Broadband is great, right? I use Comcast cable at home and for as much flack as Comcast gets (I have had my own set of customer service issues with them), the cable internet is fast and reliable (in two months we haven’t had any downtime).
So that’s great when I’m at home, but things are different [...]
We’ve posted several times here on the Sewell Tech Blog about the Top Global Phoebus. This mobile router has been with us for years, allowing hundreds of our customers to access the internet from anywhere and create a mobile internet hotspot. The mobile router allowed you to plug in a PCMCIA card from [...]
There are pros and cons to cutting out the middle man and dealing directly with China ourselves. One of the pros is the price point that we can pass on to our customers when we find a really solid deal. In this case, we have a steady channel for Cat5e Bulk Cable at a cost [...]
One of the biggest headaches when wiring a home or office network is running wires through walls, floors, and ceilings. Cutting holes and fishing for wires through drywall is not my idea of a good time, so I was ecstatic when Mark in tech support showed me a simple solution for low-profile wiring with [...]
If you are having probs getting your USB to Cardbus adapter (SW-7851) working with an Option wireless cards then try these steps provided by ELAN.
If you find the ultra cool iPhone lacking the in the internet connectivity department, this hack is for you. While the iPhone is by far one of the most advanced cell phone/portable computers available today, many question the reasoning behind limiting the iPhone to the painstakingly slow EDGE network. Some experience decent internet speeds in [...]
So i just spent several minutes trying to find my way around Verizon’s not so organized website trying to find the VZaccess software. When i finally found the download i realized it wasn’t even on verizon’s main web URL. I thought i’d save some of you that frustrating time finding it.
The URL it’s found on [...]
In many homes, wireless Internet connectivity is a blessing. There are no wires, no mess, and you can resonably avoid the “web” of wires that occures when many different colored Ethernet patch cables are all bundled up together connecting to routers, computers, printers, and other networked devices.
However, the wonderful cloud of wireless technology only spreads [...]
A lot of people spend time looking for the connection information for their service provider so that they can connect with a manual windows connection to their wireless internet. This is information that is needed when using the USB to 32 bit PCMCIA Cardbus adapters. (It also applies for the USB to 16 bit [...]
Many network administrators and consumers generally choose one color of Cat5e Ethernet cabling when they network various parts of their business or home. Here are some examples as to why you would choose various colors for different projects.
An room with that has Ethernet cable looks better when the cable matches the color of the carpet [...]