Recent content by i7_Power

Fiber is complete over kill in you case. Copper cable is fine. Your money is better spent on upgrading to a faster Internet speed from the ISP. Hopefully you don't live in a location with crappy ISP's :).

Do you have wireless setup and is it password protected? Having duplicate MACs on the same network is never a good thing and causes what is called MAC flapping.

Sounds like any cheap consumer grade wireless router will do. I'm not familiar with UK models. Also, I'll stay away from Linksys, especially the EA3500. There new models don't support after market firmware which is a rather a dirty practice.

Anyone? Is my question clear?

Sounds like your Internet is dropping when you use higher bandwidth applications. How fast is your Internet speed?

If it works with a direct connection to the modem than it is probably the router. Try calling you ISP before buying a new one.

What specific Firewall model are you taking about?

I am looking to build a high performance pfSense router. It needs to support: - Supports 150mbps down and 20mbps up Internet speeds - about 10mbps up on the WAN interface all the time for my server - multiple separate networks and vlans - high speed gigabit LAN. Multiple people streaming HD...

Let me know if you need me to explain more. :bounce:

I have a windows file share for my "Media" directory. Inside are these folders: Backups Personal Books Games Movies Music Software TV shows Using the "PublicUser" local user account (no AD) I can connect to the share. What I am trying to do is make it so all my computers can connect...

I guess I'll try calling support again and just return it if I still can't get it to work. Maybe try a different model.

I'm confused ... I tested the disk, both are fine and re-formatted both. I reset the RAID but one disk is still appear to has an error. I tried accessing this drive via SATA and it works perfectly. This just doesn't make scene :heink:. I don't know how the RAID controller marks a disk as bad. I...