For the most part, people seem to fall into one of two categories when it comes to setting up their home networks. There are the control freaks such as myself who like to set everything up manually, perhaps even going so far as to provide static ip addresses for each new device. Then there are the folks who set their […]
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Unfortunately, most of us do not have the luxury of a wired network at home, forcing us to rely on wireless networking. However, if your home theater stack includes networkable devices that do not support wireless or lack the wireless hardware to take full advantage of that hot new router you just bought, then a media bridge might be the most […]
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The Wi-Fi Alliance recently announced that they have developed new interoperability guidelines to help Wi-Fi Direct and DLNA work together. Wi-Fi Direct is a relatively new Wi-Fi standard that allows Wi-Fi devices to connect directly to each other without the need for an access point. The interoperability guidelines would allow a Wi-Fi Direct device to connect and stream to a […]
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In the last 5 – 10 years wireless has vastly changed how we connect devices to the internet in our homes. Every smartphone, laptop, tablet, media streamer, gaming console has the ability to connect to your network through your wireless access point. Along with the ability to no longer having to run an Ethernet cord everywhere you needed network connectivity, […]
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