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CES 2012: NETGEAR WN2500RP Universal Dual-Band WiFi Range Extender

By on January 9, 2012 in Networking, News

NETGEAR today launched its all-new WN2500RP Universal Dual-Band WiFi Range Extender, designed to boot wireless networking ranges around the home.

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Using Apple OS X Lion Server as a Home Server (Part 6 – Storage and Network Configuration)

By on September 3, 2011 in Apple Mac, Hardware, How to Guides, Mac OS X Server, Networking, News

If you’ve been following our series of articles on using Apple’s all-new OS X Lion Server as a home server over the last couple of weeks, you’ll have been waiting eagerly for this part – yes, having looked closely at our hardware selection, features and the Lion Server App itself, it’s time to get the server configured.

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How To Troubleshoot Your WHS Network Connection

By on October 17, 2009 in How to Guides, Networking, News, Windows Home Server, Windows Home Server v1

Olaf Engelke has published a WHS network troubleshooting guide over at Microsoft’s Windows Home Server Forums.

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How To: A DIY Remote Motion Detector Webcam

By on August 29, 2009 in Hardware, Hardware, How to Guides, Network Cameras, Networking, Software, Video, Windows, Windows Home Server

I was perusing the ‘net today looking for news of interest.  I happened on to the Microsoft PressPass site and I saw an article about a new 720p HD Widescreen webcam.  Nice, but not really WGS article material.  Then the light bulb popped, lit up, turned on, went off.

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Routers That Successfully Auto-Configure with Windows Home Server

By on April 25, 2008 in Hardware, How to Guides, Networking, Routers, Windows Home Server, Windows Home Server v1

Over on the WGS Forums, we’re compiling a master list of Routers that auto-configure with Windows Home Server using uPnP. You’ll probably know that Windows Home Server is meant to be able to configure remote access for your router if it supports uPnP, but in fact, this only seems to work with some routers. If you’re [...]

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How To: Improve Wireless Security With Windows Home Server

By on March 21, 2008 in How to Guides, Networking, Windows Home Server, Windows Home Server v1

A big thanks to WGS Reader, Roelf Zomerman, from the Netherlands who has pulled together the following guide to improving wireless security with Windows Home Server. Wireless networks are always less protected than wired LANs since they do not require physical access to a cable inside the building. Enterprises use 802.1x security to strengthen the security of [...]

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FAQ: Windows Home Server and Port Forwarding

By on January 29, 2008 in How to Guides, Networking, Windows Home Server v1

Next up in the series of FAQs from the We Got Served forums is a common issue with router configuration. Windows Home Server has the ability to automatically configure many routers to permit access to your home server when away from home, using a technology called uPnP. Unfortunately, not all routers are compatible with uPnP [...]

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How to… Create a Static IP Address for Your Home Server

By on January 28, 2008 in How to Guides, Networking, Windows Home Server, Windows Home Server v1

The We Got Served forums have now been open for just over a week, and I’ve been blown away by the passion and enthusiasm the WGS community has for supporting each other’s adventures with Windows Home Server. Already over 400 people have registered (with, I suspect, a lot more lurking – you know who you are!) [...]

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