What's new
By:

  • SNBForums Code of Conduct

    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!

    The rules are simple: Be patient, be nice, be helpful or be gone!

Recent content by jam3ohio

  1. jam3ohio

    General NAS Questions

    RAID <> Backup Chubby-- IMHO, RAID is not a backup strategy. It only gives you protection against drive failure. What I would do if you buy one of these is RAID5 the whole array and then do offisite backup using a USB or eSATA external drive every week or so. Copy critical files to the...
  2. jam3ohio

    Need help spec'ing SOHO type VLAN setup

    WHS and Antivirus I can confirm that WHS supports AV software. Avast seems to be pretty popular and is reasonable. I run McAfee on my HP MSS EX475 and it works.
  3. jam3ohio

    NETGEAR WNDR3700 Reviewed

    WNDR3700 Firmware Also make sure that you are running the latest firmware. Recently-made units had a manufacturing deviation that caused many issues, and Netgear has recently posted a version 68 of the firmware to address these issues.
  4. jam3ohio

    Dual band for DirecTV systen: Which?

    MVR Works on Ethernet I can confirm that MVR works fine with just ethernet. My installer confirmed that DECA will be required and that the target launch in my area (central IL) is 13 May 2010, assuming that they can get stock of the DECA equipment. He thought that just using ethernet would...
  5. jam3ohio

    Dual band for DirecTV systen: Which?

    Thanks for that link. Interesting thread to read there. I'm hoping that MVR works using ethernet and I won't need DECA but we'll have to wait and see. Jim
  6. jam3ohio

    Dual band for DirecTV systen: Which?

    DirecTV My pleasure in helping, Tim. I have no data to support my contention, but based on reading testing done on HD streaming over N wireless on your site and elsewhere, I decided for my own purposes to rely on the ethernet network that I have deployed around my entertainment centers. I...
  7. jam3ohio

    Dual band for DirecTV systen: Which?

    DTV Recommends DECA DirecTV is recommending that users hold off buying networking equipment to support that service until the beta period expires. They are expected to recommend that you use their version of MoCA, called DECA, when the adaptors are available. Any other config will probably...
  8. jam3ohio

    NETGEAR WNDR3700 Reviewed

    WNDR3700 Guest Network Thanks, RA. Otherwise, this router is awesome. I hope that they get this fixed soon. I have logged it with support. Jim
  9. jam3ohio

    NETGEAR WNDR3700 Reviewed

    Guest Network Issue I just installed one of these WNDR3700's and it is FAST. Remote access from outside the network is very responsive over the net, coverage is very good, nice router. However, when I enable the guest network, it turns off the radios and I need to power cycle the router to...
  10. jam3ohio

    what do I need to use VPN?

    Hamachi I use LogMeIn.Com's Hamachi. I loaded the application on my WHS and several of my home PC's and I can easily get at the command line of my WHS and run backups and the like with it. Free software for 16 or fewer machines used in a non-commercial manner.
  11. jam3ohio

    connecting 2 homes

    Hamachi Another option is Hamachi from LogMeIn.Com. I've been using it to get secure remote access to my WHS box from the hotel while I've been travelling and it's easy to configure and works well. Incremental backups have taken about 10% more time than on my network...performance has been...
  12. jam3ohio

    Web-cam spying

    Interesting blog posts on this tech http://strydehax.blogspot.com/2010/02/technology-behind-school-spying.html This blog is pretty interesting. They are digging into the LanRev connection. Anyone care to comment on their progress? Jim
  13. jam3ohio

    Router suggestions

    Cat6 Network: What Router? Like you, I recently installed a Cat 6 network (17 ports in use on the switch). I connected all jacks to a 24 port smart gigabit switch to handle the gigabit traffic. I have the exact same router as you connected to my cable modem and to the switch. In my setup...
  14. jam3ohio

    WHS main drive fail

    Bdbb That add-in is for backing up the backups. It takes a copy of the system backup files and registry entries. If the main system drive fails, you need to do a reinstallation of the os and currently I am not aware of anything that backs up the os partition of that drive. In other words...
  15. jam3ohio

    HP MSS Comparison

    MSS Comparos I can help you a bit with the MSS's but have no experience with the Acer. EX470 and 75 are the same machines, except the 75 came with one extra hard drive loaded. They shipped with 512 of memory. You really need to upgrade that to 2gb if you load add-ins. I have a 475 with...
See more
Back
Top
✖