What the Router?!

As a present to myself, last month I jumped off a cliff and into the deep ocean that is Ubiquiti networking appliances.  Specifically, the EdgeRouter Lite and the UniFi AP AC Pro.  These are members of the family of networking gear that is the overwhelming recommendation on /r/HomeNetworking, so like a good, apocryphal lemming I jumped.

Reason?  We don't need no stinkin' Reason!

Truth be told, these are a step up from the basic recommendation and are significantly more than I need, but they were only a few Hamiltons more than the base models, so I figured what the fu-izzle?  The software that all of the Ubiquiti routers run (EdgeMAX) is the same, as is the Access Point front end (UniFi Controller).  The extra cash gets me a faster processor with more memory for the router and a full 3x3 antenna array on the Wireless Access Point.  Because I need tons of power to flip light switches on and off with my phone (#idowhatiwant).

The Dyn DDoS Was My Fault

The biggest news article for the Internet of Things this last week was the attack on Dyn's DNS servers that took down a variety of sites in various locales (mostly eastern US seaboard).  It was a persistent Distributed Denial of Service (DDoS) attack on their systems and, while I do NOT claim responsibility, I think I might have been at least partly responsible.