The product pitch for AlphaShield’s Hardware Firewall makes it sound like it provides some pretty heavy-duty Internet security. But while it does perform as advertised, we found there’s little to recommend it over less-expensive SOHO routers.
Part 4 of Jim Buzbee’s series shows how to modify the NSLU2’s flash so that you can automate the startup of the other hacks and open the door to even more customizations.
Linksys’ Wireless-G Range Expander pitches itself as a painless way to expand your wireless network’s range. Unfortunately, we found it to be an interesting concept, but deliver far short of its promises.
Linksys’ WRE54G Wireless-G Range Expander [reviewed here] is a WDS-based 802.11b / g repeater that Linksys says works only with its WAP54G access point and WRT54G and WRT54GS wireless routers. But with a little effort, you can get it to function with any 802.11b or g product that supports WDS-based bridging and/or repeating.
It took awhile, but we managed to round up a few more wireless PDA products willing to be put to our wireless speed testing. This time, we have multiple PalmOS-based solutions as well as Dell’s fastest PDA for your perusal. We’re sure you’ll find the results as interesting as we did!
Our third installment of Jim Buzbee’s series walks you step-by-step through adding iTunes serving to the tricks that Linksys’ little wonder can perform.
Ever wonder if the extra money you pay for an “enterprise” access point is buying the ability to handle heavier traffic loads than the $100-or-so AP on your local retailer’s shelf? We did too until we put six 802.11g APs through some pretty heavy load testing, with some surprising results…
You might think that installing and configuring an Open Source-based firewall / router requires skills far beyond those possessed by ordinary (wo)men… but you’d be wrong. The m0n0wall firewall may be based on FreeBSD, and have a name that’s tricky to type, but our reviewer David Cook shows how getting it installed and running is well within the reach of most of us mere mortals…
You might think that installing and configuring an Open Source-based firewall / router requires skills far beyond those possessed by ordinary (wo)men… but you’d be wrong. The m0n0wall firewall may be based on FreeBSD, and have a name that’s tricky to type, but our reviewer David Cook shows how getting it installed and running is well within the reach of most of us mere mortals…
Buffalo Technology’s WLA2-G54 AirStation 54Mbps Wireless Compact Repeater Bridge packs a lot of features into a tiny box. Its name is a little misleading, so read our review and learn all that this little wonder will do!
In the second installment of Jim Buzbee’s explorations of Linksys’ little NAS-enabling marvel, he explains how to get set up to do your own hacking and walks us through adding NFS support.
Once in awhile a product comes along that you just know is going to spark the imagination – and hacking skills – of enthusiatic tweakers. Linksys seems to have done it again with its Linux-based NSLU2 Network Storage Link. Our correspondent Jim Buzbee has agreed to chronicle his adventures with this little wonder for SmallNetBuilder readers in a multi-part series. Part 1 describes how Jim managed to get a root login.