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1394 Trade Association

Home page of the 1394 Trade Association, for all of your IEEE 1394 and FireWire needs.

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Mixing Static and Dynamic IPs

Some advice on how to mix them on a home network connected to a DSL provider, by Scott Hacker on the O'Reilly Networks, 03/17/03.

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Navas Cable Modem/DSL Tuning Guide

"Cable Modem and DSL (e.g., ADSL, G.lite, IDSL, SDSL) tips on increasing speed, enhancing security, fixing problems, sharing a connection, and more."

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Open Services Gateway Initiative overview

"The OSGi specification is designed to compliment and enhance virtually all residential networking standards and initiatives, such as Bluetooth, CAL, CEBus, Convergence, emNET, HAVi, HomePNA, HomePlug, HomeRF, Jini technology, LonWorks, UPnP, 802.11B and VESA. In the same way, the specification leverages the value of existing wire line and wireless networks while providing flexibility toward cable, WCDMA, xDSL and other high-speed access technologies."

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Personal Firewalls for Remote Access Users

"Administrators of enterprise level networks often don't pay much attention to the personal firewall market. After all, you need something much more sophisticated to protect your corporate network. But what about the telecommuters and on-the-road executives who connect to your company's network from remote locations? This article looks at how and why you should develop a policy requiring that remote access users have personal firewalls installed - and enabled! - and how to enforce that policy, as well as an overview of some of the personal firewall products available that will do the job at low or no cost." WindowSecurity, 08/12/04.

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Security for Telecommuting and Broadband Communications

"This document assists organizations in addressing security issues by providing recommendations on securing a variety of applications, protocols, and networking architectures. Recommendations in this publication are designed for Federal agencies, but may be useful to commercial organizations and home users as well." Recommendations from the National Institute of Standards and Technology. 3.8M-bit PDF file.

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Setting up a Wireless LAN at Home

Mark Newhouse offers a how-to for Macintosh users.

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Smart Home Forum

Overviews of various home-networking technologies, links to companies and press releases.

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Understanding UpnP

This paper provides an overview of UPnP architecture and how it works. Included are scenarios where UPnP technology improves the overall networking experience by automatically connecting and controlling various types of devices. Additional detail is given on the components of, and protocols and procedures used in the UPnP architecture, focusing on how existing standard protocols are used to build UPnP devices. By the UPnP Forum.

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