Set Up Guest Wireless with Tomato
I’ve been learning Tomato router firmware. This open-source firmware can enhance a low-end wireless router with some pretty advanced features. One of my goals was to set up my wireless …
Windows 7 Service Pack 1 Resolves Network Dropouts
A few months back, I purchased a Lenovo ThinkPad Edge running Windows 7 Professional 64-bit. From the beginning, I had frequent issues with applications crashing due to lost connections to …
KVM Extender “Cannot Display This Video Mode”
My Belkin F1D084 ver. 2 Cat5 KVM Extender was working pretty well until I upgraded to Category 6 for the in-wall cables. I was still using Category 5 for the …
Broadcom BCM5708C NIC Offline After Driver Update
My Dell PowerEdge 2900 has two Broadcom BCM5708C NICs. They’ve been running okay on a fairly old Windows driver, but after some connectivity issues with a new ThinkPad Edge laptop, …
How DSL Works
I’ve been working with my ISP and local telco trying to resolve DSL speed issues. In so doing, I’m researching terms like DSLAM, ATM, Redback, etc. Best explanation so far: …
Network Cabling and the Not-So-Proverbial Rat’s Nest
I decided to upgrade the in-wall cables in my home office from Category 5 to Category 6. Not a big deal since the conduit is already there, right? Well I …