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. . Just purchased and installed one at home... 10/100 NICS work fine...but my one gig nic is EXTREMELY slow, especially if traffic from other machines is going through the router... I get crawl speeds if I'm lucky... I got into device manager and forced the gig to 10/100 full and it...

system restore?

. . nice job.... I went through 4 semesters of Cisco Academy at the local JC, then foolishly didn't test for CCNA...fraid I forgot most of the stuff and kick myself everytime I read threads like this...

. . At work we have a couple of ASA5520's which I NEED to learn more about (boss does most configuring but I have green light if needed)...I use the ASDM but have a tough time gettin' my head around some of the rules, etc... I see newegg has the Cisco 5505 for about $350 and was wondering...

Thanks for the replies... the Egg said I could return the memory with 15% restock fee...even if opened. So I'll try one 2GB stick...if it posts I'll open the other...

. . Here is the laptop at newegg... http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16834117664&nm_mc=OTC-Froogle&cm_mmc=OTC-Froogle-_-Notebooks-_-Sony+VAIO-_-34117664 On the specs...it sezs it only supports 2GB...check it out.... Does that mean that 1x2GB will work? and...

. . So I purchased a cheap a$$ laptop from BestBuy for 4 bills...a Sony VAIO. Came with Vista and 1GB (2x512s 667mghz)....(headslap)... Couldn't FIND ANYWHERE any technical data regarding the hardware for this laptop on sony's site.... Chated with a silly CSR and she said the machine...

. . Gettin' ready to install my first wireless devices at home..DLink DGL4500 and VAIO Laptop using 11g. Been googling security and from what I can tell (beyond a VPN) WPA2 is the way to go...then WPA and WEP... SSID off and apply MAC filtering...(does this sound bout right for the...

. . What about laser toner...problems there?

I know the printer manufacturers want you to use brand new same-name brand cartridges (ink, toner) but was wondering what everybody's opinion was on this topic... Are the refill kits and re manufactured cartridges as good as new? Does it really matter or are the printer vendors just out to...

. . Thanks for the replies... yest bmango...i looked at that model also and was considering it...seems like a very good price for a non-duplex AIO... My wife will be using it primarily for homeschool...so I have a feeling it'll get plenty of use...thus, I thought I would upgrade to one...

anyone?

Have it narrowed down to these two when the price is right... Brother or HP However, as of right now...the brother IS the right price...not sure it will go lower...the HP should with the next rebate season they have... Anyone have specific feedback on these specific printers or...

Thanks man

. . So right now I have a wired LAN with an old 10/100 DLink 4 port router which has served me well... My new machine has a gig mobo lan and I bought an intel Pro gig destop adaptor for my Dell...since I want to put gig between them...now I need the router piece. My question is which...