I upgraded my FIOS service at home from 5/1 Mbps to 25/25 Mbps for almost the same cost ($10 more). This was a while ago, but for the first time today I actually measured transfer rates close to the nominal speed. I am not using the ActionTec router, but a Netgate M1n1wall running pfSense that [...]
A comment posted in response to an article on Boston.com that predicted yet another day of rainfall: Now you know why solar panels are not exactly a sure bet for an alternative energy source. My 6KW setup has barely generated enough to keep my computer running. I do not dare get up on the roof to connect [...]
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When I grew up in Europe in the 1970s and 1980s, there was a noticable shift in public opinion away from support for traffic-enabling policies towards support for traffic-restricting policies. This manifested itself in numerous construction projects all over the continent with the objective not to build something, but to “unbuild” (Rückbau). Communities began to [...]
In an earlier post I presented the network throughput results of my tests with the Synology RS-407 NAS and IPerf in various configurations. I had a Windows XP x64 client in the mix with a bad network driver that messed up my test results. During these earlier tests I contacted Synology support about the odd [...]
I wanted to know exactly how much throughput I get from my new switch (HP ProcCurve 1400-24G) and found a network performance test tool that is available on many platforms – iPerf. I installed it on my Pc (Asus P5NSLI MB with dual-core Intel Pentium 4 3.4 GHz, a Raid 0 configuration, and a Marvell [...]
I installed the Synology Rackstation last night and so far I like it a lot. . I installed four Seagate Barracuda ST3500630AS (500GB each) and, let me tell you, this configuration is anything but quiet. I have it sitting in a 42U rack cabinet in my basement, which is now filled with the airplane-like hum [...]
After the initial novelty of my Pinncle Showenter 200 wore off 2 years ago, it has seen regular use, but its many limitations have kept me from experimenting and finding new ways of putting the device to good use. This all changed last weekend, when I checked the Pinnacle site for updates and noticed that [...]
