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Question Mesh system - backhaul 3 units or wifi connect 4 units?

Thanks for the replies all. Usandthem, that was a great link you shared with me. I ended up doing a 3 pack of the AC3000 that I will backhaul via ethernet. Looks like it should be more than enough to cover my entire property. Luckily Costco has an easy return policy if I need to replace with...
- theanimala
- Post #6
- Mar 29, 2020
- Forum: Networking
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Question Mesh system - backhaul 3 units or wifi connect 4 units?

I am not a networking wizard at all. I currently have 3 routers in my house (1 being provided by Verizon Fios 1Gig service) and three different SSIDs. The routers are connected via ethernet. When in one part of the house I'm often connected to a router on the other end of the house and my...
- theanimala
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- Mar 26, 2020
- Replies: 5
- Forum: Networking
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Video-Crazy hissing sound from 09 Acura MDX, scary, any thoughts?

Yes, I did. In fact the video was of the car with the hood open, unfortunately it was too dark to see anything. The MDX engine area is very small, but from what I could tell it seemed to be coming from more of the front / bottom section of the engine area, meaning it could be more the radiator...
- theanimala
- Post #3
- Apr 10, 2015
- Forum: The Garage
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Video-Crazy hissing sound from 09 Acura MDX, scary, any thoughts?

Happened tonight to my MDX, idling for a few minutes when it started. Turned off the car then drove it home. Left it running in the driveway for a few minutes when it happened again? It's dark so it's hard to see but there was a bit of smoke coming out from the head lights and grill after doing...
- theanimala
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- Apr 10, 2015
- Replies: 8
- Forum: The Garage
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Recommendations for wireless access point to extend existing network?

Thanks Smitbret. I ended up paying about $100 more for the Asus RT-N66U. http://www.newegg.com/Product/Produc...3320091&cm_sp= I read great things about it's range, and Newegg had a deal that had it come with a wireless extender as well...
- theanimala
- Post #3
- May 6, 2014
- Forum: Networking
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Recommendations for wireless access point to extend existing network?

Do you have any recommendation on a wireless access point with 4 Ethernet ports to extend my wireless network? The second half of my house has a very weak signal but I do have a single cat 6 cable running to that area from my main Verizon Fios router. I would like to plug it into this new...
- theanimala
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- May 5, 2014
- Replies: 2
- Forum: Networking
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Gas furnace question - don't know where to ask?

Thanks everyone for the great advice. The unit is about 15 years old and I highly doubt it's been cleaned out. I will try to find some service manuals online to see what I can do myself, if not I agree it's time to call someone to clean/service the unit.
- theanimala
- Post #11
- Jan 23, 2013
- Forum: OT Discussion Club
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Gas furnace question - don't know where to ask?

So I recently moved and I have been having an issue where my furnace will turn on and start heating but after a minute or two you can hear the fire turns off (blower is still working) for another minute or so and then the flame kicks back on for another minute before turning off again. I...
- theanimala
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- Jan 22, 2013
- Replies: 11
- Forum: OT Discussion Club
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New Mac Mini :(

You make a very valid point. I was thinking the same thing. The old iMac I have now would honestly be fine if the hard drive didn't appear as though it was about to die on me again. Don't want to put money into tech that is so old, so I figured I might as well jump with something new. I do...
- theanimala
- Post #19
- Oct 26, 2012
- Forum: Apple
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New Mac Mini :(

Curious about the new mac Mini for a non-gamer. I have been limping along with my late 2007 Aluminum 24" iMac with a 2.4ghz Core 2 Duo / 4GB ram systems for years now. The system is VERY sluggish and I suspect the hard drive is ready to die again. I'm debating if it's worth getting the i7...
- theanimala
- Post #9
- Oct 24, 2012
- Forum: Apple
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Legal download of Adobe Photoshop Elements 9.0?

I legally purchased Photoshop Elements 9.0 for my computer about a year ago or so and just recently upgraded to an SSD drive. I reinstalled windows and need to reinstall photoshop elements 9.0 as I have my original key. Problem is I can only find 10.0 on Adobe's site as that is the current...
- theanimala
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- Mar 29, 2012
- Replies: 3
- Forum: Windows
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Help a dummy, can't get back music in itunes after reinstall of OSX

Ok, I'm sure this is simple, but I am lost. My 2 1/2 year old mac has been acting up, and I wanted to do a clean install of OSX 10.6. I made sure I backed up Time Machine a final time, as well as dragged and dropped my itunes music folder to another network hard drive. I formated the HD...
- theanimala
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- Jun 22, 2010
- Replies: 1
- Forum: Apple
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VMware player - keyboard not working (not keystrokes).

Not sure if anyone can help, I must be doing something wrong, although I don't know how. I loaded VMware player on my Dell Inspiron Quad Core desktop PC just to play around with Linux, and maybe Chrome in the future. After I install it, and the guest operating system (Unbuntu), when I click in...
- theanimala
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- May 15, 2010
- Replies: 2
- Forum: Operating Systems
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Ipod Nano - $50 more for latest vs last gen, worth it?

