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    Wifi Interference Susceptibility End Channels the Best?

    Today I was helping a friend set up a simple network at his apartment using an old Netgear WGR614 router feeding one wired computer and also acting as a wireless AP. I did a site survey and chose to use channel 1 because it seemed to be the least occupied. Everything works great and the...
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    Tiny Little USB Wifi Network Adapters

    Recently I bought an Asus USB-N10 wireless adapter for an old laptop that my dad uses. The built in wifi card had stopped working correctly and he needed something that he could leave plugged in and didn't stick out from the side a long way. The card is incredibly tiny and it seems to work...
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    Overlapping 2.4Ghz Wifi Question

    At my house which while in town is still reasonably isolated I've noticed a large increase in the number of wifi networks I can "see" when doing a site survey with my laptop. Over the last 5 years or so it's gradually gone from one other network or maybe two in a few areas of the house to as...
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    Three Stream N for HD Streaming

    This was a very interesting article and it got me thinking and wondering if it would be possible for the manufacturers to simply develop a firmware with an HD streaming mode? A built in buffering that could be user configured to make HD streaming at 1080p via wireless work much better could be...
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    WRT610N Refurb $66.99 Free Shipping

    A few weeks ago I found this deal on E-Bay: http://cgi.ebay.com/Cisco-Linksys-WRT610N-Simultaneous-Dual-N-Band-Wireless-/360334337933?pt=COMP_EN_Routers&hash=item53e599a78d#ht_1913wt_956 If figured for $66.99 with free shipping that I couldn't really lose so I ordered one up and it arrived...
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    Vizio Router?

    I was just walking through the local big discount retail outlet(Wal Mart) and on the shelf I saw a Vizio Router. I don't think I've seen one before and chance that we'll see a review or some information here on Small Net Builder?
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    Linksys WRT160NL/E2100L, DD-WRT With 3G Modem

    I have a friend who lives out in the country and who is unable to get DSL or cable high speed internet access. He does have a smart phone and now he can receive 3G data reliably at his house. What he wants to do is get a 3G USB modem and then have me configure a wireless router(WRT160NL) which...
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    802.11n Long Distance Link Support

    I've been using some consumer grade 802.11g products to produce a long distance link or two. Nothing super long but I did run one that was more than 1/8th mile for a year or so using this technology. Anyway, I've been using a single large dish antenna on one or both ends of the link with good...
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    How Well Does it Work? Series....

    I was just thinking that it would be interesting especially to some people who live in apartments or work in similar crowded wifi environments to have a couple of articles on how well a particular device/chipset does when dealing with crowded conditions. Some have to be better than others in an...
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    WiFi Hardware Rules Of Thumb

    Tim, I was just sort of wondering if it this would even be possible: Is there any way to produce data that demonstrates to the wireless buyer the strengths and weaknesses of particular wifi hardware, how it copes with various real world wifi challenges? In other words do Broadcom chips...
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    WNDR 3500L DD-WRT Review

    Great article Tim and I've read in other places how DD-WRT tends to slow down routing performance when compared to stock(slimmer) firmwares. I use DD-WRT a lot on all sorts of generally very cheap hardware not for performance but because it allows me to do new things with old hardware. Being...
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    Cisco reshuffles its wireless deck

    New Linksys Router Numbers A while ago I saw an article where Cisco is going to relabel the Linksys router lineup with numbers like E2000, E3000 etc. I believe that they are all current existing models simply with new designations is that true? I wonder if they are going to drop some of those...
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    Why Did Muni-Wifi Seem To Fail?

    I was just reading somewhere about several cities that have basically been given the remains of a city wide wifi network that the development partner has abandoned. I think it was Riverside and maybe Philadelphia. I was wondering why it seems as though none of these plans have ever managed...
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    Interesting 802.11N Video Series On You Tube

    This evening I found this series of videos pertaining to 802.11N wireless. In the videos the man talks about the mechanisms used by the 802.11N standard as well as their strengths and weaknesses when compared to other standards. I found it quite interesting to see what causes 11N to be more...
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    Browsing Problem Every Few Minutes, Wired Or Wireless...

    I have an Asus Netbook that I use as a portable machine it's handy for web browsing, e-mail etc. The computer works great but I've been having a problem with connectivity and I'm at a loss as to what the problem might be.... Using any of the three browsers I have installed, Firefox, Chrome...
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    A Lack of Networking Hardware At The CES?

    I just read the story about the upcoming CES event in Las Vegas and I was amazed when it stated that only one of the "Big 3" network hardware companies will even be on the main show floor. This seems so odd to me because it seems that everywhere you look new hardware that uses wifi or the...
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    Roku Adds More Player Web Content

    I have a Roku box at home and the new channels are a very interesting new feature. I've mostly used Revision 3's channel to watch the shows Tekzilla and HDNation. I used to watch them using my computer but it's really nice to just have them go straight to the television. The quality of...
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    Router Power Supply Upgrades?

    Do you think that this has any validity? Thread from DD-WRT forum: http://www.dd-wrt.com/phpBB2/viewtopic.php?t=54242&postdays=0&postorder=asc&start=0 Is it really possible that router power supplies could be designed so close to the minimum amount of amperage required that they can...
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    Powerline Networking.....

    I was just wondering if there will be any articles on the use of powerline networking coming in the future. I have read some from a few years ago where there were many different and incompatible standards/problems etc. But what about now with some of the newer hardware that's available such as...
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    Too Many Linksys Models?

    Is it just me or does it seem that Linksys has too many router models to choose from? I was at a Wal Mart the other day and they had about five different Linksys wireless router models. Some of them seem to be so similar to one another it's amazing. For instance why do they make this new...
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