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Sounds great!
Just fix your DNS setting!
For a quick check set the DNS settings on your PC to 8.8.8.8. Then ping any domain name (yahoo.com, google.com, etc).
If it doesn't work, please post the output of the ping here.
If this works, you will have to fix your DNS server settings on the Asus router. If its WAN interface is set to DHCP this should have worked. If you have assigned a static IP on the WAN side then try switching to DHCP (recommended anyway).
Otherwise report back here to get instructions.
Siamect and me, we're both eager to help you
peace,
welo
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well, Martin,
you know, one reason for keeping the discussion in the forum instead of starting a private conversation is that
* others can benefit from the discussion as well (now or later, thanks to google and the forum search feature)
* no time wasted with work being duplicated because one doesn't know what another person has already written. It's not that writing a lengthy post and cross-checking facts on the internet, adding links and quotes etc is a matter of 5 minutes.
* others can cross-check what you write and correct your mistakes - I personally don't have any problem with others correcting me, on the contrary, I appreciate and encourage it.
Of course there are downsides of message boards as well, but I believe the pros outweigh them in most cases.
Thanks for the OP to keep me updated what's going on.
Don't believe in forums too much...There is no point using AP mode. Use it as router instead.
Both are valid setups. There are pros and cons. In most home-user scenarios double NAT has no benefit at all, and only complicates things. I'm sure you know that.
I agree that in the OPs situation a proper NAT setup has advantages, and I actually advocate that solution as well. The major disadvantage will be port forwarding issues with P2P software.
welo
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OK, I see. I didn't know about those software tools.
Good (technical) reads on the topic:
http://blogs.msdn.com/b/e7/archive/2009/05/05/support-and-q-a-for-solid-state-drives-and.aspx (there is a short section on TRIM)
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/TRIM
welo
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Then while responding to a PM last night, I discovered a pretty negative article that turned me around. It is available at <http://www.tomshardware.com/news/asem-efix-mac-chameleon,8617.html>
As there are other options out there to create a Hackamac, I think I'll start learning more about them, and forget about the EFiX chip.
That was an interesting read. It seems there are several reasons to stay away from this product: it's overpriced, non-upgradable, unstable, bad customer support, reaps the work of others without giving credit and violating (GPL) license terms at the same time, etc.
After doing some reading on the topic I doubt that this is a suitable project to do on your own. While it seems that systems are rock stable when choosing the right hardware, there is increased an increased maintenance level to be considered that requires advanced skills as well.
But I guess this was one of the reasons for your original post, to maybe find somebody who would team up with you. I think this was a reasonable move.
What to expect from a Hackintosh, read here. But make sure you don't ignore the comments warning about the downsides, because most of the Hackintosh user's are probably not 'standard' Mac users in terms of skill level.
welo
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I'm pretty sure that your setup should work either way, with the Asus router in 'standard' mode as well as in AP mode. The result will be different in terms of network topology - I guess for now you are just interested to get it to work any way, but later you should think about the pros and cons and make a decision.
Did some reading on the Asus, here is what I found out:
Gateway mode
The standard mode should be 'Gateway'. This is to connect the router to another network with NAT enabled (that means you will have your 'own' network starting with e.g. 192.168.2.x. Usually this mode is intended to connect to a ADSL modem.
In Home Gateway mode, the RT-N16 connects to the Internet via ADSL or cable modem, and clients in your network share the same IP to ISP.In this mode, NAT is enabled and WAN connection is allowed using PPPoE, DHCP, or static IP. It also support UPnP and DDNS features that are useful for home users.
Your setup:
* set the Asus to Gateway mode (or Home Gateway?) and enable either DHCP OR static IP (e.g. 192.168.1.150). I recommend DHCP for a start.
* check the LAN configuration page and see which subnet the Asus is configured to 'create'. From your previous post I assume this is 192.168.2.x/255.255.255.0 . The LAN IP for Asus is most likely set to 192.168.2.1.
