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    Wifi Router --> Access Point, Wired Router

    Hiya Anandtech, I have an RT-AC68U in an upstairs closet that is the router and access point for our home network, most of which is wired via CAT6 directly to the closet. (It's behind an AT&T gigabit broadband modem, though that's not relevant here) We use the basic features on the AC68U - NAT...
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    Multi-LCDs: 2xBig or 3xMedium? #1stworldproblems

    Hi there, I have what I appreciate is a subjective question but am hoping some of your anecdotal experiences will help me decide on a solution. The question is: 2 big monitors (27-30") or 3 smaller ones? I do about 70/30 web development programming/gaming on my system. For the past several...
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    Help with strange router/cable modem issue - SECV

    Hi there, Problem with my Internet cable service is a little confusing. Here's the setup: Service Electric cable Internet in the Lehigh Valley, PA, 7 megabits down and 2 up (not great, I know, but that's not the problem). Cable modem is a Surfboard 5101. Connected to an SMC SWCWGRB14-N...
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    Upgrade schedule - now, wait a bit?

    Hi there, Planning to redo my desktop within the next couple of months and am trying to get a handle on the current picture for motherboards & CPUs. Currently have a Q9450 with 8 gigs of DDR2 RAM on a Gigabyte EP45-UD3p board and a GTX 260. Desktop is used for development and gaming - mostly...
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    NAT Forwarding - any way other than ports?

    Hi there, In a bit of a pickle as I'm moving from NYC, where I have 100 Mbit down/20 up + 5 static IPs for $120/mo, to the Lehigh Valley in PA, where they want $200/mo for any static IP service at all and that's 12 down/2 up. The same service without the static IP is $55/mo and I'm trying to...
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    Clear up some networking questions

    Hi there, I'm curious about how networks talk to each other insofar as certain devices can be considered to be on one network versus another when separated by gateways/routers/other devices. I'll use my home network as an example. I have a desktop PC and server that have direct LAN links...
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    Mid- or full tower?

    Here's a quick question that I would've thought was a no-brainer but am not so sure about these days. I've been using mid tower cases for years, particularly the CoolerMaster Centurion line - nice balance of features for a reasonable price. I'm building a new system soon and am going to...
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    Intel Matrix RAID - disabled then enabled, bad now?

    Hiya, I have long had a simple RAID 0 setup controlled by an Intel Matrix RAID controller on my gigabyte GA-EP35-DS3P board. It's just two 250 GB drives. I have a separate 500 GB drive (the boot drive) which is controlled by a separate (Gigabyte) SATA controller on the board. I recently...
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    Vista 64 for gaming rig yet?

    Hi there, I'm setting up a new system fairly shortly and had planned on moving my current 32-bit OS setup over to it. The last time I looked into going 64-bit, it would've meant giving up iTunes and quite a bit of gaming. Is this still the case? What are the hurdles to adopting Vista x64...
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    Motherboard recommendation?

    Hi there, I'm looking for a quick recommendation on a new motherboard. I'm trading up from my ASUS P5N-E SLI, which has given me trouble since I've had it (it never liked that I had 4 gigs of RAM, or else it didn't like the SB Audigy Pro, or else it just enjoyed the occasional blue-screen)...
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    USB fails after reboot until re-plugged

    Bizarre problem with a brand new Samsung 275T 27" LCD I just picked up. It has 4 USB ports. I can plug things in to them and they all work. Reboot the computer. None of the devices attached via the monitor work. I have to unplug the cable between the monitor and the tower and plug it in...
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    LCD or LCD TV?

    Posted something like this in the LCD thread but it's less a "is this a good LCD" question and more a general, philosophical ignorance on my part. I'm moving up from a 21" Viewsonic widescreen LCD. I need a decent all-rounder -- I an a developer (programming - not graphic art) but since this...
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    Recommendation for Digital TV Card?

    I have an old Analog KWorld Studio Terminator. My cable service goes into a big ungainly box and then into the terminator; RCA cables come out of the box and into my Creative Audigy 4 Pro. This is not really an ideal solution because I can only change the channel with the box remote and it's...
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    XP Not booting off right drive - MB or XP?

