–\u00a0MaxGate<\/b>\u00a0has entered the competition for the best 802.11b wireless router.\u00a0 See how their\u00a0UGate 3300<\/b>\u00a0measures up in our\u00a0review<\/a><\/b>.<\/p>\n –\u00a0Outpost.com<\/b>‘s\u00a0$30 rebate<\/b>\u00a0on the\u00a0Linksys BEFSR41 4 port Etherfast<\/a><\/b>\u00a0router has been extended to\u00a0March 19<\/b>. [Thnx again Brent Heiss!]<\/p>\n – Having trouble getting your\u00a0D-Link DWL-1000AP Wireless Access Point\u00a0<\/b>configured?\u00a0 Try\u00a0this procedure<\/a><\/b>, contributed by reader Tom Haas.<\/p>\n –\u00a0Outpost.com<\/b>\u00a0is offering a\u00a0$30 rebate<\/b>\u00a0on the\u00a0Linksys BEFSR41 4 port Etherfast<\/a><\/b>\u00a0router.\u00a0 With free overnight shipping,\u00a0 the cost after rebate is about\u00a0$100<\/b>. Rebate ends\u00a0March 2<\/b>. [Thnx to Brent Heiss!]<\/p>\n – Got the urge to try out making calls over the Internet via your broadband connection, but don’t want to futz with special hardware or software?\u00a0 Well,\u00a0Linksys’ new EtherFast Cable\/DSL & Voice router<\/b>\u00a0may be just what you need.\u00a0\u00a0See how it performed<\/a><\/b>\u00a0for us!<\/p>\n –\u00a0WARNING!<\/span><\/b>\u00a0Been getting some reports from\u00a0Asante FriendlyNet<\/b>\u00a0router owners who\u00a0loaded AMIT or SMC firmware<\/b>\u00a0and are\u00a0trying to upgrade to the latest Asante 2.02 firmware<\/b>.\u00a0 One reader says that he ended up locked at version 1.90, another says he can change to other (post 1.88) AMIT\/SMC versions, but can’t go to 2.02. See the\u00a0Support page<\/a><\/b>\u00a0for more info.<\/p>\n – If you’re a\u00a0StarBand two-way satellite subscriber<\/a><\/b>\u00a0and have been wondering how you can get that\u00a0Ethernet port<\/b>\u00a0on the back of your\u00a0Starband 180<\/b>\u00a0box working, check\u00a0Ken Knight’s Starbandusers.com site<\/a><\/b>\u00a0for step-by step instructions!<\/p>\n – Reader Mark Naber reports that\u00a0Fry’s<\/b>\u00a0now has the\u00a0Linksys BEFSR41<\/b>\u00a0on sale for\u00a0$119<\/b>\u00a0from now until next\u00a0Tuesday, 27 February<\/b>.<\/p>\n –\u00a0Outpost.com<\/b>\u00a0is offering a\u00a0$20 rebate<\/b>\u00a0on\u00a0SMC’s 4 port Barricade<\/a><\/b>\u00a0router.\u00a0 With free shipping,\u00a0 the cost after rebate is about\u00a0$95<\/b>. Get ’em before\u00a0Feb 28<\/b>\u00a0when the rebate ends! [Thnx to Jerry Falatko!]<\/p>\n – The\u00a0Fry’s NETGEAR RT314 $99 offer<\/b>\u00a0is available in all Fry’s stores, not just California as we said yesterday. (Sorry for our confusion!)<\/p>\n – It may not be the most hi-tech item we’ll test this year, but\u00a0Buffalo Technology’s External Flat antenna<\/b>\u00a0might just be what you need to squeeze that last bit of range from your wireless network.\u00a0\u00a0Read all about it!<\/a><\/b><\/p>\n – Looks like\u00a0NETGEAR<\/b>\u00a0is clearin’ the shelves to get ready for their new stateful inspection version of their popular\u00a0RT314<\/b>\u00a0router, the\u00a0FR314<\/b>.\u00a0 Reader Brent Heiss reports that the\u00a0RT314 can be had at Fry’s Electronics today and tomorrow for $99!\u00a0<\/b>\u00a0Too bad only our California friends can take advantage of this offer!<\/p>\n –3Com’s HomeConnect\u00a0<\/b>product line has arrived and we’ve taken the\u00a0Home Wireless Gateway<\/b>\u00a0into the lab to see what it’s got.