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    WAPS and overlapping wifi networks

    A question about expanding the home wi-fi network. I have router X with wifi network YYY enabled and want to extend the wireless network to far reaches of my universe/castle. So I use cheap routers reconfigured as access-points connected to router via ethernet...
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    Wireless Repeater or WAP via ethernet

    Home ethernet netowrk connected via Dell Powerconnect 24 in basement. Wireless router and internet modem upstairs in the office - ASUS RT-N16 with DD-WRT - rock solid router. I am not getting great wireless coverage downstairs but I have gigabit ethernet available. I would think the...
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    Network Topology Question

    Dear Networking Guru's, A network topology question. I just had my house network installed and lit up with a Dell Powerconnect 24 port Gigabit Switch. In my office in the house I have an 8 port HP Procurve Gigabit switch. The cable modem is in my office as is the wireless router. On...
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    ASUS RT16 - bridging

    I have an ASUS RT16N router flashed with DD-WRT its a great router and works very well. I have 3 devices around the house that have ethernet jacks (2 tv's and a ps3) that I would like to connect wirelessly to the home network. I was wondering if anyone could point me to cheap bridges/adpaters...
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    redundancy / wi-fi router / port extension

    I have some absurd requirements but am hoping someone can point me in the right direction. Currently I have a Linksys WRT54GL wireless router with 4 ethernet ports. The router has been the best wireless/wired router I have had in terms of reliability. I have multiple computers wired into the...
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    Multi-OS boot manager - new i7 system

    I am setting up a new system to replace the flagging p4 I have right now. it will likely be an ASUS p6T, i7 920, 6Gb DDR3, OCZ Vertex 120Gb SSD I would like to run a boot manager of sorts to run Vista64, XP Pro and for kicks - windows 7. I have to have XP Pro because of some propietary...
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    WRT54GL

    I have had this router for a year or so and it has been rock solid but am running into some expansion headaches. I have occupied all the ethernet ports with desktops + vonage IP adapter. I moved my xbox(my media center) to a wireless connection with a bridge, moved the workgroup...
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    Sony Reader $50 with card application

    http://www.sonycard.sony.com/s...aspx?offerlink=iklipze no idea if it works.
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    USB Flash Drive

    My trusty Corsair 2Gb Flash Voyager USB drive is slowly going caput. No matter which computers I use it on, it goes on the fritz. It now only is recognized as a usb 1.0 device and frequently just dissappears off the desktop. I suspect the contacts onthe usb plug or the plug itself is...
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    VISTA questions

    I have a significant investment in 5 different windows XP systems and office XP. I need to purchase another laptop and bequeath my trusty XP laptop to my wife. Every new laptop I look at has vista home premium or basic. For people with experience with Vista I have several questions. 1...
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    SFF fanless RAID box

    I'm looking to build a small form factor NAS with twin 500 or 250Gb drives in a RAID must be low power consumption, fan less (hate noise) and be able to install a linux variant (SAMBA box basically). So I can turn off my monster PC's which run all the time to share drives. Can someone...
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    Multiple low profile PC's

    I am hoping someone can help with a difficult problem. I am independent contractor working from home and currently have 3 different clients, and adding a 4th client all who require access to their individual networks and systems. I use a single PC with a dual 20 LCD monitor and 2 Dell 15"...
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    Network Drive / SFF Box

    I posted this question a short while ago and the responses were very helpful. Unfortunately the cheap solution was exactly that.. cheap and slow. My current home setup is a based around a Linksys Wireless-G 4 port router. I have 2 P4-3Ghz workstations for imaging work, a P4 desktop for...
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    Network Drive

    I posted this question a short while ago and the responses were very helpful. Unfortunately the cheap solution was exactly that.. cheap and slow. My current home setup is a based around a Linksys Wireless-G 4 port router. I have 2 P4-3Ghz workstations for imaging work, a P4 desktop for...
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    2405fpw questions

    This seems to be a great monitor for the money. I looked carefully at the spec page but could find no mention of certain issues and if someone could clear them up for me. Can these monitors swivel and be used in portrait mode? Is this specific to a certain subset of videocards? Can I use...
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    Network Drive recommendations

    I would like to add a network drive to my home network which is based around a linksys wirelessG router, 2 laptops(wireless), desktop which is connected via 100Mbit ethernet wired connection. I'd like to add a NAS to the setup and looked at the ARGOSY enclosure and probably put a 200Gig...
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    Cheap NAS box?

    My home network depends on my PC for filestorage needs, and the two mobile laptops archive alot of stuff on my PC. I'm looking for a cheap NAS solution so I can turn off my PC but leave a storage box online for access to mp3's, video files, doc files and such that currently are served via my PC...
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    Cheap Network Attached Storage

    My home network depends on my PC for filestorage needs, and the two mobile laptops archive alot of stuff on my PC. I'm looking for a cheap NAS solution so I can turn off my PC but leave a storage box online for access to mp3's, video files, doc files and such that currently are served via my...