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My first experience with Ethernet over power.

One of the rooms in our house is a Wi-Fi dead zone and after thinking about this for some years I finally decided to buy a Powerline adapter to solve this problem. I considered several alternatives which I will discuss below. Alternative solutions for Wi-Fi dead zone The solution space for solving the Wi-Fi dead zone problem was constrained by lack of power sockets at convenient locations that would enable implementing a mesh or repeater…

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Wipe and Secure Windows 11 Machine

Recently I bought a new laptop which came pre installed with Windows 11. I decided to wipe the laptop and reinstall a fresh copy of Windows 11 for the following reasons: Below you can find the steps I took to wipe, install and finally secure my laptop with Windows 11 Pro Edition. Step 1: Setting up the BIOS Step 2: Creating installation media This step needs to be executed on a computer you trust. Which…

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