Thanks guys, I think I will bite the bullet and get the newer one. This probably would have been a harder decision if my gift card was only $100 and the rest would be coming out of my pocket.
- theanimala
- Post #15
- Sep 15, 2009
- Forum: OT Discussion Club
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Ipod Nano - $50 more for latest vs last gen, worth it?

I have a $200 gift card from Apple, and I don't need to buy any music. I already have an 80GB Classic, so I was thinking of getting something smaller for taking in the car, etc. I can get the 16GB latest gen Nano for $179, or last gen's refurbished for $129. Is it worth the $50 more for the...
- theanimala
- Thread
- Sep 15, 2009
- Replies: 16
- Forum: OT Discussion Club
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Translate please - Jamji? - believe Hindi

Without going into too much detail, there was a recent domestic disturbance and someone in my town spray painted a single word all over his spouse's house. The word was either Jamji, or Jajmi. I believe the people involved are Indian, so I would assume it's Hindi. I looked online without much...
- theanimala
- Thread
- Sep 11, 2009
- Replies: 2
- Forum: OT Discussion Club
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Recommend me a load balancer

My vote for F5, best out there.
- theanimala
- Post #11
- Mar 27, 2009
- Forum: Networking
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Best NETWORK External Storage?

I bought a 1TB iomega Gig NAS drive from Dell for $130 shipped free. Reviews online are very good. Not as fast as very expensive NAS systems, but I transferring files at 12MBs without a hitch.
- theanimala
- Post #6
- Mar 20, 2009
- Forum: Memory and Storage
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What's the point of Cat6 if it only does 1gig like Cat5e?

So you are saying we should only run cat6? Thanks, got it.
- theanimala
- Post #23
- Mar 5, 2009
- Forum: Networking
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What's the point of Cat6 if it only does 1gig like Cat5e?

What's the big deal? Cat 6 costs like pennies more then Cat 5 from places like Monoprice. I just ran Cat6 for my gig-e home network and I am planning on being future proofed.
- theanimala
- Post #11
- Mar 1, 2009
- Forum: Networking
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My wifi throughput blows *** ( i think )

I wish I had answer for you, but I was running across so much nonsense with my wireless that I spent an entire weekend running Cat6 cables through my basement and now have my core systems hooked up via GigE, such a relief. The remaining systems on wireless seem to run faster, maybe less...
- theanimala
- Post #6
- Feb 25, 2009
- Forum: Networking
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Problems with too many switches?

Thanks, I will just buy two more switches then. 50 Foot cat-6 cables cost about $9 after shipping, and I would need two of them. Each 5 port Gig-E switch is only $15 after rebate, so not much more to save myself a few hours of work.
- theanimala
- Post #4
- Jan 27, 2009
- Forum: Networking
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Problems with too many switches?

I recently ran a gig-e network with some cheap D-Link gig-e switch and cat-6 cables to connect my home pc, imac and PS3 for media sharing. Working great, no issues. But now I am looking at getting a TV which has an ethernet connection, as well as maybe another computer, and a potential Wii...
- theanimala
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- Jan 27, 2009
- Replies: 3
- Forum: Networking
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Need a switch, Gig-E make sense if router is 100MB?

Thanks again guys, you remind me why I keep coming to these boards year after year. After I posted I did look online at Monoprice and saw the price was hardly different, so I will be ordering the Cat 6 cables. Easy part is done, now comes the hard part of running it through the basement...
- theanimala
- Post #9
- Jan 4, 2009
- Forum: Networking
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Need a switch, Gig-E make sense if router is 100MB?

Guys, thank you very much for the replies. Looks like I am going to go for the Gig-E Router. I hate to ask even more, but does it make a difference if I go Cat 5e or Cat 6? I'm looking at 50 foot cable lengths for all of the connections. Thanks,
- theanimala
- Post #6
- Jan 4, 2009
- Forum: Networking
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Need a switch, Gig-E make sense if router is 100MB?

My home network has lots and lots of devices connected to my Verizon FIOS router (10/100 and 802.11 B/G) with nearly no problems. All 4 of my wired ports are taken up. I have a PS3 and iMac (both of which have Gig-E ports) connected wirelessly but streaming from the iMac to the PS3 has...
- theanimala
- Thread
- Jan 4, 2009
- Replies: 8
- Forum: Networking
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Who use a Pentium 4 in his main pc?

