Questions tagged [networking]
For questions about networks of Internet of Things devices and their administration, management and security. Consider using more specific tags instead of this where they apply, since this tag is intended for generic questions about networking itself.
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Heyuan IOT-L2S-F1&F2 won’t connect to TTN – has anyone got it working?
I have a Heyuan IOT-L2S-F1&F2 sensor (LoRaWAN Class C, RS485 with Modbus/DL-T645). My setup: Heltec gateway in LoRaWAN Packet Forwarder mode pointing to TTN. Other nodes (Dragino LT‑2222 and EM500-...
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Network Diagnostic Tools for a Newby [closed]
I am new to networking. Can anyone recommend a "fixed income" diagnostic tool for trouble shooting an office LAN. I need to trouble shoot a cat5/cat5e (RJ45) LAN for communication failures, ...
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starting in iot [closed]
I have a background in embedded systems and am now interested in expanding my knowledge to include Internet of Things (IoT) technologies. I’m looking for suggestions on where to start and how to ...
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Why do cellular dongles lose internet connectivity? [closed]
I have a Pi Zero device that needs to send periodic updates from remote locations. I thought the easiest way to do this would be to have a USB cellular dongle and send the data via email. This does ...
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Get data from IoT device *without using phone app*
I often find myself in a situation of wanting to get data out of an IoT device without having to use a phone app. Example1: My blood pressure monitor (Omron 654) has a bluetooth-based android app that ...
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What is the best way to setup messaging with devices that might be anywhere on the internet?
Are there standard techniques/libraries that are used to implement IoT? How does a monitoring-and-control component setup a messaging connection to a monitoring device that might be tethered to a ...
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How do I add VLANs to my existing home network?
I currently am configuring my home for a HomeAssistant + Apple HomeKit setup. I have disparte devices that I want to bring together in an eco system. One of the things that I read is that I should ...
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How to Achieve Max Speed Transactions ( Transfers ) between Lora Packet Forwarder to Remote Server
I have a Lorawan devices that works as witnesser and beaconer. Simply it gets the Signal-Data from other same type of Lorawan devices. There is a Packet Forwarder software on that device OS and it ...
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Best way to implement public blockchain for IoT?
I'm attempting to build a blockchain network of IoT devices that would allow public access such that any person around the world could push data to it and there would be an immutable record of all ...
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Possible reasons why my Alexa turns on the wrong light
We have multiple IoT devices at home. For this explanation, we're concerned about the bedroom lights and kitchen lights. I have two Alexa devices, the main one is in the kitchen (Echo Show) and the ...
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How to inspect trail camera network
I was recently given a trail camera, "wildlife camera." It works great, but the mobile app to connect and see the pictures/videos is very janky and hard to use. I write software for a living,...
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Does 4G based OBD-ii device have mac or physical address? And alternative solution for restricting and whitelisting
I know that almost all devices need a mac or a physical address to work with the Internet. I want to know that GSM-based devices like OBD-II have such addresses. We asked the manufacturer and they ...
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How can this PV-monitoring system communicate bidirectional
I've got a solar panel system with a Growatt inverter. The system has a monitoring platform. To connect the inverter to the internet to let it communicate with the monitoring portal, you need a "...
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Failed to connect to TCP server on ESP32
I wrote a TCP client in C and a TCP server in Python. The client runs on a ESP32S2 board while the server runs on my PC (virtual Linux OS) and both the board and PC are connected to the same Wi-Fi. ...
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Apple TV - route specific app(s) through VPN
Apple TV does not have support for VPN apps like SurfShark or ExpressVPN like Android. The problem There is one specific app I would need to go through a specific country. All other apps should not ...
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