I need to bridge for wireless and wired clients in the basement of an old Townhouse. (thick plaster walls) Currently wireless reception is fairly poor down there with only 2 bars on the 2.4ghz G network being used by the crappy FIOS router upstairs.
Criteria: Dead stable so I won't have to...
So I have two options:
Mount my 55 inch LCD TV above the fireplace which would place it about a foot above eye level on an tilting mount and between 3-10 feet away from the viewers on the couches.
Mount it in a far corner of the room at eye level and between 7 and 18 feet away from...
I replaced my trusty old WRT54GL a few months ago with a refurb CISCO E4200 router from the CISCO homestore as my main router downstairs in the media room. The WRT54Gl was flashed with DD-WRT and relegated to client bridge upstairs in my office for my media server and wired printer. It worked...
I bought an HP Microserver to serve as a low power/quite file server/web browsing general office machine to replace my old Dell 8250 Pentium IV circa 2003. However, rather than retire the thing I am loading a fresh install of Linux Mint Debian on it and browsing around for an SSD to give it some...
I want to install an SSD in my ACER/Emachines laptop, but still retain my large hard drive for media/backups etc.
Can anyone recommend a good source/brand of SATA Hard Drive caddies for the laptop optical bay?
I am visiting LA for a few days after XMAS..right now I have nothing in particular planned, but would love some suggestions for daytime and nighttime activities. Where are the great places to sight see, drink, listen to music, etc...
My Windows Update is no longer working and my Microsoft security essentials will not download updates any longer.
Windows Update complains that the Windows Update Service is Not Running, Security Essentials Update produces error 0xc8000247 and will not update.
I recently cloned my...
I am sick and tired of the builder grade dishwasher in my mid 90's era townhouse. Dishes and utensils come out often with food still on them, and the thing sucks at cleaning anything that hasn't at least been pre-rinsed before putting it in the machine.
My only criteria is that the machine...
I am looking for a media player to feed my living room LCD.
Requirements are:
Playback for ripped DVD's, and downloaded DIVX other movies
Playback of my MP3 library
Networkable by both ethernet and wifi
Playback of HULU, Youtube
All functions controlled by an easy to use remote (no...
I have a really old Dell Dimension 8250 desktop that I have had since I think..2003?
Specs are:
Pentium IV 2.4 processor
1.5 gigs of PC1066 RDRAM
PCI SATA 1 Controller
1 Samsung 1 terabyte F3 Hard Drive
ATI Radeon 3650 AGP card driving 1 23 inch and 1 19 inch LCD
Hercules Gamesound PCI Audio...
Scenario:
I have a windows Server 2003 system running Apache and a Windows XP client. I want to make the network connection between the two simulate a really high latency conhnection on the order of 1200ms. Is there a way to do that internally in Windows.
I want to upgrade my old Dell Dimension 8250 with a newer AGP card to handle the 2x 23 inch monitors I purchased. What is the fastest AGP 4x compatible card I can purchase. My old Quadro 4 700XGL just does not seem to be keeping up with the higher resolution particularly when I watch Hulu and...
My HOA is for the 1st time implementing a parking policy due to rampant abuse of our limited guest parking spaces by residents and non-residents who park their cars regularly in spaces meant for guests. This has had to effect of making it difficult for people to have guests or have functions as...
http://www.tigerdirect.com/applicati...oductresources
This popped up one of the deal sites...I have been out of the build your own computer game for years..but this likes like a good candidate to replace my old Pentium IV Dell Dimension. Any opinions?
She might actually weigh less than that and isn't particularly busty(actually almost no bust). Knowing ATOT...perhaps someone will have an idea. I know nothing about womens clothing sizes.
I need to pre-emptively replace my almost 15 year old Gas Water heater. Anyone have any recommendations for a brand /series to purchase? I know nothing about them, and would like to get something that won't cause me a lot of trouble.
I have an old Dell Dimension 8250 with a Quadro 700XGL card that is on the fritz. I would like to replace it with a more modern card that will run a 28 inch widescreen monitor, possibly two of them.
My criteria are fanless if possible and stable. This system is soleley used for...
