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    SNBForums is a community for everyone, no matter what their level of experience.

    Please be tolerant and patient of others, especially newcomers. We are all here to share and learn!

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    Windows Home Server, Yay or nay?

    Hey Bart, I was wondering if you had the time to check out the PowerPack 1 and if it had some benefits for your setup? I'm currently looking to try WHS myself since I've ordered a free 120 days copy on MS website. Also, will it install on any hardware? You don't need the HP mediaserver for it...
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    How To Build a Really Fast NAS - Part 1: Introduction

    Hey Madwand. I've read the whole article concerning RAID controller cards, and it all seemed very obvious and trusty in my little knowledge about RAID cards. I'm currently looking to start building my own fast NAS from scratch (having a ReadyNAS NV+ and Duo, but willing to give Windows Home...
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    Do you power off your NAS when not in use?

    I wanted to leave my Netgear NV+ on all the time but since it's a little loud at night I bring it down. My Netgear Duo will hopefully overcome this little issue, so I will have it on 24/7. Also, I agree with the fact it's probably better to keep disks on for a longer period of time, then to...
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    VPN Technology Poll

    I'm using the Netgear SSL box just to connect to the home network occasionaly; setup of these SSL things are so much easier then IPSec. As for the company I work for, I think as YeOldeStonecat mentions, a lot of PPTP connections are set up for basic connectivity to a remote network /...
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    WRT600N Issues with Microsoft Home Server?

    Hi mpoliver, I'm not familiar with WHS, but it looks to me that your Linksys is blocking specific ports. I assume backups run over CIFS/SMB (ports 135, etc). I don't really know how this control panel works, but let's say this goes through a secured http (https) interface, you'll need port...
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    SMB Router reviews

    I'm fairly happy with my Netgear SSL312 concentrator, I think thisone was already handled by your staff. Most newer SMB routers get the SSL-VPN feature out of the box now. I think regarding VPN and SSL connectivity, Zyxell is a brand worth looking after, although I'm not sure how easy these are...
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    What's a good router these days?

    Well, I agree with what Bart said. I just don't have any good experience with them; all of a sudden the box fails, so it needs rebooting, and the biggest problem of all (but this is very personal), they have the most ugly/crappy admin/user interface I've ever seen in my life :rolleyes: I'm not...
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    Which NAS do you use?

    I used to have a DIY-built NAS, running on a mid-ranged mobo/cpu. I ran 2 ATA and 2 SATA disks in sofware RAID5 on Windows 2003. It was pretty stable for the time being, however two main things annoyed me this much I gave up the project: 1) software RAID is slow, really slow, and 2) the thing...
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    What's a good router these days?

    Hey scotty, I never really liked D-Link, but I always bought the cheap ones, I don't know much about their higher end models. As for me, I'm standardizing all my equipment to Netgear (have a look at their business series) (switches/router/SSL VPN/..). Personally I feel they have a pretty...
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