What happens when you build a home network with Alta Labs? In this third video of my Alta Labs home network series, we start building the network for real. We'll create our Trusted, IoT, and Guest networks, configure our WiFi network, and explore AltaPass—a feature that lets us use multiple passwords on a single WiFi network. But configuring the network is only half the story. We'll connect a real device, verify which network it actually joins, and then put our Guest network to the test to see what a guest can really access. This is where the network we've been building starts to come to life. Follow along as we continue building the Alta Labs home network and discover what it can really do. #AltaLabs #HomeNetworking #NetworkSetup Thanks for watching! ════════════════════ 📖 CHAPTERS ════════════════════ 0:00 — Let's Build the Network 0:53 — Creating the VLANs 2:43 — Building the WiFi 3:27 — One WiFi, Multiple Passwords 4:07 — Adding Network Access Levels 5:52 — Putting AltaPass to the Test 6:37 — Testing the Trusted Network 7:11 — Testing the Guest Network 8:05 — The Network Is Ready ════════════════════ 📺 SHARE & SUBSCRIBE ════════════════════ Share this video: https://youtu.be/7CA2ZshgBFo Subscribe: https://goo.gl/dRbTqD ════════════════════ ☕ SUPPORT THE CHANNEL ════════════════════ Buy Me a Coffee https://www.buymeacoffee.com/quiktech PayPal http://paypal.me/quiktechsolutionsllc DigitalOcean Earn $100 Cloud Credits https://m.do.co/c/41d68f5e11bd Amazon Affiliate Storefront https://www.amazon.com/shop/quiktechsolutionsl.l.c ════════════════════ 📋 DISCLAIMERS ════════════════════ This video is not made for or intended for kids. I participate in the Amazon Affiliate/Influencer Program. When purchasing using my Amazon Affiliate links, your price doesn't change. You pay the same, but I do receive a small commission. This helps support the channel and allows me to continue creating content. All images used in this video are my own or sourced from Pixabay.com. ════════════════════ 👋 ABOUT TONY ════════════════════ Hi, I'm Tony, a retired educator with over 30 years of experience in education and technology leadership. Through Quik Tech Solutions, I enjoy helping people learn about networking, home labs, NAS systems, smart home technology, and practical, easy-to-follow tutorials. ════════════════════ 📬 CONTACT ════════════════════ quiktechreview@gmail.com ════════════════════ 🌐 FOLLOW QUIK TECH SOLUTIONS ════════════════════ X (Twitter): @quiktechreview Facebook: @quiktechsolutionsllc Instagram: @quiktechsolutionsllc #AltaLabs #HomeNetworking #NetworkSetup @AltaLabs

Join me for our weekly afternoon chat! This week's video: Everything's Connected, Now What? - https://youtu.be/fYSvxOKQI50 All images used in this video are my own. The song "Momentum is courtesy of Music by Creatormix.com. About Tony: I am a retired educator of 32 years. I started out as an instrumental music teacher and evolved into technology support. After many years of providing technology support to teachers and students, the last ten years of my career, I was in a leadership position of Technology Coordinator and also Supervisor of Technology. My passion has always been helping people. I hope to continue helping people in my youtube community. Contact Tony at: quiktechreview@gmail.com Follow me on: Twitter @quiktechreview Facebook @quiktechsolutionsllc Hope you enjoyed this video. Please subscribe, like, & share. Regards!!

In this second video of my Alta Labs home network series, we bring the entire system online, let Alta Labs discover and adopt the devices, update their firmware, and see what our network looks like once everything is up and running. And while I chose to bring the full Alta Labs stack online, that's not the only way to use Alta Labs. You can build your network one device at a time. In the next video, we'll start configuring the network and add our first WiFi network. #AltaLabs #HomeNetworking #NetworkSetup Thanks for watching! ════════════════════ 📖 CHAPTERS ════════════════════ 0:00 — Everything's Connected 0:17 — Alta Labs Discovers the Devices 0:36 — Adopting the Network 0:59 — Updating and Naming the Devices 2:22 — Seeing the Network 4:09 — What's Next? ════════════════════ 📺 SHARE & SUBSCRIBE ════════════════════ Share this video: https://youtu.be/fYSvxOKQI50 Subscribe: https://goo.gl/dRbTqD ════════════════════ ☕ SUPPORT THE CHANNEL ════════════════════ Buy Me a Coffee https://www.buymeacoffee.com/quiktech PayPal http://paypal.me/quiktechsolutionsllc DigitalOcean Earn $100 Cloud Credits https://m.do.co/c/41d68f5e11bd Amazon Affiliate Storefront https://www.amazon.com/shop/quiktechsolutionsl.l.c ════════════════════ 📋 DISCLAIMERS ════════════════════ This video is not made for or intended for kids. I participate in the Amazon Affiliate/Influencer Program. When purchasing using my Amazon Affiliate links, your price doesn't change. You pay the same, but I do receive a small commission. This helps support the channel and allows me to continue creating content. All images used in this video are my own or sourced from Pixabay.com. ════════════════════ 👋 ABOUT TONY ════════════════════ Hi, I'm Tony, a retired educator with over 30 years of experience in education and technology leadership. Through Quik Tech Solutions, I enjoy helping people learn about networking, home labs, NAS systems, smart home technology, and practical, easy-to-follow tutorials. ════════════════════ 📬 CONTACT ════════════════════ quiktechreview@gmail.com ════════════════════ 🌐 FOLLOW QUIK TECH SOLUTIONS ════════════════════ X (Twitter): @quiktechreview Facebook: @quiktechsolutionsllc Instagram: @quiktechsolutionsllc #AltaLabs #HomeNetworking #NetworkSetup @AltaLabs

