blog: christmas with beta hardware

nikos · Moderator Joined: 07 Feb 2002 Posts: 12346 Location: UK

here's the comment area for today's blog rant found at
http://zabkat.com/blog/21Dec08-beta-hardware.htm

what i really wanted for xmas is this cool chair but they don't ship to greece Sad

Iain · New Member Joined: 15 Jun 2004 Posts: 15

We had terrible problems with our wifi repeater. In the end we resorted to powerline networking. A totally underrated technology. It is almost as fast as ethernet, works through walls, involves no set up and it is secure.

http://www.devolo.co.uk/uk_EN/produkte/dLAN/dlanwirelessextsk.html

nikos · Moderator Joined: 07 Feb 2002 Posts: 12346 Location: UK

i first heard about this "network through plugs" scanning the shops last month. But i didn't like it since it was only for wired networking -- your recommendation goes beyond that offering wireless too! Too bad it's only for UK plugs

fgagnon · Posted: Sun Dec 21, 2008 10:35 am Post subject:

I read about this over two decade ago but have only seen it used for low bandwidth apps: distributed HIFi audio, lamp & utility control, etc. In fact I have network through plugs control for over 20 years for my Xmas window lights. Surprised

wasker · Posted: Sun Dec 21, 2008 12:43 pm Post subject:

WiFi Repeater with instructions in Swedish sounds like a gray market to me -- no?

And I'm with you on HP drivers, bro! Man, this is unbelievable which unrelated crap are they going to install by default. Yahoo Toolbar is the most important part of the printer drivers, I guess...
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NetHawk · New Member Joined: 03 Jan 2009 Posts: 1

Cell phones, wifi-repeater, printer, the list goes on and on. Quality, decent product life cycles, support, sustainability are not en vogue anymore. Of course, the prices dropped so low, that you must admit you can't have it all. But I would be ready to pay more for a real quality product. And Quality doesn't necessarily mean more features. But it's hard to find these...

TiKu · Posted: Sat Feb 21, 2009 7:32 pm Post subject:

Concerning the cell phones: Take a Symbian based smartphone from Nokia. I never had any problems connecting those to a PC. You just install Nokia PC Suite and follow the instructions. Okay, Nokia PC Suite is larger than I'd like it to be, but at least it works as expected. Wink

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dunno · Bronze Member Joined: 17 Nov 2007 Posts: 129