hardware

i wish i didnt have such poor quality routers

ive had issues every now and then with dealing with routers...

i guess it started back in 2000 or so when i got DSL.

- when i first got my "PieceOfShit SpeedStream 4060 USB" DSL Modem. i used something like "WinGate" software to share the connection over my network. WinGate or whatever its called didnt like closing connections. refreshing a server list in Half-Life only was able to ping half the servers since the WinGate's NAT table was full or some shit. it left a connection open to each IP address it pinged and didnt disconnect. Half-Life couldnt ping anymore IPs because all connections were full.

- i didnt have to deal with that for too long, because in 2001, i got a SpeedStream 5260 DSL modem. the 5260 used with the "RASPPPOE" software was a lot better than the USB modem and its shitty proprietary software. i still had to deal with Windows handling all connections (so a PC had to be up and running 24/7 for all other network stuff to work), but i could use things like the Windows built in Internet Connection Sharing to have it act as a router, which worked better than the 3rd party internet sharing/DHCP software i used before.

- a lot of 5260 modems were just 5660 Routers with cippled firmware. lucky for me, my 5260 was really a 5660. flashing it with 5660 firmware enabled router-like features like PPPoE Dialer, DHCP, NAT/firewall/port forwarding stuff, etc. that paired with a cheap hub made a somewhat decent router.
it had issues with resolving DNS though. visiting a site ive been to before the same day would sometimes just totally fail. "unable to find site xxx" or whatever. some games couldnt connect either through it.

- in 2002, i got a Netgear RT314. i purchased it refurbished direct from Netgear. i got one after using the same model at work and seeing all that it could do. it could forward whole ranges of ports, had a Dynmic DNS updater built in, a friendlier web interface, and it of course was a "real" switch, and not a "dumb" hub/repeater like i had been using (better for general PC to PC network traffic). it also was reported by a lot of people to work just fine with all kinds of games.

the Netgear RT314 served me and my family for a long time.

...fast forward to when BitTorrent came out. opening lots of connections with a Torrent made my whole internet connection just DIE. i tried limiting connections and messing with settings, but the Netgear RT314 would just throw up when any number of connection attempts were made with BitTorrent.

no matter what i use, something is always lacking. i had been going with Windows XP w/ its Firewall acting as my home's router. but after playing with various installs of Linux and x64 Windows (and my computer rebooting several times a day, which of course prevented it from working as good router), i had my Netgear RT314 set up to act as the router. i just queued up a bunch of torrents last night and had to deal with the network going down for everyone because of the Netgear throwing a fit, so i have my 5660 Modem acting as the router right this second. so far, so good.

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Newegg WinXP reviews. kekekeke ^_____^

i saw a link on Newegg.com for $147 for the Full version of OEM Windows XP Pro w/ SP1 (comes with hardware to make it legit). seems like good deal (XP Pro full goes for $299).

i noticed some people reviewed it, so i decided to read some of the poor reviews.

1/5 stars:
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Linux Red Hat 9 is better than XP, easier to use and more stable. Also you can easy run server from your PC, XP can't.
Buy Linux Red Hat 9 and see for your self.
PS;
No more scanning from XP info about you to microsoft, you want more security, Linux ix the only way.
There is 1 Millinon software already for Linux and most of them are free from Internet
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2/5:
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I own both OEM WinXP and Win2K, and found WinXP to be the slower more troublesome of the 2.
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1/5:
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I installed WinXP Pro (SP1 integrated) and upon the first boot, I experienced errors that occurred over and over such as shlwapi.dll crashing explorer.exe and a clean setup was rare (even after BIOS flash).
I recommend buying XP Pro w/o the Service Pack so you can "upgrade" at your own risk.
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2/5, some guy complaining that he can't do illegal stuff with it:
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I got this product and it worked on one of my computers. When i purchased Windows 2000, i could install it as many times as i want. With this version i could only install it on one computer. Newegg should put somthing that says this on the site because i would like to know that before i spend a lot of money for a liscense for only one computer. Other than that great OS.
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5/5, who seemed confused:
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Does this version have Office XP preinstalled?
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new computer stuff

i just ordered an almost complete system upgrade from www.newegg.com.

ECS K7S6A Pro motherboard
AMD Athlon XP T-bred 2000+ cpu
Thermaltake Volcano 7 fan/heatsink
Lite-On 52/24/52 cd-burner
Samsung SyncMaster 955DF 19" monitor

all that cost under $500... thank goodness for tax refund money.

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Radeon 8500

i just recently got a Radeon 8500, was disapointed in the driver support and game performance (especially in EverQuest) and then returned it for a refund all in the span of 24 hours.

i hope to purchase a Gainward GeForce 3 Ti 200 soon.

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Give me Money!

I want a Celeron 1GHz :(

I will give someone my Celeron 266@400, my Celeron 500, my Slot 1 to PPGA Socket 370 adapter, my Abit KA7 "Classic" Slot A AMD motherboard, a 64 Meg DIMM, a Voodoo Banshee PCI, a Voodoo 3 3000 AGP, and a Rendition 2100 if someone wants to hook me up with a Celeron 1GHz+ or a 40Gig+ 7200RPM drive.

Plus, you can get:

Six 486 motherboards, each have two or three VLBus Slots
Six 486-class processors, including a Pentium OverDrive 63MHz, two AMD 486 100@120MHz chips, a 486SX2 50, a 486DX 50, and a 486SX 25.
A full tower, 100 pounder mammoth case, big enough for two families of raccoons to live in.
A 2D video card the Voodoo Rush was based on.
Several issues of 2600 or "Blacklisted!411" or your choice of any other hacker magazine I may have.
Several issues of "321 Contact" from the early to mid-80s, each packed with BASIC programs that will keep you busy on any Commodore 64 or Apple II you may have lying around 'till the cows come home.

And as an added bonus, you will also receive:
A WHOLE SHIT LOAD of old computer stuff. Including 5-1/4 drives, a selection of hard drives varying from 40 Meg all the way up to 100 Meg, etc.

Please PayPal some money to me. Thanks. :)
If enough people gave me at least $5 each, I would be happy. ;)

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