I have four windows 7 professional computers and one Ubuntu 11.04 on my home network. (all wireless connect to router) I also have a Toshiba Blu-ray BDX2200 which connects via wire to router ...

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You may not know this, but upgrading the near-legendary Linksys WRT54G series routers with free, often open-source firmware is one of the best bargains going. Replacement firmware typically offers a ...

When it comes time to add a new device to your network, there are two different methods by which you can obtain an IP address: either manually using a static address or automatically by using your ...

We have an asymmetric DSL connection to our ISP, which uses Dynamic Host Configuration Protocol for IP addressing. We have to use the ISP’s software to connect to the Internet (which uses PPP over ...