It's been two weeks since I got the Cisco E3000 dual band gigabit N wireless router. So it's time for my full review. I will go over all of the features of the router, what I like, what I don't like and a few more things. So one of the things I do when I get a router is configure it by going … [Read more...]
How To Decide Which Router/Switch Speed To Get
November 14, 2010 By
If you go to a store and look at routers or really any networking equipment you will see the prices vary a lot, and the speeds very a lot too. Now most people don't want to waste a lot of money for features they don't need or use, so this tutorial will be pretty important for many people. So right … [Read more...]
Fast 7Gbps WiFi On The 60GHz Band Heading To Homes By 2012
November 7, 2010 By
The year 2010 is almost over, and we haven't seen much of a wireless network speed increase. We've been stuck at probably a maximum of 600Mbps, but that's only on the very high end routers. A group called WiGig (Wireless Gigabit Alliance) is planning on making new speed records. They plan to have … [Read more...]
Linksys/Cisco E3000 Dual Band Gigabit N Router First Thoughts
November 7, 2010 By
Just a week ago my old Netgear WGR614v6 died on me. It was an old fast Ethernet wireless G router. The router wasn't too slow but if you are spending the money on a router it is usually good to buy one of the better routers so you won't need to replace it later on because it is too slow. The … [Read more...]
How To Set Up Port Forwarding
May 26, 2010 By
Your computer probably has three IP addresses assigned with it when on the Internet through a router. The first of those is localhost, or "127.0.0.1", that number points to your local machine only on the local machine. The next one of those is your LAN IP address which points to your computer on … [Read more...]
Tips – Make Your LAN IP Static
May 3, 2010 By
If you ever use remote desktop, FTP or anything else similar on your local area network or LAN having the computer you are trying to connect to's IP change is annoying and it takes time to find it again. You can easily make it static so it does not change every time you reboot. The first thing you … [Read more...]
