Re: [Discuss] AMD FX-8120 update

2012-03-04 Thread Tom Metro
ma...@mohawksoft.com wrote: > ...here is the output of /proc/cpuinfo: > model name: AMD FX(tm)-8120 Eight-Core Processor > cpu MHz : 3120.331 > cache size: 2048 KB > siblings : 8 > cpu cores : 4 http://www.richweb.com/cpu_info If the number of cores = the number of

[Discuss] AMD FX-8120 update

2012-03-04 Thread markw
Well, it has been an ordeal... I send several hours trying to figure out why my 16 GIG of RAM looked like 8G. I kept trying to find out which RAM dimm was bad, but, in fact, it was the motherboard. I had bought a GIGABYTE 990FXA-U3 motherboard. It was out of the box defective. I didn't know that,

Re: [Discuss] Home Wireless Routers OT

2012-03-04 Thread Richard Pieri
On Mar 4, 2012, at 2:40 PM, ma...@mohawksoft.com wrote: > > I have a similar issue and my solution was to buy two cheap NetGear > refurbs at MicroCenter. Combine Mark's option with VLANs on your firewall (ie, DD-WRT) and you can keep the guest segment completely isolated from the rest of your ho

Re: [Discuss] Home Wireless Routers OT

2012-03-04 Thread Tom Metro
Chris O'Connell wrote: > This is a bit off topic... Consumer routers pretty much all run Linux, so in my opinion it is on topic. > I'm looking for a home wi-fi router that can broadcast a guest SSID and a > protected SSID. One of the newer routers with stock firmware that supports this should b

Re: [Discuss] Home Wireless Routers OT

2012-03-04 Thread markw
I have a similar issue and my solution was to buy two cheap NetGear refurbs at MicroCenter. I put the "guest" WiFi on its own subnet and route through the cable modem. My internal wifi is part of the cable modem network. One advantage is that two wifi systems effectively double your wifi as well.

Re: [Discuss] Home Wireless Routers OT

2012-03-04 Thread Chuck Anderson
On Sat, Mar 03, 2012 at 09:36:52PM -0500, Chris O'Connell wrote: > I'm looking for a home wi-fi router that can broadcast a guest SSID and a > protected SSID. My goal is to let my room mate connect to the guest SSID > while keeping him away from my NAS, XBOX and other network devices that I > use

Re: [Discuss] Home Wireless Routers OT

2012-03-04 Thread Jack Coats
Oh yes, the fon router has a 'home' zone, and it uses guest accounts. It has a 'public' zone, that allows public use for a fee, or free to other fon router users. I am not sure if you can set the public zone to be free. On Sat, Mar 3, 2012 at 10:46 PM, Jack Coats wrote: > fon.com has some router

Re: [Discuss] Home Wireless Routers OT

2012-03-04 Thread Jerry Feldman
On 03/03/2012 09:36 PM, Chris O'Connell wrote: > Hi Guys, > > This is a bit off topic, but I value the knowledge of this group so I hope > you don't mind me asking. > > I'm looking for a home wi-fi router that can broadcast a guest SSID and a > protected SSID. My goal is to let my room mate connec