* Set your PC to static IP, e.g. 192.168.2.2/255.255.255.0, Gateway 192.168.2.1
* Restart your router and try to access the web interface from your PC.
* If this fails:
- make sure your PC has the correct IP assigned, 192.168.2.2 (ipconfig)
- ping the Asus: C:> ping 192.168.2.1
* If you can access the Asus web interface, see if it obtained a correct address from the Zyxel, e.g. 192.168.1.4
* Then try ping the Zyxel: C:> ping 192.168.1.1
What happens?
Router mode
In router mode there is no NAT, but I assume that you still create your own subnet (192.168.2.x). Maybe you could even share the Zyxel subnet.
I guess this mode requires static routes to be configured, not sure if there is any standard routes in this mode, and maybe this is the reason it didn't work for you.
In Router mode, we suppose you use RT-N16 to connect to LAN in your company. So, you can set up routing protocol to meet your requirement in office.Explaining with technical terms, router mode is, NAT is disabled, static routing protocol are allowed to set.
AP mode
This mode should transparent and straight forward. Your PC, connected to one of the LAN ports, should be able to obtain a IP address from the Zyxel.
NAT and DHCP (server) are of course disabled in this mode!
Try the following: Before switching to AP mode, set the LAN configuration on the ASUS to static, and assign e.g. 192.168.1.150/255.255.255.0. Then switch. Hopefully the router will not reset the LAN configuration in this mode. Any IP clashes with the Zyxel (192.168.1.1) should be solved.
Also set your PC to static IP 192.168.1.151 (e.g.) in case it cannot obtain an IP via DHCP from the Zyxel.
Then try to ping/access 192.168.1.150 (the ASUS) and 192.168.1.1 (the Zyxel).
Reading your post I think you might have tried changing the IP of the ASUS before, but it wouldn't allow you to do that? I find that rather strange. There is no way the Zyxel can hinder you from setting static IPs on the Asus or on your PC, but you might run into IP clashes (same IP assigned to two different devices/PCs) or the Zyxel might not route your device/IP to the internet.
For all setups described here, you better verify that the IP addresses you assign are not assigned to another device. In your default setup (PC connected directly), just ping a view addresses, e.g. 192.168.1.150-155, and make sure there is no reply.
If you make the setup work with static IP addresses, you can later switch to DHCP step by step.
The ONLY reason I can think of why any of this setup will not work is
* a bug in the Asus software (or any weird non-standard behavior)
* The Zyxel (or another device in the setup) filtering by hardware address (MAC address). This is only allowing your PCs MAC address to be routed to the internet. Even then you can easily make the 'gateway' setup work, the Asus most likely supports setting its own MAC address to your PCs MAC address.
But considering that they didn't even change the default password on the Zyxel, I very much doubt that they implemented anything like this.
Running ipconfig and ping from the command line are essential tools in debugging network issues. Make sure you understand how to do this and what it means!
welo
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google 'CPU stress test', 'CPU load test', 'CPU burnin'.
Whatever you download, better download from download.com or another safe download site!!
If you want to 'generate heat' you might want to include the GPU (the processing unit on the video card). If your laptop is equipped with a Nvidia or ATI card, 3D applications and games will cause the GPU to run quite hot as well.
google with similar search terms.
Prime95 will generate CPU load
ATITools (also supports many NVIDIA chipsets) and furmark will generate GPU load (and CPU as well I guess)
My overclocking and tweaking years are over, so I'm sure there are dozens of other tools.
welo
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-> Upgrade Vista
I never recommend upgrades, however, I hardly ever tried them and therefore have zero personal experience.
From the little I've read Vista to Win7 is surely less troublesome than XP to Vista used to be.
No matter whether Upgrade or fresh install, check for latest Windows 7 drivers. Not sure why many people are so happy that Windows detects their hardware - using the MS default driver has never been a good idea with any version of Windows.
A data backup is a MUST even with an upgrade (unless you don't really care for the data).
