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What this coversInternet & networks
Smart home and IoT setup in Adelaide
Smart home gear is sold as plug-and-play and behaves like a small network administration problem. Each device wants the 2.4GHz band, a cloud account, a firmware update and a phone app, and any one of them failing quietly means the doorbell stops recording.
I set these up as a system: named sensibly, grouped the way you think about your house, on a separate network from your laptops and banking, and with the failure modes explained so you know what to do when the power flickers.
Call 0452 128 638What this covers
- Cameras, doorbells, lights and speakers connected reliably
- Devices grouped, named and working with your assistant
- Guest and device networks kept separate from your own
- Troubleshooting for gear that keeps falling off the Wi-Fi
Sound familiar?
These are the ones I get called about most. If yours is not listed, it is still worth asking.
- Cameras or doorbells that keep going offline
- Smart lights that respond from inside the house but not away from it
- Devices your assistant can no longer find
- A pile of separate apps for what should be one system
- New gear that will not get past the pairing screen
- Security cameras you are not sure are actually recording
- Worry about smart devices sitting on the same network as your banking
Smart Home & IoT — common questions
Why do my smart devices keep dropping off the Wi-Fi?
Usually band steering or coverage. Most cheap devices only speak 2.4GHz, and many routers push everything onto 5GHz or hand devices between bands mid-connection. Splitting the bands or putting device traffic on its own network fixes the majority of these.
Should smart devices be on a separate network?
Yes, and it costs nothing to do. Cheap cameras and plugs get security updates for a couple of years at best. Keeping them on their own network means a compromised doorbell cannot see the laptop you do your banking on.
Do you work with any brand, or just one ecosystem?
Any of them, and I will tell you honestly when mixing ecosystems is going to cause you ongoing grief. Sometimes the right advice is to standardise on one platform before buying anything else.
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What this coversWhere I cover
On-site for smart home & iot across metropolitan Adelaide and surrounding suburbs. Remote support is available Australia-wide where the job allows it.
- Adelaide CBD
- North Adelaide
- Prospect
- Enfield
- Mawson Lakes
- Salisbury
- Elizabeth
- Modbury
- Tea Tree Gully
- Campbelltown
- Magill
- Norwood
- Burnside
- Unley
- Parkside
- Mitcham
- Blackwood
- Flagstaff Hill
- Aberfoyle Park
- Morphett Vale
- Marion
- Brighton
- Glenelg
- West Lakes
- Henley Beach
- Findon
- Woodville
- Port Adelaide
- Thebarton
- Gepps Cross
Tell me what's going on
Describe it however makes sense to you. You will get a straight answer about what I think it is, and what it is likely to cost, before anything gets touched.