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Gigabit card only connecting at 100mbps? Here’s the fix.

Dave Farquhar — Mon, 24 Apr 2017 11:00:54 +0000

I finished a modernization project where I replaced all of my 100-megabit gear with gigabit-capable gear, including my cabling and router and access points. But after I replaced my last 100-megabit switch, I found we had two Windows desktops refusing

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There’s plenty of credit for the Internet to go around

Dave Farquhar — Wed, 25 Jul 2012 12:13:28 +0000

There’s a crazy rumor going around saying that the government didn’t do much of anything to create the Internet, and that private industry did it all. I remember the Internet before the private sector got involved in it. I was

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Short takes, 5 Jun 2012

Dave Farquhar — Tue, 05 Jun 2012 11:25:07 +0000

I’m positively uninspired this morning, trying to recover from a weekend of the most boring writing I’ve ever done in my life–something that, mercifully, only a small handful of tortured souls will ever have to see and read–so I’ll do

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PC Magazine has its reader’s choice awards for home networking equipment online

Dave Farquhar — Tue, 01 May 2012 12:11:55 +0000

PC Magazine posted its reader’s choice awards for home networking equipment Monday. PC Magazine‘s reader surveys aren’t gospel, but they’re valuable. They’re a cross-section of the opinions of people who care enough about technology to read the magazine, and as

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Balancing safety and versatility

Dave Farquhar — Fri, 02 Dec 2011 11:02:07 +0000

John C Dvorak has a very simple solution to the HP printing problem. Lock down the firmware so it’s not upgradeable. And while we’re at it, do the same thing to routers and other equipment. This solves the problem of

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DNS and iTunes and other streaming media

Dave Farquhar — Thu, 30 Dec 2010 20:00:07 +0000

There are reports floating about regarding third-party DNS affecting downloads of movies and other media, particularly from iTunes. So, if tweaking DNS settings used to be what all the cool kids are doing, maybe it’s about to become less trendy,

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What to look for in a router

Dave Farquhar — Tue, 05 Oct 2010 03:11:37 +0000

I revisit the topic of what to look for in a router every six or seven years. As important as it always was, I think it’s even more important today, as there are a number of underpowered routers on the

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Time for me to ask the questions for once

Dave Farquhar — Tue, 02 Sep 2003 03:28:51 +0000

OK, I've got some questions for once.

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Nasty weather takes down a site (this one)

Dave Farquhar — Wed, 11 Jun 2003 22:43:35 +0000

Last night, we got pounded with some severe storms here in St. Louis. My power flickered off a couple of times and actually stayed down twice that I know about. The longest outage was a couple of hours.

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