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  1. bad_monkey

    Computer in basement, KV&M upstairs?

    I'm getting ready to move to a new house and would like to rackmount all of my gear in the basement and access all of it from an office upstairs without a local device. I am something of a minimalist so I don't want anything cluttering up my desk. Obviously, I could try running some really...
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    Wifi/ethernet converter-Extend to rooms

    Just from the product description it looks like it should work. I don't have any experience with this product though. Should work. I've only ever heard good things about Buffalo and it says it will do exactly what you want it to do.
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    Subnet mask? I want 3 devices in 192.168.0.x to talk to existing 192.168.1.x network.

    Am i missing something? Why not just change the gateway IP to 192.168.0.0/24. If it is setup for DHCP it will renew the leases for the other IP's to something in the same subnet. If it is setup statically then one would have to go through and change all the IP's for each pc on the subnet but it...
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    What's a good router?

    I also use a WRT400N and it works really well. I recommend it anytime someone asks. It is a tad more expensive but it is nice to segregate real traffic (ie traffic from my computer) and unimportant traffic (ie anything having to do w/ my gf's mac) on to separate channels.
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    Need a Recommendation RAID, Big Drives, media storage...

    I love rsync. I installed cygwin just so I could have it on Windows.
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    Really dumb wireless questions

    I have a 15 Mbps connection (20 with speedboost...man, I hate TimeWarner) and I frequently get 20+ Mbps when I go to speedtest.net or TW's own test site even when connected via wireless. That is not to say that what others have said isn't true, just my own personal experience.
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    problem connecting to CCTV

    I reread your question and my first response is how to access from a remote location. And I just saw that you have 2 cameras. You'll probably have to assign each of them a different port unless they come with some sort of management program that allows you to view both at the same time.
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    problem connecting to CCTV

    You'll have to connect to the outside, public IP 205.23.245.XX but you will want to set up the router to forward all connections on a certain port to the CCTV. I would set it to a private port >= 49152 if your CCTV system doesn't have a specific port that it uses. You can get more info on...
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    Intel G3 SSD's postponed till Febuary 2011?

    I have been waiting ohh-so patiently for the G3's to come out to buy an SSD. I really hope they don't delay their release.
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    MBR vs GPT?

    If you want to boot from it you'll have to use MBR but if it is a backup or data drive, I don't think it matters. I don't think that there would be any kind of performance change. If anyone has more experience, feel free to correct me.
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    ssd decisions

    Too true. I try not to ask questions that I can find the answers for but I am sure that it happens. I really like that site and I couldn't resist.
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    ssd decisions

    I prefer this one.
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    SandForce using 25nm flash for SSDs

    Why haven't we heard anything out of Anand about all these shenanigans!!
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    Easiest (free) way to clone HD? (plus HD question)

    I was going to recommend the Caviar Black. Best of luck.
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    House of 25 people, internet setup?

    I don't know anyone in Columbia that does that kind of stuff. Who is your service provider? Are you going with a enterprise/business class service? Either way, you may be able to get your ISP to assist somewhat as well.
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    Benchmarking Flash Drives

    CrystalDiskMark works.
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    House of 25 people, internet setup?

    I would just google network installation and whatever area you live in. You may be able to get them to consult for a nominal fee(though significantly less than having them do it). Or place a flyer near the CS/IT/EE dept and have one (or several) of them help.
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    Need to replace my Dlink DGL-4300 suggestions?

    I would go dual-band for sure. It is nice to segregate traffic on seperate channels. I like my Linksys WRT400N but D-Link makes dual-band routers as well.
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    Recommend me a RAID card

    If you have other backups RAID5 is nice volume wise because you only lose one parity disk worth of space. RAID1 or RAID 10 which I also recommended suffers a 50% loss. RAID5 does incur a write penalty. If you aren't worried about that then roll with it.
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    Fastest HDD

    Velociraptors are fast for HDD but RAIDing isn't especially cost-effective. The cheapest (new) are around a hundred bucks. 2 of them will buy you a SSD that would blow them away. If you are just looking at a marginal increase in performance then WD Caviar Blacks bench pretty fast as well as the...
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    House of 25 people, internet setup?

