Q: I have a new router and his research into the safety of routers. Ive noticed that a few consumer routers have SPI as a security feature.

Is SPI is important for a home user? Is it worth the extra $ $ for this position?

The routers that Ive found with this feature Linksys WRT54G and GS and Motorola BR700 (wired). Everyone seems to LinkSys, but I can not find many impressions for the BR700 router. Does anyone have any experience with Motorola routers? The BR700 is cheaper

Q: Subject says it all.

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Q: I have a managed switch that I can telnet to . but I forgot what I had IP assigned. Is there a way I can ping each IP and see whats going on? Now I only have two computers on the switch . When I tracert the other computer, the switch does turn up.

Re:To be honest I dont know what I did. I ran everything I was told to do on all the computers and for 2 days or shutting down and restarting nothing was different at all. Then one day under my computer a clikable button called My Network Places just poped up. I did absolutly nothing [...]

Q: small network with 8 computers connected to a Linksys BEFSR41 router with an 8-port hub. I am running Windows XP. Anyway network traffic and bandwidth usage monitoring internet through XP? If not what is a good easy to use app to do this? Any ideas?

thanks Drew

Q: I have the Linksys BEFW11S4 for $ 75 and $ 50 for the Netgear MR814.

The better buy (feature wise) is? Perhaps a better wireless router in this price range? Comment away!

Thanks in advance guys. -Guy

Q: Hi, I keep trying for a server so my friends and I can play, but when my friends list to update their servers, my server does not show up to do, there is a waiting period that I have to wait for ISP cache my server? Im behind an SMC Barricade and my ISP here in the Charter SoCal.

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Q: I am a bit confused.

please correct me if Im wrong, but Im impressed that a regular DSL / cable router ports enabled. If this is the case, why make them special switch u0026quot; u0026quot, routers are more expensive?

is because the DSL / cable router is not 10/100Mb, and the switch router u0026quot; u0026quot; is?

thx in advance for clarifying

Q: Hi, looking
Thanx in.

This is the problem or not:

My neighbor uses wifi for its computers to a broadband subscription, and has offered me a link, and [as long as I use the hardware, which can get away ] The question is 0.
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how safe scheme – like my neighbor has full control of incoming and transmitting router – can access my computer or what sites Im surfing?

Im running Win2K Pro and have a good firewall, so I know that some of the traffic

Q: Hi, am looking

I set up a fileserver for my house, which will be mainly for MP3s, but there will be some other files on there as well. I will be using a Pentium II 266 with 96MB RAM for the system. I have Windows 2000 Server Setup and runs well on that system, so my question is, should I use Win2000 Server for this, or should I use some Linux distribution? If Windows, what should be setup? Just share a drive? If Linux, what distribution and how difficult it is to setup – Im a newb