This article explains why the BT Home Hub routers appears unable to access SSL/TLS (https) websites on your internal home network. It may interest users in the UK, where the Home Hub is a popular router/ADSL modem.
Hosting your own website(s) at home is pretty easy these days. You have a small server running Apache, and configure your router to forward port 80 to it. For SSL sites, you forward port 443. That’s about it. Continue reading
This post may be of interest to UK users who own both a BT Home Hub 3 router and a WD TV Live media streamer. Both are Linux based systems, but getting one to work with the other can be a bit of a challenge.
The USB port on the back of the Home Hub 3 can be used to share storage over the network. Plug in a disk or memory stick, and it is automatically shared out as a windows share. Using a large capacity memory stick offers the possibility of NAS like, always-on access to your media files from any connected device. Low power consumption too. This post explains how access the USB connected drive from the WD TV Live. Continue reading