Posts by Dan Mercier

The one they announced recently is their "draft-n" as they had a Pre-N out quite a while ago. The pre-n did not perform very well compared to the N specs but did beat out most G routers. Other draft-n routers from linksys did not...

Of course my dog hates thunder. But the weird things he is afraid of are any kind of flying insect that buzzes. He doesn't do well with flies in the house or outside in the summer. He is also afraid of the vapor trail from a jet. It...

Quote: Originally Posted by TonyD i was about to ask something like this too. i have a laptop with a failing hd. so we sent it in under warranty and the drive was replaced. now i have a new drive with xp installed and...

Do you think you really need the performance of raid 0? I had a machine with raid 0 for the last 2+ years and it finally cratered. My whole problem with it was backing it up or getting any files off the disks after they died. You have...

Not sure if portforward covers pc anywhere or your router brand but its got tons of info on helping you out. www.portforward.com

Sorry to post my own reply. I had searched for sound isolation but came across lots of posts about doors/drywall/resiliant channels. I posted then thought hey search for forced air. Came across these helpful...

I have a basement which i am finishing which I'd like to sound isolate as much as I can. I was planning to put in 2 layers of drywall and solid core doors. I realize doing that may not yield any isolation since i have forced air...

Check out the panasonic camera's. This camera has an amazing lens recommended to me by the best amateur photographer i know. Very versatile camera. http://www.dpreview.com/reviews/read...nasonic_dmcfz5 Just found a review at...

I am located in Canada and finally have time this fall to do a meet or the the home theater cruise. I would prefer the meet at this time as I haven't been to the Los Angeles area before so would love a chance to visit the studios and...

Also check out Port Forward for detailed information on setting up the firewall/xp or router based for forwarding ports for various applications. Dan