Can Alta Labs really build a complete home network? That’s what I’m about to find out. Alta Labs has sent me everything I need to get started: the Route 10 router, S8 PoE switch, AP6W wall-mount access point, and AP6 ceiling-mount access point. In this first video, we’ll take a look at the hardware, see how the pieces fit together, explore Alta Labs’ cloud-based management platform, and see how it can manage multiple networks and share network management with other users. But this is just the beginning. In the next video, we're going to take the next step and start turning all of this hardware into a real home network. Follow along as we find out whether Alta Labs can become my home network. Thanks for watching! ════════════════════ 📖 CHAPTERS ════════════════════ 00:00 Can Alta Labs Build My Home Network? 00:22 Meet the Alta Labs Hardware 00:59 Physical Connections 02:27 Alta Labs Cloud Management 03:13 Managing Multiple Networks 03:45 Sharing Network Access 04:10 What's Next? ════════════════════ 📺 SHARE & SUBSCRIBE ════════════════════ Share this video: https://youtu.be/zzDUEFQwDho Subscribe: https://goo.gl/dRbTqD ════════════════════ ☕ SUPPORT THE CHANNEL ════════════════════ Buy Me a Coffee https://www.buymeacoffee.com/quiktech PayPal http://paypal.me/quiktechsolutionsllc DigitalOcean Earn $100 Cloud Credits https://m.do.co/c/41d68f5e11bd Amazon Affiliate Storefront https://www.amazon.com/shop/quiktechsolutionsl.l.c ════════════════════ 📋 DISCLAIMERS ════════════════════ This video is not made for or intended for kids. I participate in the Amazon Affiliate/Influencer Program. When purchasing using my Amazon Affiliate links, your price doesn't change. You pay the same, but I do receive a small commission. This helps support the channel and allows me to continue creating content. All images used in this video are my own or sourced from Pixabay.com. ════════════════════ 👋 ABOUT TONY ════════════════════ Hi, I'm Tony, a retired educator with over 30 years of experience in education and technology leadership. Through Quik Tech Solutions, I enjoy helping people learn about networking, home labs, NAS systems, smart home technology, and practical, easy-to-follow tutorials. ════════════════════ 📬 CONTACT ════════════════════ quiktechreview@gmail.com ════════════════════ 🌐 FOLLOW QUIK TECH SOLUTIONS ════════════════════ X (Twitter): @quiktechreview Facebook: @quiktechsolutionsllc Instagram: @quiktechsolutionsllc #AltaLabs #HomeNetworking #NetworkSetup

Hi everyone! Today we have Brian Van Meter, Grandstream Senior Marketing Manager joining us live. Be sure to mark the date August 29, 2026 at 12:15 PM Eastern and bring your questions for Brian.

Are you struggling to find a simple way to share files across your home network? You may already have a solution sitting right on your network. Some home routers can let you connect a USB drive and use it to store and share files with the computers and mobile devices on your home network. If all you need is a simple place to store and access files around your home, you may not need a full-featured NAS at all. In this video, I'll show you how this works, what you can realistically use it for, and some of the limitations you should understand before deciding whether this simple approach is right for you. Would you like to see a step-by-step tutorial showing how to set this up? Let me know in the comments. Thanks for watching! ════════════════════ 📖 CHAPTERS ════════════════════ 00:00 Can Your Router Share Files? 01:24 Setting Up File Sharing 02:21 Accessing Your Files 03:16 Do You Still Need a NAS? ════════════════════ 📺 SHARE & SUBSCRIBE ════════════════════ Share this video: https://youtu.be/FkNojPWvp7Q Subscribe: https://goo.gl/dRbTqD ════════════════════ ☕ SUPPORT THE CHANNEL ════════════════════ Buy Me a Coffee https://www.buymeacoffee.com/quiktech PayPal http://paypal.me/quiktechsolutionsllc DigitalOcean Earn $100 Cloud Credits https://m.do.co/c/41d68f5e11bd Amazon Affiliate Storefront https://www.amazon.com/shop/quiktechsolutionsl.l.c ════════════════════ 📋 DISCLAIMERS ════════════════════ This video is not made for or intended for kids. I participate in the Amazon Affiliate/Influencer Program. When purchasing using my Amazon Affiliate links, your price doesn't change. You pay the same, but I do receive a small commission. This helps support the channel and allows me to continue creating content. All images used in this video are my own or sourced from Pixabay.com. ════════════════════ 👋 ABOUT TONY ════════════════════ Hi, I'm Tony, a retired educator with over 30 years of experience in education and technology leadership. Through Quik Tech Solutions, I enjoy helping people learn about networking, home labs, NAS systems, smart home technology, and practical, easy-to-follow tutorials. ════════════════════ 📬 CONTACT ════════════════════ quiktechreview@gmail.com ════════════════════ 🌐 FOLLOW QUIK TECH SOLUTIONS ════════════════════ X (Twitter): @quiktechreview Facebook: @quiktechsolutionsllc Instagram: @quiktechsolutionsllc #FileSharing #HomeNetwork #NAS #Networking #Grandstream

