Recent content by maxxjr

My ISP connection/router will be in a different room vs. my main work area, and I have a general question about how to link the rooms wirelessly. Generally, the network would look like Room 1: DSL modem -> ??? Wireless Room 2: Router or something similar, wireless link to the DSL modem in the...

I don't know/trust the free wifi link, hence why I want a firewall between it and my network devices. I don't expect to do gaming or hosting, where I need to worry about opening ports or forwarding incoming connections. I am mainly concerned about connecting a Windows laptop (for work)...

I will be moving into housing where internet access is included with rent, but is provided as WiFi access only. (Sort of like many hotels these days). My general experience is with the WAN side coming in on a wire, connecting into a router from the likes of Netgear/Linksys/etc. These...

After reading a slashdot post / several articles about security issues on "consumer" routers, I am re-considering my setup. I currently have a Netgear N600 wireless router. I spent some time when originally setting it up to get security where I wanted it. But I will take another look since...

In my previous residence, the wireless setup was simple...Netgear N300 dual-band router with the WAN side connected to the cable modem. The place was small enough to have good coverage throughout. The new place presents some twists, and I appreciate advice on how to proceed. First, I...

Vpn I went with the VPN routers so that the NAS's can look like they are on the same network...NAS1 = 10.0.1.1, NAS2 = 10.0.2.1 as an example. I can reach either NAS from either network, and am not restricted only to those ports that I have forwarded...which is particularly useful for...

Did something like this... Did something like this for a small company with two offices. Had a Netgear Readynas at both locations. Had Netgear VPN routers sitting in between, with a VPN connection. The NAS's back up directly to each other nightly. (Because the NAS's are same models...

I have had the D-link DIR-655 for about a year now. Most of the time, there is no issue, but I have have run into reliability issues. I don't trust the thing any more, and I now have a poor opinion of D-link. From a reliability standpoint, what are my best non-D-link options? I have had...

My DIR-655 seems to have severe problems dealing with power losses. It is connected to a UPS, but when the UPS gives out, as it has done a couple of times when I was not around... I have a static IP for my internet service, and one time, the router was assigning the static IP address to a...

Consider Atom if going the DIY route Note that for your server requirements, even an Intel Atom 330-based DIY NAS should be more than up to the task. This is probably the lowest power option...maybe down into the 20-30W range before adding disks. I know of at least one Atom board with...

I am in early planning stages for a small render farm...like 8 or 16 nodes. Each node is a diskless PC that boots from an NFS server. The NFS server will be another PC. Nodes and NFS server will be on Gigabit Ethernet. Will an SSD drive on the NFS server offer better performance over a...

For our older Linux file server, we use rsync and cron jobs at midnight to perform backups to an offsite file server over a VPN link. I am thinking about a NAS for replacement, and I would like to have similar capability in terms of regularly scheduled backups. Do any of the NAS solutions...