I have 2 computers attached to a Gigabit switch and both these computers have NICs that support 1 GBPS speed. However, I noticed that transferring files between them was slow so when I inspected the speeds I saw that one of them was operating at 100MBPS and the other at 1GBPS. At first I went into the...
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Do you have 2 or more PC's on your desk that each have their own keyboard and mouse? Do you want to control it all from one keyboard and mouse without using a KVM and have the mouse float from one monitor to the next and allow copy and paste between them? Then Mouse without Borders is for you: http:...
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About ten months ago I bought and setup a Windows Home Server on my home network. Since that date I've used it twice for recoveries. I follow the three rules of "backup reality", i.e. if these 3 criteria aren't met then I don't consider it a real backup: If must be automated. It must be redundant...
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While I was researching the buying of a new wireless router I read a customer review comment on a router that said something about a particular router/model that would overheat if left in the horizontal position which would cause connections to be dropped. This intrigued me because my router/modem/wireless...
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The ASUS Netbook that I mentioned in this post arrived yesterday and I've started playing with it. So far it's good and a bit faster than I was expecting. The only two changes that I was going to make to it before buying it were to replace the 250GB drive with a 128GB SSD (Solid State Drive) and upgrade...
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I'm in the process of buying: ASUS Eee PC Seashell 1005HA-PU17-BU Royal Blue 10.1" WSVGA Netbook from NewEgg. I will post more details here once I get the product. I tried to customize the HP Mini 311 from the HP web site but it wouldn't let me order one with 3GB of RAM and Windows XP. Insisted...
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These are five hard disks that I have in three machines that I frequently access. Machine Drive MB/s Model Description Pavilion C 35/35 ST3250823AS Seagate Barracuda 7200.8 ST3250823AS 250GB 7200 RPM 8MB Cache SATA 1.5Gb/s 3.5" Hard Drive -Bare Drive Pluto C 225/225 PFZ128GS25SSDR Patriot Torqx...
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A number of years ago I got myself a Maxtor 250GB external hard disk which at the time I used for all my backups. It cost me a fair penny then (2003) and I can now in 2009 buy 4TB of space for the same amount. Don't think that I'm complaining though, I think that's great progress. Like all good hard...
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I'm just about to go to Fry's Electronics and get myself a Seagate Barracuda LP 2TB 3.5" SATA 3.0Gb/s Hard Drive -Bare Drive (that link is to the same drive but at NewEgg). I was curious to know how big this 2TB drive would be so I did a quick calculation and discovered that it will be 1.82 TB....
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I have finally achieved my goal of network saturation on my home network. As with most people, I have a small off-the-shelf router that does the standard 100 Mbs. Most of the computers in my house are hardwired because the wireless signal is slower and weaker in the far corners of the house and also...
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