Feb 1, 20081

Routers, firewalls, port forwarding, and games.

Categories: Gadgets, Tech-howto

Time for our second Tech-howto: Routers.
Now you may be sitting with your d-link or netgear, or even linksys router thinking ‘my router works fine’; but most likely, you are incorrect; either your resetting it too often, or the firewall menu is frustratingly limited or difficult to navigat, or maby the router itself is just [...]

Time for our second Tech-howto: Routers. Now you may be sitting with your d-link or netgear, or even linksys router thinking 'my router works fine'; but most likely, you are incorrect; either your resetting it too often, or the firewall menu is frustratingly limited or difficult to navigat, or maby the router itself is just not fast enough to route the traffic that your bringing in making it a bottleneck in your network speeds. This guide will take you through what router to ... Read More

Jan 1, 20081

Slingbox Review - Place Shifting for Dummies

Categories: Gadgets, Reviews

Place Shifting
In keeping with the concept of “Place Shifting” I decided to setup a Sling box, so that I could have access to Canadian Cable television, without actually being there. This is perfect, since I can watch the Food channel without actually having to endure the brutal Canadian winter.
That’s when I [...]

Place Shifting In keeping with the concept of "Place Shifting" I decided to setup a Sling box, so that I could have access to Canadian Cable television, without actually being there. This is perfect, since I can watch the Food channel without actually having to endure the brutal Canadian winter. That's when I realised to my horror that I would have to get my family in Toronto to do the setup. Since I couldn't actually be there physically I ... Read More