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Telstra's 100,000 cable broadband customers were unable to log onto to the carrier's service for four and a half hours this morning, thanks to a faulty router.
Law firm Middletons has replaced its Melbourne network switching infrastructure with Nortel hardware as part of a move to a new office.
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Amazon.com's Simple Storage Service, S3, spent a few hours Sunday in a big pothole on the road to the glorious cloud computing future, with an outage taking the storage system offline for several hours Sunday. Should we be surprised?
Cisco Systems, a multibillion-dollar player in security tools for businesses, is planning to move into the consumer market.
Just about everything to do with this wireless router and print server is extremely easy to use. If you're looking for an 802.11g router and want a simple life, the Belkin Wireless G Router with Built-In USB Print Server comes highly recommended.
Distributed companies increasingly use VPN connections to access and share information. We test ADSL firewall routers that are designed for this purpose.
Netgear's FWG114P wireless access point/router/firewall/print server is a great all-in-one device for those planning to set up a home office.
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The Linksys EtherFast Four-Port Cable/DSL Router offers small offices a simple solution to get all of their PCs interconnected and online. The router supports up to 253 users with firewall protection.
As a basic wireless N kit, the Conceptronic Wireless 300Mbps Broadband Starter pack offers reasonable value, but like so many of its wireless N peers, it still fails to live up to the hype.
The Netgear WNR854T RangeMax Next Gigabit a router that supports Gigabit Ethernet wired networking along with Draft 2.0 of the 802.11n wireless standard. In our testing, the WNR854T proved itself to be a solid performer.
The Asus WL-500W is a good choice only for advanced users who will take advantage of some of router's USB features and aren't afraid to wade into those waters without help.
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