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Free Dynamic DNS account for anywhere access to your home

Free Dynamic DNS account for anywhere access to your homeGood article - thanksThis is what you are best at, George, keep to it.And does this work with the likes of XP Home using RDP or are you limited to VNC?Good timingI was actually thinking of setting up my home connection...

Tags: Internet service providers (ISPs), Domain names, NETWORKING, Network technology, MX Record, RDP, DD-WRT, Microsoft Windows XP Home Edition, VNC, Does XP Home, Free Dynamic DNS, DDNS, DNS, server, Microsoft Windows XP, router, dynamic DNS, ZoneEdit

Discussion threads 2007-04-12

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Synet Windy31 USB Wireless Router

The Synet Windy31 USB Wireless Router (MW-P54SS) is not your typical router. Instead of connecting it to your DSL or cable modem to share an Internet connection, you plug it into a USB port on your PC or laptop. Once plugged in, the $60--roughly the price of a regular USB...

Tags: Routers & switches, Network technology, NETWORKING, Wi-Fi, WIRELESS, wireless router, Windy31, router, USB

Product reviews 2008-04-30

Asus WL-500W 802.11n Multi-Functional Wireless Router

Of our recent sweep of Draft N wireless routers, the $130 Asus WL-500W offers some unconventional yet useful features not found on the others. Aside of the regularly goodies including a firewall, encryption, QoS, and a print server, the WL-500W also has a built-in FTP server, a file server, and...

Tags: Routers & switches, Network technology, NETWORKING, wireless, IEEE 802.11n, Asus WL-500W, router, ASUS, server, wireless router

Product reviews 2008-03-18

Apple Time Capsule (1TB)

Apple's new Time Capsule is one of only two devices we know of that incorporates both a wireless router and a hard drive into the same product. The other, a year-and-a-half-old router from Asus, offers neither the same high-speed wireless bandwidth nor as much storage capacity as the Time Capsule,...

Tags: Routers & switches, Network technology, NETWORKING, Wi-Fi, backside, Apple Inc., Time Capsule, router, hard drive

Product reviews 2008-03-04

D-Link DGL-4500 GamerLounge Xtreme N Gaming Router

The D-Link DGL-4500 GamerLounge Xtreme N Gaming Router offers decent performance and a long list of features for home wireless networking and hardcore gamers. However, it lacks support for simultaneous 2.4GHz and 5GHz bands along with random resets during heavy loads. You may want to wait for a successor to...

Tags: Home networking, Routers & switches, Network technology, NETWORKING, Games, d-link DGL-4500, router, D-Link Systems, network

Product reviews 2008-02-26

Netgear WNR854T RangeMax Next Wireless-N Router Gigabit Edition

The Netgear WNR854T RangeMax Next Gigabit router isn't a new product, but in our recent sweep of Draft N routers, we decided to take a look this Netgear unit that provides Gigabit Ethernet wired networking along with Draft 2.0 of the 802.11n wireless standard. In labs testing, the WNR854T proved...

Tags: Home networking, Routers & switches, Network technology, NETWORKING, Wi-Fi, Netgear WNR854T, NetGear, router, network

Product reviews 2008-02-25

TCP/IP Networking

View Available Dates and Locations TCP/IP is the globally accepted group of protocols at the core of the Internet and organizational intranets. A solid understanding of each of these protocols and how they work will give you the ability to deploy the most effective network for...

Tags: IP, Tcp/Ip, Network Technology, Networking

Training 2008-01-01

HomeCamera Client (msi)

HomeCamera is the easiest-to-setup and easiest-to-use home monitoring service. Includes camera sharing with people you allow, automatic server-based recording (so you can access your recordings from anywhere, anytime), motion detection (alerts sent to your mobile phone or e-mail), and lots more. Oh, and it's free. No strings attached. HomeCamera works...

Tags: Monitoring, Camera, Wireless, HomeCamera

Software downloads 2007-09-25

A secure Wireless LAN hotspot for anonymous users

A secure Wireless LAN hotspot for anonymous usersGreat ArticleA very important topic--thanks George.Linux users may want to read here about setting up a Layer 3 dynamic tunneling vpn with ssh (version 4.3 or greater) [url=https://help.ubuntu.com/community/SSH_VPN]here[/url].The set up can include creation of a rsa key pair for automated login and automated...

Tags: Wi-Fi, Wireless LANs, LANs, pdf, SSH, wireless, HotSpot, WLAN

Discussion threads 2007-07-18

Dynamic IP Monitor (EXE)

Watches internet and local network IP addresses. When a change is detected, program can: (1) send email through SMTP server. (2) upload TXT file containing IP info to FTP server (3) update Dynamic DNS (DynDNS, SecuritySpace, dnsExit, OpenDNS) only performed on internet address change (4) update by custom URL string...