So just try the upgrade, if it doesn't work out do a fresh install...
-> License
If you plan to go with another 'Ultimate' license then you should be able to use the same install DVD - make sure the install is original and not an OEM version. Ultimate is the most expensive Windows 7 edition though.
Purchase the key online, maybe at the Microsoft store - not sure this is necessarily the cheapest option - then do the install, and activate.
You should be able to do the install with the same key and not activate yet (30 days limit). Then purchase a key, switch the product key, activate.
OR - I think I remember somebody writing that if you try to activate with an already activate key there will be an option to purchase online, but my memory might trick me.
Don't take my word on those things, this is not from personal experience.
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The problem is that the storage device (SSD) does not 'know' about the file system, because it does not know of the functional layers above, like which file system is used. Most file-system delete operations only flag the file as deleted but do not erase the data from the storage device simply because it's more effective (for the very same reason unerase tools are often able to recover deleted files). The storage device does not know that a certain data block is not in use any more, because no write operation to that data block has taken place.
TRIM is an addition to the ATA protocol to report that missing bit of information to the storage unit during write or format operations.
Assuming you already knew this (it's basically a write up of the wikipedia article on TRIM), I wonder why you would consider garbage collection by the SSD the more proper way of doing things.
It might provide a cleaner separation between the two layers (file system and storage system), but is most likely a lot less efficient.
Thinking about it I wonder how this could even be done without the SSD knowing about the file system structure - and there the 'cleaner separation' goes...
Don't get me wrong, I am Java programmer and I love Garbage Collection!!
peace,
welo
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Well, this is a actually a router that you linked to
But you're right. Switching it to AP-only mode would do the trick. It should act like a combined switch/access point then. However, the same should be possible with the RT-N16 as well.
Some bare access points have only one LAN port, not suitable if OP wants to connect one of devices via wired ethernet.
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thaimite,
I'm interested in your experience with PLop. Any update?
welo
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Linux Why?
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Why not use it for more than 1 day until discussing its qualities?
(I'm not advocating either OS, just a profound discussion - which to be fair I'm not adding to much)
peace
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I'd consider the price tag of 240 USD rather hefty, considering that it is probably possible to setup an EFI boot loader on a USB thumb drive yourself (well, maybe not for everybody, but for a more tech savvy person)
In mid-2008, a new commercial product, EFi-X, was released that claims to allow full, simple booting off official Leopard install disks, and a subsequent install, without any patching required, but this is possibly a repackaging of Boot-132 technology.[23] Rebel EFI is another commercial product that also seems to use open source software.source:http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/OSx86#EFI_emulation
But maybe I'm missing something.
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A friend has a similar setup planned that requires an extended Hotspot range. Maybe somebody on this thread can provide me an answer to this question...
Does a 802.11n-router provide extended range for 802.11g devices as well?
I mean do the usually come with more Watt power, bigger antennas or any other technology improvement that is not tied to the 802.11n protocol? Will this range increase be significantly? I know that wireless range differs between models, some being better than others.
@tominbkk
I used a Belkin access point as a repeater for a friend last year. However, this was a dedicated access point, not a router, I'm not sure if this is a standard feature in Belkin firmware, I rather doubt it. Try switching the Belkin to 'Access Point only' mode and see if you can set the mode/type to 'repeater'
It seems that the dd-wrt firmware allows a router to be configured as repeater (tomato doesn't support this feature). But flushing the firmware is not trivial I guess.
I don't see any reason why it shouldn't be possible to make the Belkin work with your new TRUE phone line. If this router would solve your range problems, then I would try to tackle this problem.
