Controlling Steam Link Servers via HomeKit

200 · Rui Carmo · Dec. 4, 2025, 7:10 p.m.
Summary
This blog post discusses the process of controlling Steam Link servers using Apple's HomeKit, detailing the challenges encountered when trying to wake the servers via Wake-on-LAN through HomeKit instead of traditional methods. The author shares specific methods and code snippets related to packet discovery and parsing to achieve the automation, highlighting the creativity involved in developing such a solution and the use of Node-RED for prototyping.