Raspberry Pi 4 finds new role as network monitor in home lab
After moving Home Assistant to a mini PC, the author repurposes a Raspberry Pi 4 as a low‑power network‑monitoring hub using Pi‑hole, Unbound, ntopng, NetAlertX and Tailscale.
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After moving Home Assistant to a mini PC, the author repurposes a Raspberry Pi 4 as a low‑power network‑monitoring hub using Pi‑hole, Unbound, ntopng, NetAlertX and Tailscale.
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