However, I personally would flash the Belkin with the dd-wrt firmware just out of curiosity
welo
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Can it me configured to click OK on ANY Windows dialog that pops up? I guess they should slipstream this into the Windows install CDs you find here, quite a view people would like it I guess
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hehe, the curse of firefox' addon system
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You have to setup the RT-N16 to expect a 'standard' LAN on the WAN side, no PPP etc. How to configure this setup depends on the router software. Your RT-N16 should obtain an IP from the Zyxel in the 192.168.1.x subnet and have the gateway set to 192.168.1.252, all automatically via DHCP. This is on the WAN side! Check your RT-N16 if this worked or not. Maybe try the 'gateway' option, the differences between gateway and router is sometimes 'fuzzy'.
Your LAN side seems to be OK. The router should actually 'route' between your home network (192.168.2.x and the 'Zyxel' 192.168.1.x network, which then again should be router by the Zyxel to the WAN for public IPs.
When you setup everything, did you try to ping 192.168.1.252 (the Zyxel)?
Did you try to ping a public IP, e.g. 8.8.8.8 (Google DNS)?
If ping works, but 'no internet', maybe your DNS config is confused. Check whether the RT-N16 obtained a correct DNS, or set your PC to 8.8.8.8 for test purposes.
Btw you will have a cascaded NAT setup then, portforwards will be more difficult to setup in such a scenario.
A standard switch would have avoided this, as well does setting up the router as a 'bridge' (if possible). Your PCs will then work in the same subnet as the Zyxel AFAIK. Both setups have pros and cons.
welo
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correct, it's .org. Tried both and neither worked earlier today. now .org comes up slowly (TOT).
Seems that only Piratbyrån disbanded, no signs of thepiratebay shutting down. A recently added entry on wikipedia has been removed. not really sure what's going on, can't read swedish
over and out
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Ooops. Old thread.
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Some thoughts...
Is the Billion just a modem or a router as well?
To check: in your current setup check the connection settings of the Linksys: does it actually establish the ADSL PPP connection, or does it just obtain an IP address from the Billion. Same question asked differently: did you have to enter your TRUE username/password in the Linksys or not?
I assume the Billion is a router as well, and the Linksys knows nothing about the actual ADSL connection. If so, keep going... (otherwise report back)
If you connect your PC directly to the Billion, does your PC get an IP assigned when set to DHCP? (set the PC to DHCP and check your IP address via ipconfig or otherwise)
If not, try assigning an address (to your PC) manually in the TCP/IP settings, try 192.168.1.10 and 192.168.0.10. Each time do a ping 192.168.x.1 and 192.168.x.254 on the command line to check if the router is accessible. If you find it, access the web interface via http://192... in the web browser.
Username password is probably admin/1234.
If the Billion is only a modem and no router, report back here.
If none of the above works, please try to answer my questions step by step and report back what actually happens.
If you need more info to execute the suggested steps, just ask.
Otherwise wait for somebody else to answer, maybe he/she has a more straight forward approach or already knows some of the answers out of experience with TRUE.
welo
This topic might help you later.
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OK thanks. Interesting setup
TPB - wooha! failed to pickup the latest news on that matter...
On June 23, 2010 the group Piratbyrån disbanded due to the death of Ibi Kopimi Botani, a prominent member and co-founder of the group. The site was taken down the same day. source: wikipediahttp://dekaminski.se/2010/06/nu-finns-inte-piratbyran-mer/
http://torrentfreak.com/pirate-bays-founding-group-piratbyran-disbands-100623/
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Well, AFAIK switching to AHCI on a running system is far from trouble free. So better switch BEFORE installing the system.
I've also read that Trim on Windows 7 will only work with standard MS drivers and not with Intel's drivers. Does this info still apply today?
Seems old news. As of April 2010 Intel released TRIM enabled drivers.
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lomatopo,
you don't have by any chance a two line setup with load balancing implemented? I'd be eager to hear more about it if so.
(Sorry to hijack an otherwise very boring thread
)2 out of 3 online on my crap TOT connection.
piratebay.com offline for me as for probably others as well: It's not just you!
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I move my user folders (Contacts, Desktop, My Documents, etc.) off of my OS drive, leaving the drive for just the OS and Programs. Right now my Windows 7 x64 partition has 25.6 gigs on it.
