I made my dumb appliances smarter with the Internet of Things Sometimes I forget things. In particular, I forget to transfer my clean but wet laundry from the washing machine to the dryer. When this happens,... Type: Blog post Tags: Miscellaneous Networking |
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Mixing power-line networking with Wi-Fi proves intoxicating You may recall my failed attempt at using a second Wi-Fi router in repeater mode in order to overcome some signal-strength issues in the... Type: Blog post Tags: Networking |
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Time Warner slings free Maxx upgrades to counter Google Fiber I've been chronicling the slow progress of Google Fiber moving into my metro area, my city, and eventually, into my house. Since Google Fiber... Type: Blog post Tags: Internet Networking |
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Local game streaming: Coming soon from the PC Nvidia's Project Shield was one of the most intriguing new products on display at this year's Consumer Electronics Show. This handheld gaming device combines the... Type: Blog post Tags: Gaming Networking |
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Freshening up a home network can yield big bandwidth benefits One of the funny things about being a PC enthusiast, for me, is how there's a constant ebb and flow of little projects that I... Type: Blog post Tags: Networking |
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The pool wants you! As Chicago said back in 1970, does anybody really know what time it is?... Type: Blog post Tags: Internet Linux-Unix Networking |
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Where are we going from here? How can we make voice communications available to rural communities in mountainous regions of the developing world? I have been searching out answers to this... Type: Blog post Tags: Miscellaneous Networking |
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Slow Vista SP1 file copies: no fix yet! After my post about slow file copies with Windows Vista SP1, some of you offered potential fixes and asked for an update once the... Type: Blog post Tags: Operating systems Networking |
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Retest day January 17, 2008 We were finally able to make it up to the mountains again to finish what we... Type: Blog post Tags: Miscellaneous Linux-Unix Networking |
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Test day December 6, 2007 Because of the problem with node 10 from the day before, I removed the node 10 antenna and remounted it on the other... Type: Blog post Tags: Miscellaneous Networking |
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Final test day preparations December 5, 2007 Click on diagram for a larger version The diagram above... Type: Blog post Tags: Miscellaneous Networking |
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Setting up long distance routers November 24, 2007 I had originally planned on using inexpensive Linksys WRT54GL devices for the long distance link. This has been done successfully in the... Type: Blog post Tags: Miscellaneous Networking |
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A few long distance links November 8, 2007 I realize I'm not going for any world records with a 100 km WiFi link. Many have gone before me; here is... Type: Blog post Tags: Miscellaneous Networking |
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Permission for node 14 October 29, 2007 Some effort was required to get permission to do our testing on the node 14 site. It turns out that the east side... Type: Blog post Tags: Miscellaneous Networking |
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The antennas arrived October 27, 2007 After a little trouble with FedEx, the four HyperLink antennas arrived (two 30 dBi HG2430G and two 24 dBi HG2424G). Type: Blog post Tags: Miscellaneous Networking |
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Node 14 site survey October 19, 2007 We packed the usual site survey equipment and took a drive up to the area proposed for node 14, using Google Earth directions... Type: Blog post Tags: Miscellaneous Networking |
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Building a prototype mast for village wireless VoIP October 18, 2007 I spent a better part of the day cutting, drilling, grinding, and assembling. The result was surprisingly stable–more stable than I could have... Type: Blog post Tags: Miscellaneous Networking |
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A shopping trip for village wireless VoIP October 16, 2007 We took a trip down to Home Depot, having only half of a design in mind for an antenna tower. We... Type: Blog post Tags: Miscellaneous Networking |
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