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Entries for June, 2008

Site Of The Month - petrolprices.com

June’s Site Of The Month is ‘petrolprices.com‘. We thought this website might be quite relevant with all the problems with petrol prices in the UK at the moment. The site has many features which are designed to try and help you save money! There is a Petrol Price Checker which helps you [...]

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Skype Phone Netgear SPH101 Review

Today we got to play with the Skype Phone Netgear SPH101. In February we looked at the ideas of non USB Skype phones, specifically the 200D which is a phone with a special unit to connect into your router. This SPH101 is the model down from the 200D.
Hardware
The Netgear SPH101 phone itself is well made, [...]

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Wireless Network Planning - Step 3

This is the third and final step of the Beginners guide to wireless network planning, and this step is an optional one. So far we have looked at:

Equipment Required
Security

If you find that your wireless network doesn’t stretch as far as you need it to then you can extend it!
Firstly, it is good to use equipment [...]

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Wireless Network Planning - Step 2

In Step 1 we looked at the equipment you require, in Step 2 we are looking at Security, this is something I often find people don’t bother with! Not Good! If you don’t secure your network you are risking the following:

People logging onto your broadband connection and using up all your bandwidth,
Accessing inappropriate sites over [...]

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How to set up an Auto-Repsonse - The Tutorial

The following blog will take you through the easy steps of how to set up an Auto-Response for your website/email address for those using cPanel. Then of course how to delete it
How To Create an Auto-Response

The first step you need to take is to open up your web browser and type into your address [...]

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Review: Installing Sky Broadband

Last week I installed Sky Broadband for a client and I thought at the time it would be useful for people to know how easy the install process is, the features the modem offers and a general experience. So starting today I will be reviewing the broadband installs that I do, one from each supplier [...]

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Wireless Network Planning - Step 1

We are going to do a couple of series for the quick tip posts, starting with a Wireless Planning Series For Beginners. So here we go!
First thing to think about is Equipment, the two pieces to consider are

A router of some sort
A wireless adaptor, either internal (PCI) or external (USB). If your machine doesn’t already [...]

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Security Key Generator

This weeks quick tip is about wireless security! When setting up your WEP or WPA encryption key don’t use your usual password for the key, or to generate the key! You need to think of something that isn’t at all related to you, that people can’t guess! OR Do what I do…use a key generator:
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Web Based Email Review:The Conclusion

Over the past week I’ve reviewed the top three Web Based Email Providers, Gmail, Yahoo! Mail and Live Mail/Hotmail. In my opinion they are all good providers have their pluses and minuses. For example; Hotmail/Live Mail is the most user friendly and has the most stylish layout, whereas Yahoo! Mail has unlimited storage [...]

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