Join me for our weekly afternoon chat! This week's video: I Made Home Assistant Control My IR Device! - https://youtu.be/FqmOfo1C6YQ All images used in this video are my own. The song "Momentum is courtesy of Music by Creatormix.com. About Tony: I am a retired educator of 32 years. I started out as an instrumental music teacher and evolved into technology support. After many years of providing technology support to teachers and students, the last ten years of my career, I was in a leadership position of Technology Coordinator and also Supervisor of Technology. My passion has always been helping people. I hope to continue helping people in my youtube community. Contact Tony at: quiktechreview@gmail.com Follow me on: Twitter @quiktechreview Facebook @quiktechsolutionsllc Hope you enjoyed this video. Please subscribe, like, & share. Regards!!

All images used in this video are my own. The music Yeah Yeah is from the YouTube's free music library. Yeah Yeah by Audionautix is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution license (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/...) Artist: http://audionautix.com/. About Tony: I am a retired educator of 32 years. I started out as an instrumental music teacher and evolved into technology support. After many years of providing technology support to teachers and students, the last ten years of my career, I was in a leadership position of Technology Coordinator and also Supervisor of Technology. My passion has always been helping people. I hope to continue helping people in my youtube community. Contact Tony at: quiktechreview@gmail.com Follow me on: Twitter @quiktechreview Facebook @quiktechsolutionsllc Hope you enjoyed this video. Please subscribe, like, & share. Regards!!

Have an IR-controlled device you wish you could control from Home Assistant? In this video, you'll see how to teach a BroadLink RM4 Pro the commands from an existing remote, verify that those commands work, and then add them to a Home Assistant automation. By the end, you'll understand the process well enough to apply the same concept to your own IR device. Thanks for watching! ════════════════════ 📖 CHAPTERS ════════════════════ 0:00 Before We Get Started 0:19 Teach the BroadLink Your Remote 1:24 Does the Command Actually Work? 2:04 Add the Command to Home Assistant 4:14 The Finished Studio On Automation 4:25 Make Your Own IR Device Smart ════════════════════ 📺 SHARE & SUBSCRIBE ════════════════════ Share this video: https://youtu.be/FqmOfo1C6YQ Subscribe: https://goo.gl/dRbTqD ════════════════════ ☕ SUPPORT THE CHANNEL ════════════════════ Buy Me a Coffee https://www.buymeacoffee.com/quiktech PayPal http://paypal.me/quiktechsolutionsllc DigitalOcean Earn $100 Cloud Credits https://m.do.co/c/41d68f5e11bd Amazon Affiliate Storefront https://www.amazon.com/shop/quiktechsolutionsl.l.c ════════════════════ 📋 DISCLAIMERS ════════════════════ This video is not made for or intended for kids. I participate in the Amazon Affiliate/Influencer Program. When purchasing using my Amazon Affiliate links, your price doesn't change. You pay the same, but I do receive a small commission. This helps support the channel and allows me to continue creating content. All images used in this video are my own or sourced from Pixabay.com. ════════════════════ 👋 ABOUT TONY ════════════════════ Hi, I'm Tony, a retired educator with over 30 years of experience in education and technology leadership. Through Quik Tech Solutions, I enjoy helping people learn about networking, home labs, NAS systems, smart home technology, and practical, easy-to-follow tutorials. ════════════════════ 📬 CONTACT ════════════════════ quiktechreview@gmail.com ════════════════════ 🌐 FOLLOW QUIK TECH SOLUTIONS ════════════════════ X (Twitter): @quiktechreview Facebook: @quiktechsolutionsllc Instagram: @quiktechsolutionsllc #HomeAssistant #Broadlink #SmartHome #IRBlaster #HomeAutomation