Marcus Webb

# How to Get Litter Box Alerts on Phone via WiFi Routers & Mesh Systems Review *By Marcus Webb — 8 years enterprise network engineering, 6-year Portland home lab* ## The Short Answer You cannot get direct litter box alerts from a router firmware update; the reality is that you must bridge your mesh system

# Gated Property Entry Systems Review — 6 Months of Real Network Stress Testing in a Portland Home Lab *By Marcus Webb — 8 years enterprise network engineering, 6-year Portland home lab* ## The Short Answer If you are running a modern Linux-based smart home with an OpenThread border router or Zigbee2MQTT coordinator, the **Aiphone

# VPN Router & Privacy Appliance Review — Technical Control for the Home Lab Engineer *By Marcus Webb — 8 years enterprise network engineering, 6-year Portland home lab* ## The Short Answer For technical users demanding full command over their perimeter security and privacy architecture, there is no single “plug-and-play” box that wins; you must

# Motorola MB8611 Review — 6 Months in a Portland Proxmox Home Lab *By Marcus Webb — 8 years enterprise network engineering, 6-year Portland home lab* ## The Short Answer In my testing over the last six months within the basement environment of our four-node Proxmox cluster setup, the **Motorola MB8611** holds its own as

# Basement Flood Protection Systems Review — 6 Months in a Portland Proxmox Home Lab *By Marcus Webb — 8 years enterprise network engineering, 6-year Portland home lab* ## The Short Answer After installing over two hundred smart water sensors across my basement and crawl space of a typical Pacific Northwest craftsman, the **basement flood