The following are wireless router reviews for Cisco and D-Link brand routers–manufacturers we consider to be the best in this class. We chose a router from each of their consumer models and highlight their advantages so you can make a decision when it’s time to upgrade your network to Wireless N technology. When choosing a consumer router, you need to look at price, ease of use, and reliability.
Cisco Valet Plus Review
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PCTechBytes is a well-established online tech resource for Do-It-Yourself computer repair. We have been online since 2002 and have a vast community of computer users and tech professionals in our forums. Our core content comes from professionals in the computing industry. We have recently decided to allow articles from guest bloggers. While this is strictly volunteer on your part, it does have its advantages: Users who submit original content to us will be permitted a bio entry with a link back to their website.The criteria for blog submissions will be as follows:
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Who Needs Wires? Make A Wireless Bridge!
Assuming you followed my instructions on flashing your router with the latest fancy DD-WRT firmware, then you will be able to transform your router into a wireless bridge instead of an Access Point. Have you ever needed to get internet or intranet to another spot further away from the main Access Point and don’t have the ability or the time to wire it up?
A simple bridge connection between two wireless routers can make that job simple and easy. I was able to get mine set up in under an hour. Even the most inexperienced could get this procedure accomplished in less time than it would take to fully wire this out to another area.
Log In and Get Started
After we were able to flash our firmware, our initial default IP has stayed the same on our Linksys WRT54GL router, 192.168.1.1. Using Internet Explorer again to log in, let’s try and get it set up to be an passive node on our internal network. When it is totally functioning, we shouldn’t even be able to tell it exists outside of physically plugging into it.
After seeing you can log in and that the router is up and running, our next step on the router is going to be turning off it’s ability to pass out IP addresses by turning off its DHCP functionality.
Since we are going to be doing that, we will have to set up a Static IP for our Host PC so it can still talk to the router after the DHCP is shut off. Depending on what operating system you use, there are slightly different ways to do this but a simple Google search should show you how to do it on your particular OS.
After setting up our IP to 192.168.1.2 with a Class C Subnet, or 255.255.255.0, we should refresh our IE page to make sure we can still communicate with our router. If the refresh is successful, proceed to shut off the DHCP through the “Setup” and “Basic Setup” Tabs. It should be the first thing you can edit. Change it to Disabled.
Next, go to the “Wireless” “Basic Settings” Tab and change the Wireless Mode to “Client-Bridge.” Doing so allows our router to pick up on other wireless signals in the area and in essence act as a repeater for that signal. So when we plug into the Ethernet ports on the back of this router, we will actually be getting on the other extended network.
But we are not done just yet. Right below the Wireless Mode selection is Wireless Network Mode. It is defaulted to “Mixed” but this you would have to compare to the wireless router you are trying to connect with. If it is set to “Mixed”, then leave it be. Otherwise change it to “B” or “G” accordingly.
Finally on that page you will see Wireless Network SSID and will likely be set to “linksys.” Just leave that alone for now as it will automatically change when we join the routers together in bridge mode later. Also, make sure the “Network Configuration” radio button is set to “Bridged.” You shouldn’t have to worry about anything else on this page such as the “Sensitivity Range” unless you have issues down the road with connections dropping.
Now while still under the “Wireless” Tab, click “Wireless Security” and select whatever type of security your main router is running. In our case, we were running WPA with a TKIP Encryption. Set up these according to whatever your main router is. Once you have that, enter the Shared Key, or password.
Finally we are on to the “Status” “Wireless” Tabs to join our linksys to our main router and its network. At the bottom of that page you should see a button labeled “Site Survey.”
Click it and you should see your network SSID along with the MAC address of whatever is broadcasting it. Note that if you are in a tight neighborhood you may pick up your neighbor’s Wifi signal so make sure you click on the right one.
Now you should be successfully set up to run as a client bridge.
Go back and change your Network Settings on your Computer to dynamically assign an IP address and DNS server. Unplug the network cord between your PC and the router and let it sit for 5 Seconds then plug it back in. Give it a second to acquire a new IP from the main router and you are good to go. If you ever need to log back into the linksys router to make any changes, its IP is still the default 192.168.1.1 so all you will have to do is manually change your PC IP to something in that range as we did before.
Workstations are the desktop machines you buy if your results count. While a high end business PC will make quick work of a spreadsheet, graphics, engineering, and scientific apps require a little more oomph. Aside from power, ISV certifications, error-free memory, and expandability are major factors in the workstation purchase process. The Dell Precision T1600 (Best Deal: $1,234.00 at Dell SMB) passes all tests with flying colors, and is therefore our new Editor's Choice for single-processor workstations, replacing the HP Z210 Small Form Factor Workstation ($2,173 direct, 4 stars).
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Acer does a good job, their products are very affordable. You will see that it is the Acer Aspire One 150 principal officer fits your budget under $ 350 U.S. dollars. A stop outside the Acer Aspire One Netbook 150 street model is how fast it is.
The 1,6 GHz Intel Atom N270 is a single processor, but it is more than enough to handle the applications you use. This baby is installed with Windows XP Home Edition with Service Pack 3 Vista.The Notebook users who have been hanging around the laptop computer 17 is the portability of the Acer Aspire One Welcome to the 150th BSB [Read More...]
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