a Raspberry Pi 3, and after much work, was able to get Windows 10 IoT Core running on it. To do so, I need to run Windows 10 Iot Core Dashboard as an Administrator, because it would always fail to unpack the OS if you weren't…
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How does my camera automatically connect to the WiFi?

I just bought a cheap WiFi camera called SriCam SP009 (just to test it). To set it up you have to install an app on your phone. In this app you enter the WiFi password and an ID number for the camera. Then automatically the camera connects to your…
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WinUSB driver on Windows 10 IoT

I usually don't crosspost like this, but a user on stackoverflow suggested this might belong here. There's also a small bounty to be had on stackoverflow if anybody's interested. I'm trying to use the WinUsb.sys driver that comes with Windows…
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How to add a free-wifi hotspot to an existing private network

I'm tinkering with IoT (arduino + wifi shield) and I'm also for an open (read free) internet. Both these things would be helped if I could create a free (no password etc.) wifi hotspot (my IoT thingies would connect nicely and strangers could use it…
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How do Tuya vibration sensors communicate with the cloud?

How do Tuya vibration sensors communicate with the cloud? Wireshark does not detect any communication with the sensor's MAC or IP other than DHCP and ARP. And the sensor is working. Bluetooth doesn't work because I specifically disabled it on my…
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IoT device not receving data when used with PoE splitter

I've got a small IoT device that has an ethernet port and microusb for power. I already have PoE infrastructure and I bought a PoE splitter so I could get power and data to it with a single cable. When it's plugged in to a wall wart for power and…
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