I was thinking of getting an Intel 40 GB SSD as my OS drive, but this thread has me worried.
Moving the data files to a different disk is a standard procedure I apply, even on my non-SSD system. It's easy enough with Windows XP, haven't found a clear strategy on Windows 7 yet, just pointed the 'documents' Library to a different folder leaving the Users/../My Documents folder in place.
It seems that besides TRIM another strategy is to provide additional GBs of storage internally (not reported to the OS) to optimize writes - just as nikster mentioned. MS writes (back in May 2009) that enterprise SSDs reserve up to 50% of storage for this purpose. The article provides a pretty good write-up on these and other technical aspects of SSDs: http://blogs.msdn.com/b/e7/archive/2009/05/05/support-and-q-a-for-solid-state-drives-and.aspx, I'm just not so sure how reliable some statements are on real world impact.
Not sure that cheap consumer drives do this as well, surely nothing close to 50% if any at all.
On a too small drive you might be tempted to fill up the drive too much and run into performance degradation over time. If you go for a small drive I'd assume that proper TRIM support is even more essential.
I further assume that TRIM plus enough empty space will also allow the SSD to avoid write bottlenecks. It would be interesting to know if partitioning the drive to use only maybe 80% of the capacity would be a viable strategy as well.
But this is just speculation based on a view technical aspects I've read.
I guess it is far more interesting what actually happens in real world scenarios. Maybe somebody can shed some light on it.
welo
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Why does TRIM require user intervention?
What other problems do SSDs have that degrade performance over time?
Does TRIM work on Windows 7 out-of-the-box and reliable? - I found contradicting statements. Anybody knows more?
TRIM seems VERY recommended because it solves important problems with SSDs, at least that's what I understand. Namely slow writes and inefficient wear leveling.
In SSDs, a write operation can be done on the page-level, but due to hardware limitations, erase commands (which are inherently slower) always affect entire blocks. As a result, writing data to SSD media is very fast as long as empty pages can be used, but slows down considerably once previously written pages need to be overwritten.[...]
A TRIM command allows an operating system to inform a solid-state drive which data blocks, such as those belonging to a deleted file or affected by a format command, are no longer considered in use and can be wiped internally.
TRIM basically allows the SSD to manage its cells more efficiently, therefore lessening the risk of slow writes due to management overhead.
What Do I Need To Setup A Home Network In My Room?
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Why? Each device can request its own IP from the Zyxel. I don't see any reason why the Zyxel should not assign IPs to other devices on the same subnet. Any Ethernet switch added is transparent (Asus in AP mode is basically acting as a switch), any device connected to the switch does not appear different to the Zyxel compared to any other device connected 'directly' e.g. PCs in other apartments. Possibly the outlet in the apartment is not directly connected to the Zyxel anyway, but to another switch - the point is, it doesn't matter.
I fully agree. This is the main benefit of using a NAT setup in this scenario IMHO.
Well, there is not many scenarios where you'd need to setup a port forward (torrents anyone?) - not sure it will work if setting up a cascaded port forward, might or might not, I'd have to think about the inner workings of NAT, especially how the original IP is encoded into the packet. Too lazy...
If uPnp is enabled on the Zyxel then port forwarding will work with any uPnp-enabled P2P software (that is all popular torrent clients) ONLY IF NOT introducing a cascaded NAT. I'd be very surprised if uPnp will cascade from one router to the next.
My experience is the opposite. Yes, routers ship with default passwords, but for the very same reason access from the WAN side is disabled by default. Everything else would be a security nightmare.
But I don't setup routers on a daily basis, so my experience is limited.
Hehe, just make sure you don't do any mistakes. Did you ever shut yourself out during a remote maintenance session? Strike!
Speedtouch modem/routers have a remote assistance feature that can easily be enabled and disabled by a standard user. Maybe the Zyxel has a similar feature.
welo