My current machine (Since 2003) is an old Dell Dimension 8250
Specs:
PIV 2.4 Non HT
1.5 gig PC1066 RDRAM
64 Meg NVIDIA Quadro 4 AGP card
1 Terabyte Samsung Spinpoint F3 on a PCI SATA controller card
I use this machine for basic desltop work, watching movies, photo editing with the...
I want to add a 1 terabyte + SATA drive to my old IDE only Dell 8250. The system only has PCI slots. Can anyone recommend a good PCI SATA controller for this system. I will be running Windows XP and possibly Ubuntu Linux.
Additionally, will I see a significant performance increase going from...
With the changing demographics in the US towards a non-white majority, increasing political participation by women and "minorities", and possibly a continued thirst for change..do you see another white male being elected president in the next twenty or so years.
With the 44th president not...
I pretty much signed off of P&N years ago..but with the election of the 44th president...I feel a new sense of optimism and hope amongst the people. Perhaps it is time to start discussing again.
To those of you who have been around P&N for a while..how have the discussions on P&N evolved the...
I don't know what this character is called, but he is the dark eyebrow/evil kid from the Simpsons who is shown in a few episodes with menacing music in the background. If anyone can find such a thing...ATOT can.
I will be heading up to Philly for a weekend pretty soon basically just to look around and have some fun. Supposedly a place called Old Town is the place to be. Any recommendations on places to stay and things to do?
I really like the new Toyota Avalon. Big, comfortable. quality car that can eat up highway miles effortlessly...but is this really a car for old people?
I need to get some new headphones ASAP for a trip I am going on tomorrow. Are there any good phones available at a store like Best Buy, Circuit City etc?
Looking at the events of the past month and the terms of this "cease fire" that was just passed..I have a hard time seeing how the Israelis came to this. They have gained absolutely nothing for all the blood sweat and tears, over 100 Israelis dead, 100's wounded, hundreds of millions of dollars...
http://www.time.com/time/nation/article/0,8599,1220414,00.html?cnn=yes
I may not agree with the senator on all his policies and I think recently he has been heavily pandering to the religious right and the ultra right wing..but of the members of the congress he does appear to a steadfast...
Linksys WRT54GL router
128bit wep turned on
SSID broadcast turned on
MAC address fliter turned on
I would switch to WPA but my laptop from work runs W2k and does not support WPA.
My walls have some nasty scuff marks, handprints etc from moving in. I want to scrub down all the painted walls..any recommended products/solutions to do that with?
I am a little astonished at this. So we can garrison Iraq but we can't bring 25,000+ Americans out of a warzone without having to charge? WTF is this BS?? The government has seemingly dropped the ball in every respect in this situation. Diplomatically, politically, and now in the basic realm of...
My Dell 8250 has an Nvidia Quadro 4 700 XGL card in it with 64mb of ram. Can I use both the DVI and Analog connectors at the same time to run tow monitors?
http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/americas/5169600.stm
This news is just breaking..but it appears that the administration is having to seriously adjust its we can do whatever we want theory of prosecuting this war.
I pulled my old Dell 8250 out of storage after almost two years and was wondering if this system will run Vista pretty well. I would imagine so as it has a ton of ram and a decent processor..but your opinions would be welcome. I normally do e-mail, web browisng, a lto of photoshop, and web...
So I went to see the DC fireworks today and parked in a plot of grass on the highway on the Virginia side of the river.
Didn't realize it when we were pulling in but basically the entire crowd at that location was Hispanics. Loud Spanish music, lots of talking in Spanish..and 4th of July...
This is in response to senator Santorums statements regarding the shells from the Iran/Iraq war or Gulf War I as everyone but the US calls it.
A lot of you seem to consider these as evidence of weapons of mass destruction existing in Iraq.
What would meet the criteria of Weapons of Mass...
Things keep breaking and it is ticking me off as I am usually travelling and don't really have the time to deal with it. I want to buy a home warranty so my tenant can simply call up the number and have them deal with any problems. Does anyone have any recommendations for home warranty companies?
I just bought an HDTV and want to switch from my standard Comcast digital cable to HD, but I would like to stop paying them the rental fee for thier DVR/Cable box. Will they let you use your own box on thier system?
He really came off well. He didn't sound shifty when he dodged questions, the cancer thing was very genuine...generally a well spoken and honest and straightforward presentation.
Anyone else have any impressions of the new press secretary?
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