Linux Smart Homes For Dummies
Language: English
Pages: 364
ISBN: 0764598236
Format: PDF / Kindle (mobi) / ePub
A Linux smart home is about controlling and monitoring devices and information around your home using a standard personal computer, Linux, and its vast array of open source tools. You don't have to be a master programmer to create one. If you like to tinker with Linux, "Linux Smart Homes For Dummies" will guide you through cool home automation projects that are as much fun to work on as they are to use. Home automation used to be limited to turning on lights and appliances, and maybe controlling your thermostat and lawn sprinkler, from your computer. While you still might not be able to create all the Jetsons' toys, today you can also: build a wireless network; create and set up a weather station; automate your TV and sound system; spy on your pets when you're not home; set up an answering system that knows what to do with calls; and increase your home's security. If you know how to use Linux and a few basic development tools Perl, the BASH shell, development libraries, and the GNU C compiler "Linux Smart Homes For Dummies" will help you do all these tricks and more. For example, you can: discover the best sources for Linux-based home automation devices; set up a wireless network, create a wireless access point, build a bridge between wired and wireless networks, and route your own network traffic; build a personal video recorder with MythTV that will record to DVD, or set up a wireless streaming music system; create a smart phone system that takes messages and forwards them to your fax, modem, or answering machine; build a weather station that notifies you of severe weather alerts; and, control and secure your home automation network, and even check on your house when you're away. The bonus CD-ROM includes all kinds of cool open source software for your home automation projects. "Linux Smart Homes For Dummies" even includes lists of cool gadgets to check out and great ways to automate those boring household chores. A smart home's a happy home!
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Times as a router. They mean the same thing. In this chapter, however, I always call it a WAP.) The stock Linksys firmware, also Linux, is fine and provides many features that most users need. For folks who need only the WRT54GL’s standard functionality, switching to a third-party firmware doesn’t make much sense. However, by using the thirdparty firmware OpenWrt (which I describe further in the next section), you can add extra functionality, and support for the firmware will come from the open.
Table =========== N E2 0.0.0.0/0 [20/110] tag: 0 via 192.168.1.19, br0 OpenWrt# sh ip ospf neigh Neighbor ID 0.0.0.1 Pri State RXmtL RqstL DBsmL 1 Full/DR br0:192.168.1.1 0 Dead Time Address 00:00:33 0 0 192.168.1.19 Interface OpenWrt# quit root@OpenWrt:~# exit Connection to 192.168.1.1 closed. [root@Quagga ~]# Listings 5-8 and 5-9 show actual data from working setups. Here’s one thing to remember: On my Linux server, Quagga, I found it necessary to turn on IP Forwarding. To turn it on.
Viewing and recording TV. ߜ Music: Select this option to see additional choices related to selecting and playing music. ߜ Videos: Choosing this option gives you additional options related to videos stored on your system. ߜ DVD: Selecting this option gives you control of your DVD player to play or rip DVDs. ߜ Images: Choosing Images displays any images you have stored on your PC and lets you show slide shows. ߜ Games: This menu choice is currently not supported by the MythTV program. ߜ Weather:.
Streaming solution that would send your music files to anyone who has an Internet connection. But this isn’t what you will be doing in this chapter. Here you will find out about streaming audio to your own 130 Part III: Entertaining Your Brain with a Little Help from Linux home network, so the setup will be much easier. There are two sides to set up: the server side and the client side. The server side consists of the hardware and software that supplies the music stream to the network. I.
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