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    Advice for planning network config at new townhouse

    My choice of SSIDs was to start with different ones as if to test segregated security. It ended up being a moot point in our residence, so all of ours are the same SSID now. I experimented a bit, though. I am comfortable doing RJ-45 crimpings on Cat5-6 cabling. I have a punchdown tool...
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    Advice for planning network config at new townhouse

    (As for inconvenient router-locations, I have our router's Cat5e run to its very handy, central location, then I have Cat5e'd back to the wiring closet's Switch, which feeds all other Cat5e devices - access points.) Are the rooms all Cat5'd? We did dual-wire pulls but when I run into...
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    USB N adapters?

    Here's a Google page resulting from "usb extension cradle" and there are a few $5 items, then Sabrent is selling one for $20?!! Sheesh... I can still buy Rosewill N adapters using the Netis-style cradles for $11-12 each, and use that USB cradle instead! We bought a handful of the $4 DLink's -...
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    USB N adapters?

    You and me, both. (Once I started scouring adapter-brand websites and seeing an amazing dearth of Win8.1-for-N updates, I realize we may all be agreeing to mass junkings when Win9 arrives. Will these anti-Win8.1-driver companies support any old products with any newer OS?) EDIT - I should say...
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    Permanently attached external HDD recommendation

    What OS's will be accessing this External? Only 2Tb's can be seen readily with 32-bit OS's - if you have older computers trying to copy to or from, that 4Tb (any greater-than-2Tb) partition can present difficulties.
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    USB N adapters?

    Speed, one thing I discovered late this week was that TP-Link - and my favorite 822N adapter - isn't offering Win 8.1 drivers to a lot of their N adapters. I can't recommend that, therefore - it's rewarding companies for adding to our landfill. The Edimax as1200 (technically EW-7822UAC) is...
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    Has your experience with Refurbs changed over time?

    We have a local mass-Dell reseller near us, and we've had great success but mostly that's the vendor-wants-to-please-us issue. I'm never too certain they offer the same calibre of benefits to individuals, despite advertising (or is that "because of it"?) We have two national distributors and...
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    ZyXEL PLA5206 AV2 1000

    Thanks for the review. We snagged a few sets of the TP-Link 6's and will be doing installs at several residences in the next two weeks, replacing some 200s. I'm having a political beef against TP-Link with their refusal to provide modern drivers for wireless adapters; I might have not...
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    Powerline AV2 1800 adapter

    I wonder what marketing options are available for 'speed claims'. I think WiFi, MoCA and HomePlug suffer from so many hidden, interfering and distance issues that marketeers simply can't come up with a better option. In the above posts, we see a good stab at some equation: "About a quarter...
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    FCC raised power limit on 5Ghz

    (snort-laff) Yeah... I wonder if mine can see yours, though? And yours, mine? Of course, I'm not relying on tubes. (I've got Hubby pedaling faster on his Gilligans Island Memorial Power Generator instead. That should work the same, though, yes?) Mostly, though, I hope this next wave of...
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    USB N adapters?

    Speedy, your link was one of the culprit reasons I'd picked up that Edimax (I call it "ac1200" simply because I haven't/won't memorize any better specific model numbers - I kept a 54G for a long time and that's emblazoned on my peabrain - that's enough donated gray-matter to model numbers.) I...
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    USB N adapters?

    I didn't want to spend money on the AC1200s because most of our stops are lucky to have 2.4s available, and I'm sure none of them will move into 450+ speeds so why bother with anything but an 2.4-N rated one? "But why spend new money on a product that won't have any max improvement at all?"...
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    Tin foil conspiracy.

    K, I apologize if I'm assuming wrongly that you're married - Stevech confessed to this, but you haven't actually mentioned a wife... But I was going to express my support for your wife, K, because it seems like this attempt of hers to drive you crazy MIGHT be a good first step! What an idea...
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    ASUS RMA Nightmare

    I have no complaints. Not now. Not on this company. But one day I may, or will. This is all the power you may have - kicking up some dust in a forum, or five or ten forums for that matter. For a small businessman who doesn't deal with national or even regional resellers, this IS one...
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    What is the best data backup system?

    I would also join the crowd that's kicking around Win8's History. Cloning is better. Honest. Plus, Microsoft's lackadaisical attitude towards supporting old backups (and many businesses are legally required to save digital data longer than Microsoft supports these Backup Systems) makes them...
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    What is the best data backup system?

    Backups are nothing. Restores are everything. I recommend a 180-degree turn in your concept and focus on Restores. And the first question - maybe the only question - to confront is "How much work are you willing to do?" Incrementals are easy on backups but can be a PAIN in Restores...
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    Has your experience with Refurbs changed over time?

    (snicker) Yes, completely agree, and particularly with the assumption that "fed up!" was a good reason. Has anyone ever tinkered with a non-functioning USB stick? I could imagine breakage would be a problem. Maybe faulty solders out of a batch, but since those are all assembled overseas, no...
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    Has your experience with Refurbs changed over time?

    Has your experience with Refurb'd ____ (any electronics) ____ changed over time? If you used a lot of some time, did you get a bad batch and no longer purchase those (that type of item) or maybe stopped buying Refurbs at all? I've never had qualms about buying refurb computers but I...
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    USB N adapters?

    Speed, I take two USBs on the road for travels and that TP-Link has the most consistent top-performer over an Asus N. The TP-Link's cord allows a flexible positioning that might be responsible for that. I'll be dropping the Asus N from my next road trip and trying one of the Edimax AC1200s...
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    NETGEAR R7500 Nighthawk X4 AC2350 Router

    Back on page 2, as I was trying to catch up on this topic... Hey, I've seen those tablets hop and flip around on picnic tables - dancing to some unseen music. Pretty high performance! Of course, every time I have wanted to see similar performance in a store, it never happens. They sit there...
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