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EdgeDefenseAI Guides

Step-by-step guides, explainers, and technical resources for securing your network.

Firewall Setup Guide

Learn how to securely configure and install a firewall on your home network.

Hardware Setup Guide

Step-by-step instructions for deploying EdgeDefenseAI hardware on your network.

Secure Your Smart Home

Best practices and actionable steps to harden your smart home devices against attacks.

Check Router Traffic

How to monitor and analyze the website traffic flowing through your router.

Detect a Hacked Device

Identify the common signs and network behaviors of a compromised IoT device.

Is My Camera Hacked?

How to check if your IP camera or smart baby monitor has been breached.

Stop Devices Spying

Prevent your smart home tech from harvesting and uploading your private data.

Strange Router Traffic

How to investigate and identify unexpected data patterns leaving your router.

Espressif Device Guide

What an Espressif device is, and why so many of them are on your network.

Network Security Key

Understanding Wi-Fi security keys, encryption standards, and password best practices.

Router Firmware Vulnerabilities

Why router firmware is often the weakest link, and how to mitigate the risks.

Block ISP Tracking

How ISPs use Deep Packet Inspection to track you, and how to stop them.

Docker Deployment

Run the EdgeDefenseAI node in a Docker container on your own hardware.

IoT Telemetry Kill List

A comprehensive list of domains and IPs used by IoT devices to phone home.

Stop IoT Data Uploads

Techniques and firewall rules for blocking aggressive IoT telemetry data.

Open Source Security Tools

A guide to the best free and open-source network monitoring and security tools.

Deep Packet Inspection

Understanding how DPI works compared to basic packet sniffing with Wireshark.