It doesn’t really lend itself to a summary outside of the first paragraph.

They bought a specific thing for the reasons stated in the first paragraph and if you need something to do that then read on otherwise don’t bother.

Unfortunately not, no.

That sounds like it is still a VPN client which is directing your outbound traffic according to how you have it configured.

You want to have a VPN server that routes inbound traffic to the relevant internal network device (hassio, NAS, printer etc) so that they can be used from outside the network.

The first step is to have a device on your network to run the VPN server software. That could be your router or it could be a computer or you can also install it on a Synology NAS if you have one.

Open VPN is free software that you can use as the server.

You can’t use the VPN that you have to access your hassio instance.

There are two sides to a VPN… the server and the client. You (or your friend) are paying to use someone else’s server and you have the client installed on your phone or computer.

For this use, you have to set up the VPN server on your local network and allow people to connect to it from outside your network which can be tricky if you’re not experienced in networks.

Having said that, you may find that your router already has a VPN server built in that just needs setting up. If you have a Synology NAS you might be able to install VPN software on that.

VPNs allow you to connect to a remote network in a way that it treats you as being on that network locally.

There two common uses for this. The one that you have connects to someone else’s network so that you can keep your browsing behaviour private from your ISP or coffee shop or wherever you access the internet from.

The other use is to access a resource in your network from outside that network. In this case, your hassio instance when you’re not at home.

This second use involves you setting up the VPN in your network so that you can connect to it from outside.

I used to use a custom DNS solution using Amazon Route 53 (which I already used for my websites) and a Let’s Encrypt certificate. It worked ok but was pretty technical to set up.

Then I switched ISP and the new one doesn’t allow incoming connections by default so I use Nabu Casa. It was super simple to set up and works perfectly and, imo, well worth the cost.

The one thing that was a misstep on my docker journey was that the original tutorials that I followed installed them using the command line. It’s much better to do it using a docker compose file.

I guess that my message wasn’t clear but by “component” I meant a home automation component.

I have the following containers in my HA installation:

• Home assistant
• Node red
• MQTT
• Zigbee2mqtt
• Esphome

And maybe others that I have forgotten.

Each had to be installed manually by adding it to my docker compose file, mapping drives, and editing config files.

Most, if not all, of them (except HA) can be installed from within HA if you’re using HAOS.

It can also be installed using docker containers but that is more difficult to manage as you have to install every component manually.

What is feasible is a speed limiter based on the posted limit, but that’d be too practical.

I have recently got a car that tells me the currently posted limit and it is frequently wrong. It misses sign posts and sometimes thinks that a signpost for a side road applies to you.

It also has a speed limiter and a button to set the limit to the detected speed which I use a lot but I wouldn’t want it to do it itself.

It’s not two years. It’s five years and they voted on whether to strike two years ago.

My tank came with a mounting point on the top of it where you can fit an ultrasonic sensor. You just configure it with the depth of your tank and that’s it. I have a unit inside that shows how much oil I have left.

Apparently, it uses an RF protocol that can be intercepted and interpreted in HA with the right dongle but I haven’t done that.

Edit: mine looks like this although with different branding.

Downgrading to 1.31.1 fixed it. Thanks a lot.

Ok, thanks. I’ll have a look at switching to an older version.

I have thanks. I have tried just doing the basic setting of ‘true’ and the more advanced options with no joy.

If the ads come to Prime, then I might cancel that. It’s already our least watched service and it’s been getting a free pass because of the next day delivery.

I don’t want to watch ads, I don’t want to pay an extra £30 per year to not see ads and I don’t need next day delivery often enough to keep it for that.

We used to have cottage pie in a giant Yorkshire pudding. That was ace.

We used to have carrots, cauliflower and broccoli in a cheese sauce with yorkies as a meal (this wasn’t to use up left over yorkies because that doesn’t happen in our house).

I don’t understand. What does “left over” mean in this context? I normally understand it to mean that you didn’t eat them all but that can’t be right.

But did the European part of Russia colonise the Asian part or the other way around?

I must have been lucky because our Hermes guy at the previous house was by far the best delivery driver we had. The one at the new house is not bad either.