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Apple AirPort Express Review
Add to iTunes | Add to YouTube | Add to Google | RSS Feed Like many of you out there, I have a home network. In the past, mine happened to be called “the not-working home network,” but I digress. Have you ever had a problem getting everything configured just so on your network? You [...]
How Do You Protect Your Computer?
Add to iTunes | Add to YouTube | Add to Google | RSS Feed Recently, someone over on Lockergnome asked if a router can be used as a hardware-based firewall. The short answer to this is – YES! Your best bet is to always use layers of security, though. A hardware-based firewall – such as [...]
What Cisco Doesn’t Want You to Know – ADTRAN’s Router Performance Results
Add to iTunes | Add to YouTube | Add to Google | RSS Feed This is a sponsored post written by me on behalf of Gillette. All opinions are 100% mine. I had the opportunity to speak with the Director of Marketing for ADTRAN over the weekend. If you’ve not heard of them, you definitely [...]
How to Come Out of the Geek Closet
Geeks are everywhere. We tend to hold some of the coolest jobs on the planet. Our group has some of the most amazing (and personable!) people as core members. The gang is widely accepted socially these days – right? Sadly, this isn’t always the case. Why is it that even in the days of phenomenal [...]
Wireless Networks, Hard Drive Failures, Web Browsers
Add to iTunes | Add to YouTube | Add to Google | RSS Feed Taking live calls on the 888-PIRILLO line is always fun, especially when the questions are so diverse! This video entails more than one question/topic, so it was three times the fun! Tuxedo_Jericho is a long time chat regular, so talking to [...]
How to Secure Your Wireless Network
Add to iTunes | Add to YouTube | Add to Google | RSS Feed One community member wrote: “After years of mistrust about wireless networks and creative use of Ethernet cabling I have now adopted a wireless network in my home for a laptop to access anywhere in the house. I have over the past [...]
Wireless Routers Review
Add to iTunes | Add to YouTube | Add to Google | RSS Feed We’re using a GoToMeeting to get together and share desktops again tonight. GoToMeeting is an easy and affordable way to host online meetings. Be sure and take advantage of our special savings! The current presenter is surfing sites relating to WiFi, [...]
Apple Airport Extreme Base Station Review
Chris | Live Tech Support | Video Help | Add to iTunes http://live.pirillo.com/ – Since my Linksys router fried itself last week (with no clear explanation as to why), I decided to take this opportunity to see what all the fuss over Apple’s Airport Extreme Base Station was all about. I took my $100 iPhone [...]
MAC Address Vendor Identification
Chris | Live Tech Support | Video Help | Add to iTunes http://live.pirillo.com/ – I recently purchased a new router… a Wireless N. I now have better signal, and my network is certainly flowing faster. I was looking at my router the other day, and saw that I had an unknown MAC address there. What?? [...]
Bandwidth Throttling
Chris | Live Tech Support | Video Help | Add to iTunes http://live.pirillo.com/ – There are ways to adjust bandwidth on an application by application basis, or even a device by device basis. Unfortunately, it’s basically not possible to limit bandwidth by website. There are ways you can assign priority to certain applications to allocate [...]
Linksys Router Firmware Upgrade
When I registered my Vonage complaint the other day, somebody sent me a link to HyperWRT Thibor – suggesting that I flash to the community firmware and forego official Linksys code altogether. I was a little apprehensive about making the move, but ultimately decided to give ‘er a shot (believing I had nothing to lose). [...]
