Recent content by Al Thumbs

Spoiler: Temperature readings Being a non-router guy, I didn't know that. I just observed that my router ran warm. JL, you inspired me to measure the temperature of my router. My instrument is the world-renowned Brookstone Digital Meat Temperature Fork, set to BEEF. I calibrated it by...

Thanks. This is helpful. AT

As I said, to help it cool off. The bottom cover is perforated, likely for that reason. Probably not. I did. It's PDF, no paper supplied. Nowhere does it say not to operate the router on its back! ;) But I am sure you're right. Thanks. AT

I have looked everywhere for these setting but cannot find them. No wonder it's $65. What do you recommend instead? My clients are all N. Thanks! AT

Our Linksys WRT54G, circa 2005, was getting flakey. Though our home is an Apple environment, with iPads, iPhones, and an iMac, I didn’t want to drop $200 on the Apple router, so I bought the Linksys EA4500 as a refurb from the Linksys store for $65, probably what I originally paid for the 54G...

I decided on the refurbished Linksys that you recommended over the Apple because it's slightly less expensive and possibly faster. I also utilized another tenet from 5 Tips For Buying A Future Proof Router: Don't agonize! Thanks to all for the advice.

I'd love to have the Airport Extreme, but it's $200. And it goes against the philosophy presented in the Basics section of SNB, which is not to buy more router than you need at the moment. The Airport Express can be had for $75 as a refurb. Thanks! AT

Since I originally posted, I have been checking out my internet connection speed. Hardwired directly to the cable modem, I get about 59mbps download and 12mbps upload. Would the Airport Express meet or exceed that speed? The AE is certainly a minimalist design! It has no external antennae...

Ladies and Gents, We have three iPads, two iPhones and an Apple TV2 in the house. Specifically: iPad 2 iPad Mini iPad Mini with Retina Display iPhone 4 iPhone 4S Apple TV2 No more than three of them are on-line at any one time. Except for the Apple TV, we are checking mail and...

My reply is embedded in the quote above. Thanks! Al

Have not tried to look at the modem via web browser, as it seems to work fine when I plug the Imac directly into it Will take a look. I did call Comcast when putting the new modem online, and the tech (a term used generously) stayed on the line while I tried to get the router to work. It did...

I have tried this routine for all three occasions of outages, and iit worked on the first one, but did not work for outages two and three. I don't know why that would be. AT

Dumb that down a little for me. Which is the WAN port? What is the APC?

I use a Linksys WRT54G router to supply Internet via WiFi in my home. I have an iMac wired to the router, and I use an iPhone and iPad as wireless clients. A week ago, I replaced my generic Comcast-supplied broadband modem with a Motorola Surfboard 6120 modem. Since that time, I have had three...