    Not sure if this is an XP issue or a motherboard/BIOS issue. On a P5N-E SLI. I have a SATA RAID 0 on SATA channels 1 and 2 array and a regular IDE drive on IDE channel 1. I want the SATA RAID array to be drives c: and e: (two partitions) and the IDE drive to be d:. Not wanting any system...
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    Silverstone FN121 comes on ... sometimes.

    Strangest thing I've seen in a while: Just picked up a Silverstone FN121 case fan. Plugged in the variable speed controller to the faceplate and the three-pin chassis fan connector on the motherboard (an Asus P5N-SLI). The comes on like one out of every five times I turn on the system. I...
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    PAE on Vista v86...

    So is my understanding of PAE incorrect? I thought you could address 4 gigs of memory with it turned on -- I activated it in Vista using the bcedit utility but still no dice.
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    Not enough port forwarding!

    So I have a WRT54G (rev. 5) and am setting up a small server in addition to my main computer. My problem is that I will need to forward more ports than the standard interface for the WRT54G allows. Is there some way to accomplish this? Thanks, S
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    No video - but cards work

    Here's what happened: Building a new system. Cannibalized existing system, which was an AMD 4200+, 2GB RAM, on an ASUS A8N-SLI board with an eVGA 7900 KO PCI-e card. New system isn't important, turned out to have a bad motherboard. Put everything back in the old system. It boots (even...
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    ASUS P5N-E SLI Won't post

    Hi there, I just picked up an Asus P5N-E SLI board from NewEgg, along with 4 gigs of Patriot DDR2-800 RAM and an E6600. The thing won't post. I read up that it was ultra-sensitive to memory timings and so went out to get some basic Kingston DDR2-533 memory -- still the same problem...
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    Vista: To 64-bit or not to 64-bit?

    I'm building a Vista machine in a week or so to be my main computer (used for development, gaming, email, etc). I played around with XP 64-bit a while back and it was pretty speedy, though some major applications (like iTunes) didn't work for it. My question is: What, if any, is the...
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    DX10 Card - when to buy?

    Hi everybody, I'm building a new main/gaming system some time over the next few weeks. I have a perfectly good evga 7900 GT for now. I can afford to drop $450 for an 8800 GTS, but my question is, does anyone know what the DX10 roadmap looks like? I don't like buying 1st-gen products as a...
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    Digital audio - odd center channel/no voice

    Hi, This is an Audigy 4 Pro with Logitech 5450 5.1 surround speakers (rear 2 are wireless) under Win XP. Analog audio works fine. Digital audio used to work fine, but a few weeks ago, I noticed odd behavior whenever I was on digital (optical) input. In a film, I'd hear all the sound and...
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    6800 GS - SLI, or move up?

    I have an eVGA 6800 GS (not the CO 'overlocked' edition, the first edition) PCI-E card. It's been great since I got it last October and I'd be fine keeping it as is for some time. Only reason I'm thinking of moving up is because I picked up a wide-screen 20" LCD and the 6800 GS occasionally...
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    TV Tuner rec. - digital v. analog

    Looking for some advice on a PCI TV tuner for my PC but am ignorant about TV signals as I don't own a TV and thus haven't ordered cable in years! It should be able to handle just two things, really: - Analog or digital cable signal (i.e. I'd like to be able to order digital cable without...
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    Cables for the kitchen sink...

    I don't know if this is the right place or if this, so pardon me if I'm in the wrong forum. I'm mostly a PC guy but I picked up a PS2 from a friend recently. Only catch is that I don't have a TV. I've got a nice Creative Audigy 4 Pro setup to handle the sound outputs (that already works) but...
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    IIS Virtual Directory under Frontpage

    One of my clients is a big fan of using FP 2003 to connect to his web site. He's my only client that cares about this, and I don't know much of anything about FP extensions or FP itself. The issue is that there is a virtual directory (defined in IIS) that is an important part of his web site...
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    Z-5450, Audigy Pro 4, Digital - 2 speakers only?

    Hi, I have a decent amateur understanding of how audio works. I built a couple small studios maybe 10 years ago before the digital craze, but I hadn't ever touched an optical or digital coax cable until today. The setup: - Audigy Pro 4 (3 analog outputs plus external box with 2 optical...
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    Windows file access over the internet...

    Hi there, I'm primarily a web/database developer but am getting into some Win2003 Server administration simply because some of my clients now require didcated hosting. The issue I'm facing is that I'm not sure of the best way to allow multiple clients to connect to the server to manage...