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    Free Roku box with purchase of PlayOn

    Don't know if this will interest anyone here, but PlayOn is giving away a free Roku box with the purchase of a lifetime subscription ($79). If you were thinking of purchasing PlayOn anyway, then it may be a good deal for you. I use PlayOn as a "workaround" for streaming flash video like Hulu...
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    When is a VLAN really necessary?

    This thread is worthless without pics, you can say it... My home network has no problems, but I wonder if a VLAN would make any difference. It has about 20 nodes, which isn't much, but could the arp traffic be significant enough that I may want to explore segmenting? It also has a Synology...
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    Edimax concurrent dual band gigabit router - $59.99 after rebate

    No idea how good this is, but $60 for concurrent dual band and gigabit ports seems worth a try.... http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16833315100 Edimax BR-6475nD 300Mbps 802.11a/b/g/n Concurrent Dual-Band Gigabit Wireless iQ Router, Supports 2.4 GHz and 5 GHz Concurrently...
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    Foscam FI8198W indoor IP camera

    Another email: We have decided to extend yesterday's special offer to include the Foscam FI8198W (white color) with 3.6mm wide angle view. The base price of this model has been dropped to $99.99 and you can get an additional 10% off that price by using the coupon code "Columbus" -- Standard...
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    Foscam FI8904W outdoor IP camera

    Copied fromeemail... I just wanted to let know that we are running a special deal on the Foscam FI8904W Outdoor Wireless IP Camera with 3.6mm wide angle view. The base price of the camera has been slashed to $105.99 and you can get an additional 10% off that price by using the coupon code...
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    dual band N in a wireless G laptop

    I have a Dell Latitude D630 laptop. Presently it has dual band (but dual a & g, not n) Dell 1490 wireless card in it. Looking at the laptop specs, it had several draft N cards for options. I opened it up and found only 2 antennas. My question: To take advantage of my 5ghz band on the...
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    defrag ext4?

    I have a Synology DS111 that runs many functions. Over time performance of it has come to a crawl, it's obvious it's simply fragmentation. I inquired over at Synology and keep getting that fat and ntfs file systems are crap, but ext3 and ext4 are so superior they never fragment. However, they...
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    VoIP, Google Voice, and kids

    Pre-teen kids, friends always calling our cell phones, drives me crazy... NOT going to get our daughter her own cell phone, we told her she could earn it, but she's lazy.... Would the combination of Google Voice (for her own number) and this...
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    power monitoring to outlet level

    I swear, at one time, I found a power strip that was ethernet enabled, that could monitor power remotely down to the port (outlet) level for about $400. I can't find it for the life of me...
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    Zyxel NSA210 NAS - $69

    Zyxel NSA210 NAS - $69 http://www.buy.com/prod/zyxel-nsa210-1-bay-network-attached-storage-and-media-server/q/loc/101/212820321.html
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    Review suggestion: Vizio XWR100 HD wireless router

    http://www.vizio.com/xwr100.html $49 at Sam's club, dual band, and good reviews all over the web...
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    Synology Firewall, advice before I mess it up... :)

    I'm not totally bunched up about people trying to access my FTP, and the auto block seems to work for that. I do hate spam accounts set up on a website I run from the Synology though. I thought about using the firewall function to block IP ranges, but am having slight trouble figuring it out...
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    first time site-to-site VPN direction needed

    I've been reading a lot of the VPN stuff out there, and since work is terribly slow right now I've thought about experimenting with site-to-site VPN on a personal level to sort of expand my knowledge if you will. I work in IT and am not afraid to dive in and mess around, just have never done...
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    Microcenter - Seagate 1TB 7200 $59.99, more

    Seagate Barracuda 1TB 7,200 RPM SATA 3.0Gb/s 3.5" Internal Hard Drive ST310005N1A1AS-RK - $59.99 http://www.microcenter.com/single_product_results.phtml?product_id=0334293 Barracuda LP 2TB 5,900 RPM SATA 3Gb/s 3.5" Internal Hard Drive ST320005N4A1AS-RK - $89.99...
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    Belkin N1 Vision

    Just regurgitating what I wrote as a review... I bought the Belkin N1 Vision because I thought the screen was cool, I'm a sucker... After having it for an hour I realized it wasn't all that helpful, especially when I offload DHCP to a server vs. running it on the router, every host showed up...
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    Bind on a DS111

    I asked this question on the Synology forum as well, but thought I'd pose it hear as it seems a little busier.... Can I install BIND on DS111? I saw one post that said yes, I just need to compile it. I'm not smart enough to do that.. Then I saw another that said, "ipkg -force-depends...
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    Wireless in a HUGE house, criticque my proposed solution

    I've been asked to look in to wireless problems on a ginormous home... First look reveals a bunch of easy fixes, but also some problems. Posting here to get some ideas... Current configuration: Satellite dish internet (1 mbps downlink, ouch, all that's available, but might be getting more...
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    Synology DS110j vs Buffalo LinkStation Pro LS-V1.0TL 1 TB

    Until today I had my heart set on a Buffalo LinkStation Pro 1TB to replace the power hungry Dell Optiplex I'm using as a "file server". I felt like I've done a lot of research and just want peoples' opinions on what I should get... While researching running Squeezebox server on the NAS, I...
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