My main machine is a P4 2.4 with 1GB ram, Dell Dimension 4500 with a radeon 9700 pro card. Ever since getting my wife a C2D 2.4 iMac I am dying to get a new machine. I have my eye on a refurb Dell Inspiron 530 with a 2.4 Quad 6600, adding my own videocard later on. The C2D does a good job...
- theanimala
- Post #60
- Jun 19, 2008
- Forum: CPUs and Overclocking
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Help! Hard Drive is failing

OrooOroo, thanks for the info. This problem looks pretty cool so I did download it. I started running it last night, and now 10 hours and 59 minutes into it I am at 2% complete. Time remaining, 142 hours and 3 minutes. Does that not seem to be a bit on the slow side? So far, 2 unrecoverable...
- theanimala
- Post #3
- Oct 25, 2007
- Forum: Computer Building
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Help! Hard Drive is failing

I have two internal HD's, and one external. I manually copy important documents across all three drives, but in this case I was letting iTunes manage my music, and all of the files are on my D drive (a 160GB Maxtor drive). Well, a few months ago I had it where there were a number of files that...
- theanimala
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- Oct 24, 2007
- Replies: 2
- Forum: Computer Building
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Flavor of Love - girl craps herself?!?!?

I just heard from a friend that a girl on Flavor of Love crapped herself, and it was all caught on camera. Not to be too gross, but I just HAVE to see this. I have tried all of the regular searches, but I cannot find the video anywhere on the net. Can anyone help? Thanks! I think...
- theanimala
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- Apr 7, 2007
- Replies: 17
- Forum: OT Discussion Club
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Cannot see files or folders that I know are there?!?

Ok, i just tried a test. I copied a folder beggining with a letter higher then C, (Ulead demo) to the folder I am having problems with. The folder appeared there. I then clicked inside the folder and could see the files. When I then backed out to the folder, it new one was no longer visible...
- theanimala
- Post #5
- Mar 12, 2007
- Forum: Windows
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Cannot see files or folders that I know are there?!?

I am certain I am looking in the right place. Google desktop will show the files, and then I can either click on it to open the file (which works), or open the folder. It opens the folder, but they are not there... I just reinstalled windows from scratch last week, and installed Free AVG...
- theanimala
- Post #4
- Mar 12, 2007
- Forum: Windows
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Cannot see files or folders that I know are there?!?

I have downloaded some files with Agent Newsreader, but I cannot see them at all. If I use google desktop, it says the files are listed in folder, but when I open the folder they are not there. I have told windows explorer to show all file types, but still I cannot see them. What is also...
- theanimala
- Thread
- Mar 12, 2007
- Replies: 4
- Forum: Windows
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Need a new C drive, IDE only computer, can I use SATA?

I have a 3 year old Dell 4550 with a 30GB IDE C drive, and a 250GB D drive. I need more space and want to replace my 30GB C drive. I don't want to do a major system upgrade right now, and I plan on using this computer as it is for at least another year (most likely 2). I was wondering if I...
- theanimala
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- Jan 14, 2007
- Replies: 3
- Forum: Computer Building
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20.1" 4:3 LCD's..

I agree with what you are saying on the matching look. I really wanted another 2001 or 2007FP to match my current Dell. But I was able to work a deal with my company that they would pay for any LCD monitor that was under $300. I jumped on the Samsung. While I like the Dell, I couldn't beat...
- theanimala
- Post #8
- Sep 5, 2006
- Forum: Displays
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20.1" 4:3 LCD's..

Well, I have both the 204B and the older, 2001FP from dell, both connected up DVI running native 1600 x 1200. The resolution of the 204B seems to be better (no screen door effect, hardly but slightly noticeable on the 2001FP, not sure how it is on the 2007FP). But the viewing angle of the 204B...
- theanimala
- Post #6
- Sep 5, 2006
- Forum: Displays
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dual monitor question

Regarding #1, you can easily hook up both monitors assuming you have the output on your video card. You can have the same image on both or have separate images on both. I wonder why you want the same image on two screens? Having two monitors is great, you can have email open on one screen and...
- theanimala
- Post #2
- Aug 8, 2006
- Forum: Displays
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Samsung 204B 20.1" $285.99 AR

I'd rather deal with slightly less viewing angle but have the higher 1600x1200 resolution any day. Of course, that's only my opinion.
- theanimala
- Post #28
- Aug 8, 2006
- Forum: Hot Deals and Giveaways
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Samsung 204B 20.1" $285.99 AR

I'm not sure how this rates against the 2007FP, but I have to disagree with poster #1. I have the 2001FP and received my 204B 2 weeks ago from PC Connection. I have both sitting right next to each other, and both are connected via DVI. Very good pictures on both, but I prefer the Dell. It...
- theanimala
- Post #25
- Aug 7, 2006
- Forum: Hot Deals and Giveaways
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Cannot get second monitor running off of second video card

Guys, sorry for the early post. I did a reboot (as windows sometimes likes :) ) and sure enough it could see my DVI connected monitor on the second video card. I have to say my monitor looked pretty good on VGA, but it is quite a bit sharper on DVI. Colors are more accurate too.
- theanimala
- Post #2
- Aug 2, 2006
- Forum: Displays

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