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HomeLAN Adventures

By Keith Shaw

Shaw is senior editor, product testing at Network World. He also writes the weekly Cool Tools column, the twice weekly "Wireless Computing Devices" newsletter and posts to the Cool Tools: Daily Dose Weblog. He can be reached at kshaw@nww.com.

Are networked media servers all that? Part 2
12/12/05
MediaREADY 5000's uncooked software and user interfaces failed to deliver
Are networked media servers all that? Part 1
11/28/05
MediaREADY 5000's uncooked software and user interfaces failed to deliver
New home networking stuff on the horizon
11/14/05
Producing this week's Cool Yule Tools holiday gift guide has taken up a lot of our free time lately, so other than the technology equipment we tested for that article, we haven't done much else with the home network lately. Here are three home network-related news items that crossed the wire recently, and also piqued our interest:
More ways to avoid buying a Media Center PC
10/31/05
A look at the Diamond Xtreme TV PVR600 Power Pack and the Buffalo Link Theater.
Television content over an Ethernet cable
10/19/05
I recently tired out a set-top box from Interactive Television Networks that lets the company deliver TV content over the Internet instead of cable. Unlike systems from companies like Akimbo, which download content onto a box with a hard drive, ITVN streams the content to the TV (stored content remains on the ITVN servers, not a local drive).
DemoFall report: Home network technologies to watch
10/03/05
A look at Roku's SoundBridge Wi-Fi Music System, Pie's home network manager, and Streamload's MediaMax service
Office move means adding a print server
09/19/05
Consolidating two home offices into one involves adding a print server
Maxtor adds backup, media streaming to its NAS box
09/05/05
A look at the Maxtor Shared Storage Drive Plus
Home net vendors aim to simplify wireless security installs
08/22/05
Buffalo, Netgear launch easier install, more secure routers
Is it time to jump to a Gigabit home LAN?
08/08/05
Is the time right for Gigabit speeds on the home LAN or is it overkill?
More network-related TV options
07/25/05
Continuing on the theme of TVs and home networks
Two new ways to watch TV via your network
07/11/05
A look at Plextor 's new PVR and Sling Media's Slingbox
Putting a value on the files on your home network
06/27/05
Storage and back-up strategies for the files in our lives that really matter
Cleaning up after a Web session
06/13/05
Winferno's PC Confidential cleans up data left behind
The latest home network equipment predictions
05/30/05
Two reasons why my home network has been quiet lately: 1) I took a vacation and was out of the house for a few weeks; and 2) everything's working. So instead of a new adventure this week, here are a couple of news bits related to the home network market:
Location does matter
05/02/05
Flaky wireless link prompts our intrepid editor to reconfigure his entire LAN
Our network gets a Webcam
04/18/05
Actiontec 802.11g network camera delivers good quality video, strong security
Tools to ease communication headaches
04/04/05
Boost cell phone coverage; simplify home network tasks
Building a media center, Part 4
03/21/05
The kinks worked out, our media center shines
Building a media center, part 3
03/07/05
(To recap: Rather than buy a new Media Center PC, we converted an existing Windows XP computer by adding a TV tuner card and SageTV PVR software, which includes a ‘server’ and a client application that let us view TV on other networked PCs. With the PVR up and running, we tried the client application and discovered a slow and jerky connection.)
Building my own media center, Part 2
02/21/05
Transferring video between systems proved to be S-L-O-W going
Building my own media center, Part 1
02/07/05
Installing the TV tuner card and PVR software wasn’t without drama
New networked media players debut at CES
01/26/05
Products tout protection for premium Internet content, HD support
Highs and lows with Apple’s AirPort Express, Part 3
01/10/05
Or, 'How I learned to love WPA'
Home networks in 2005
12/20/04
Thought you installed a lot of home network equipment in 2004? Wait ‘til 2005. Here are our predictions for what's ahead.

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