How To Build a Really Fast NAS – Part 3: Windows Home Server
In Part 3 of our series, we find that Windows Home Server can make a pretty fast NAS for writes. But reads are a different story.
How To
Taming Your Network’s Bandwidth Hogs – Part 1
Most consumer routers are no help in controlling bandwidth black holes. But in the first part of our series, we look at a router distro that can provide some easy relief.
How To Build a Really Fast NAS – Part 2: Shaking Down the Testbed
In Part 2 of our continuing series, we see what it takes to construct a testbed that is capable of testing 100 MB/s NASes
How To Set Up Switch Link Aggregation
Link aggregation is easy to set up and is a quick fix for bandwidth bottlenecks.
How To Build a Really Fast NAS – Part 1: Introduction
We're off to find out how to build a NAS that can really keep up with a gigabit Ethernet connection. Part 1 describes how we put together our test bed.
How To Fix Your Wireless Network – Part 4: Antennas
In Part 4 of our How To series, we look at the ins and outs of changing antennas in the quest to improve wireless LAN performance.
How To Choose the Right Wireless LAN for You
Choosing a wireless LAN product that you'll be happy with isn't easy. Our How To will help you sort out the options.
How We Test Wireless Products – Six Location Open Air Method
With the loss of the Azimuth test system, we're returning to open air tests for measuring wireless performance.
How To Add a Cellular Trunk to Your VoIP System – Part 2
Part 2 of the series details the integration of a Portech MV-370 VoIP GSM Gateway both standalone and with an Asterisk PBX.
More Cheap and Fast RAID 5 NASes
Three readers share their experiences in building their own RAID 5 NASes.
How To Add a Cellular Trunk to Your VoIP System
In Part 1 of a two part series, Michael Graves shows you wow to reach out and touch the world by adding a cellular trunk line to an Asterisk-based VoIP system.
Why Build Your Own NAS?
Bill Meade's Build a Cheap and Fast RAID 5 NAS How To has continued to be one of our most popular articles, even though now it's almost two years old. But with the price of ready-to-buy RAID5 1 TB NASes as low as $500, does it still make sense to roll your own?