I saw a BigFoot KillerNic (killernic.com) in the Microcenter the other day, and wondered how good it really was, so I bought it figuring if it sucked I could return it.  It did, and I did. I put the KillerNic up against the real world experiences I could simulate in my humble home, and compared [...]

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IUWare.IU.Edu Contains software For Indiana University Students, along with customized installers to make it easy to install. IU students, faculty, and staff can download software from IUware Online. IUware CD fall 2008 contents Windows software                Security:     Symantec Endpoint Protection 11.0.2 Symantec Endpoint Protection 11.0.2 64-bit            Communications:    PPP Wizard 4.0 for Bloomington PPP Wizard [...]

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The advent of wireless routers has helped small offices and home computers interconnect and function fast. No more sharing of files with thumb drives or squabbles over who will access the internet fast. If you have notebook or laptop you can keep repositioning your place of work within your house, such is the convenience of [...]

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This Guide will walk you through how to install a firewall on linux using IPCop   What is IPCop The IPCop project is a GNU/GPL open source project that offers an exceptional feature packed  stand alone firewall to the internet community.  Its comprehensive web interface, well documented  administration guides, and its involved and helpful user/administrative [...]

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DonkeyOnAWaffle.com is hosting a Powerpoint file which even if fake outlines a very real possibility in which fake Cisco Routers could be used to gain access to sensitive areas of US Government networks. Through reverse engineering, or simply purchasing chips from the same supplier Cisco uses, companies have been able to create nearly exact duplicates [...]

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I bought a Xincom Dual Wan Load Balacing Router to “bond” or at least aggregate my EVDO Rev A and my Hughes Satellite connection.  How was the result?  Seemingly great. While optimized for multiple users rather than for boosting the speed of a single user across two connections, it does do that as well. I [...]

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I really like a solution from Microsoft called FolderShare you install it from Foldershare.com and it gives you a web interface to all your files. And you can search your files so if you can’t remember exactly which file you were looking for you can still find them. I also use this to sync files [...]

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