Tags: Monitor, IP, IP Address, Network Technology, Internet, Networking

Software downloads 2007-06-28

Windows Home Server versus Linux or BSD

Last year whenever people asked me what to use when building a home server, I'd tell them to use Linux or FreeBSD because there was absolutely nothing from Microsoft under a few hundred dollars.  There was no way anyone would spend a few hundred dollars on Windows Small Business Server...

Tags: Vista, Storage, Servers, Networking, Microsoft, Infrastructure, Hardware, Fun Stuff, Desktop, Consumer electronics

Blog posts 2007-05-18

SolutionBase: Deploy Dynamic DNS with ease using Webmin

As if deploying a DNS server isn't complicated enough, deploying DDNS can be an even bigger chore. Having to deal with manually editing configuration files makes it worse. Jack Wallen shows how to easily configure DDNS in Linux using Webmin.

Tags: Dynamic DNS, Chore, Linux, Domain Names, Operating Systems, Software, Internet

Download resources 2007-05-14

Solving the network storage dilemma

Ive had some friends and readers ask me the same question about what to do about the problem of storage in the home and how do you make it accessible to every computer or set-top box in the house on the internal network. Before I begin to answer that...

Tags: Virtualization, Storage, Servers, Networking, Hardware, Fun Stuff, Energy efficiency, Desktop, Consumer electronics

Blog posts 2007-05-09

D-Link DIR-655 Xtreme N Gigabit Router

The D-Link DIR-655 Xtreme N Gigabit Router is one of the latest Draft N routers to the market. Believe us when we say it packs a punch. It's by far the fastest 802.11n router we've tested. At $180, it's also one of the most expensive. We've been reluctant to recommend...

Tags: Routers & switches, Network technology, Home networking, NETWORKING, router, D-Link Systems, D-Link DIR-655 Xtreme N

Product reviews 2007-04-30

Verizon's FiOS network: Payback time?

Verizon's FiOS network: Payback time?Happy subscriberI've had it for about 7 months now and am very satisfied. Higher speeds for internet access than Cablevision offered, more channels on the television, and I'm saving around $40 a month. So far, so good.Poor value ISP'sI had a FiOS 'salesman' come...

Tags: Corporate communications, Cable, Network technology, TVs, TV & Home Theater, network, Comcast Corp., Verizon Communications Inc., Fios

Discussion threads 2007-04-30

EXCLUSIVE: 1995 Newsgroup posting proposing VoIP predates Verizon, Sprint patents

EXCLUSIVE: 1995 Newsgroup posting proposing VoIP predates Verizon, Sprint patentsBetter prove itFinding this is great for Vonage. However, they better prove beyond a doubt this actually was written and posted in 1995. You know the opposing teams are going to try to poke every little hole they can...

Tags: Telephony, TELECOMMUNICATIONS, VoIP, Verizon Communications Inc., patent, Apple iPhone, Sprint Communications

Discussion threads 2007-04-19

Make your home PCs accessible anywhere with Dynamic DNS for free

You can access your home network from the public Internet without investing in a pricey broadband account that has a static IP address. The solution is to use a free service from DynDNS.com. George Ou shows you how to set up your account, configure your router to update the...

Tags: Home PC, Solution, PC, Dynamic DNS, IP, IP Address, Internet, Network Technology, Networking

Download resources 2007-04-10

In-depth look at Microsoft Home Server - CES 2007

In-depth look at Microsoft Home Server - CES 2007Is it Safe?You're registered 'concerns' are certainly valid George.I'm not sure there's a lot new here other than a repackaged Windows Server 2003 R2 with several extra coats 'clear coat' to give extra luster and that six-foot deep shine.But, everyone has a...

Tags: Servers, Network technology, Apple Inc., server, Microsoft Corp., Microsoft Home Server, Microsoft Home

Discussion threads 2007-01-09

In-depth look at Microsoft Home Server - CES 2006

I had a chance to speak with members of the Microsoft Home Server team at CES about Microsoft Home Server 2006. I managed to get some in-depth questions answered on the product so here it is.Question: Will Home Server be available to the do-it-yourself buyers or will it...

Tags: Security, Infrastructure, Servers, News, Vista, Hardware, Desktop, Microsoft Corp., server

Blog posts 2007-01-09

MyDynIPPro (exe)

MyDynIPPro software application is a DDNS / DNS client updater, a monitoring and a high availability solution. MyDynIPPro purpose is to help you deliver 100% functionality and reliability from your servers, services and networks. MyDynIPPro is small, customizable, easy to configure and deploy, being a successful candidate for normal and...

Tags: High Availability, Rocon Software, MyDynIPPro, MyDynIPPro Software Application, MyDynIPPro Purpose

Software downloads 2006-12-26