    Indeed, planning is going to be crucial no matter which route you take. MAC address filtering would be one way to load-balance the routers. It would be a pain and would have to be done every year/semester but it is an option. I would also suggest at least 3 wireless routers if you choose that...
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    ssd decisions

    Congrats! Good luck with it. Let us know how it performs. I'm sure it will be killer but it's always nice to see some real-world results.
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    G3 listed in intels tool box

    I hear ya! I'm waiting until the G3's are out till I buy but I hope and think that it will push down the price a fair amount.
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    new SSD toolbox released by intel

    Any performance increases?
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    Recommend me a RAID card

    Agreed and I don't want to speak for FishAK but I am sure he would as well.
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    G3 listed in intels tool box

    That's about $1.20/GB. We are still a ways a way from that price range. $2/GB is getting close (Kingston 64GB is around that I think) but for the top performers (C300, vertex 2, x-25M, etc) we won't see prices near $1.20/GB for a while.
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    Recommend me a RAID card

    I would go with RAID 10 which is a striped set of mirrors. (a1 and a2 are mirrored creating a', b1 and b2 are mirrored creating b' and then a' and b' are striped). Fairly reliable, you have 1/2N * size storage. (4x1TB = 1/2*4*1 = 2 TB) and performance is pretty good. Read is ~= RAID5 and write...
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    Ocz Vertex 2 60GB or Intel G2 X25 80GB

    The point is that it is statistically relevant that the OCZ drives may fail very shortly after purchase. Unless one could somehow get the data for how many drives have been purchased (originally) and how many have failed within x amount of time, one has to rely on synthetically derived data such...
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    NAS with FTP as off-site backup

    FTP over SSH (which the synology supports) would not be a bad idea and would give some level of security and isn't too difficult to set up. Or if you are *nix savvy then I would just set up the SSH connection and rsync between the two locations. Rsync is a nice solution as it copies files...
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    Thermaltake Blacx Duet

    UPDATE: The Duet definitely works with the Sil 3132 chipset on Windows 7 machines. I was having trouble with CrystalDisk Info finding both HDD's but I put in the second Seagate that I have and now CrystalDisk shows both. The only problem is that, for whatever reason, it doesn't support Advanced...
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    Bandwidth testing on the same subnet.

    The source code refers to Megabytes so...
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    Recommend 1TB external drive?

    Just got the Thermaltake Blacx Duet and I really like it thus far. It is a dual drive dock with eSATA and USB 2.0 connectivity. The disks are definitely exposed but I have two internal hard drives plugged into one eSATA cable (saves a lot of headaches since I only have 3 USB ports). If you go...
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    Thermaltake Blacx Duet

    One cable, one port. I can read and write to both hard drives simultaneously but CrystalDisk Info will only show the one.
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    Thermaltake Blacx Duet

    I just got my Thermaltake Blacx Duet eSATA 2 drive dock in the mail today so, out of curiosity's sake, I ran some tests on the drives in their old enclosures and then in the dock to see what kind of performance increase I am getting. This test was/is by no means scientific. It only serves to...
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    Error 0x80070035 after changing motherboard

    Will you post the relevant portions of ipconfig for both the desktop and the notebook? If all the IP addresses look good then I would recommend checking out this post by JackMDS.
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    Help me pick a good SSD, around 200 GB

    Yeah, I was just asking myself the other day why they don't make 3.5" SSD's. Well, I guess it turns out that they do.
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    New to SSDs? Read this first before asking questions! (UPDATED 07/17/2011)

    SATA is probably the most prolific connection type but there are also PCIe connected SSD's (ala the RevoDrive) and there are also ExpressCard SSD's as well (although they dont seem to be bootable.) This thread is pretty good as far as copying information over to a SSD...
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    Bandwidth testing on the same subnet.

    I would like to know how to test the bandwidth between multiple wirelessly connected devices on the same subnet. I know that I could look up the theoretical bandwidths for whatever specification (N/G etc.) but I would like to know if I am actually approaching those limits. Thanks for the help.