\u00a0Read the review<\/a><\/b>\u00a0to see what we found.<\/p>\n – A 30 day trial of\u00a0TZO’s Dynamic DNS service<\/a><\/b>\u00a0now comes bundled with the\u00a0MultiTech Routefinder<\/a><\/b>\u00a0router.<\/p>\n – Reader Andrew Deo says that\u00a0Amazon.com<\/b>\u00a0has a deal on the\u00a0NETGEAR RT314<\/a><\/b>\u00a0router for\u00a0$100<\/b>\u00a0plus shipping ($130 price with $30 rebate).<\/p>\n –\u00a0SMC<\/b>\u00a0just announced their\u00a0Broadband Storage Server<\/b>. The product is positioned as an all-in-one networking solution for home and small-to-medium sized businesses. Looks like it combines an\u00a07 port Barricade router<\/b>\u00a0with\u00a020 Gig of networked storage<\/b>\u00a0for a street price of about\u00a0$750<\/b>. More info in SMC’s\u00a0press release<\/a><\/b>.<\/p>\n – Reader Todd Miller tipped us that\u00a0Buy.com<\/b>\u00a0has\u00a0this info<\/a><\/b>\u00a0on the soon-to-be-out\u00a0NETGEAR FR314 Cable\/DSL Firewall router<\/b>.<\/p>\n – Dan Tseng’s\u00a0WallWatcher<\/a><\/b>\u00a0is a nice, new, FREE,\u00a0logviewer<\/b>\u00a0app for the\u00a0Linksys router<\/b>.\u00a0 Hop over to the\u00a0Tools page<\/a><\/b>\u00a0and give it a look.<\/p>\n – We’ve updated our\u00a0Wireless Networking Backgrounder\u00a0<\/a><\/b>with new information on what Access Points will and won’t do, Wireless Routers, and what to expect for range with these products.\u00a0 Take a look!<\/p>\n –\u00a0MaxGate<\/b>\u00a0has new firmware for their\u00a0UG3200P<\/b>\u00a0that fixes problems with VPN connections<\/b>.\u00a0\u00a0Go here<\/a><\/b>\u00a0for download info.<\/p>\n –\u00a0ORiNOCO<\/b>\u00a0(now part of Agere Systems – the spinoff from Lucent Technologies Microelectronics Group) just announced a\u00a0$30 price cut<\/b>\u00a0for both their\u00a0Silver<\/b>\u00a0(64bit WEP) and\u00a0Gold<\/b>\u00a0(128bit WEP) cards.\u00a0 The\u00a0new prices<\/a><\/b>\u00a0are already posted!<\/p>\n -We welcome\u00a0Steve Winograd<\/b>\u00a0as a contributor to PracticallyNetworked.\u00a0 Steve’s first piece for us is a\u00a0HowTo for WinMe’s ICS<\/a><\/b>\u00a0feature, including how to set it up to handle multiple networks.\u00a0 Check out our revamped\u00a0ICS HowTo Central<\/a><\/b>!<\/p>\n A little traveling music, please…<\/span><\/b> –\u00a0The PracticallyNetworked navigation bar<\/b>\u00a0has changed, too!\u00a0 The\u00a0Serving<\/b>\u00a0link has been replaced by the\u00a0HowTo<\/b>\u00a0link.\u00a0 This will take you to our new…you guessed it…HowTo section<\/b>, which should help you find our expanding collection of networking tutorials and backgrounders, including the\u00a0Serving<\/b>\u00a0information. Explore a little!<\/p>\n –\u00a0Travis Watford’s IPMailer V1.2.2<\/b>\u00a0fixes a bug for SMC Barricade users and includes some other fixes.\u00a0 Check the ReadMe and grab the download from the\u00a0Tools page<\/a><\/b>.<\/p>\n – A helpful reader (where would we be without them?!) pointed out an\u00a0SMC press release<\/b>\u00a0from last December (so we’re a little slow…) that describes some of the features of their upcoming\u00a0Barricade Pro<\/b>\u00a0product line, slated for release this quarter (Q1 2001).\u00a0 They’ll be using a new processor from\u00a0Conexant<\/a>,\u00a0<\/b>which can run\u00a0Watchguard’s<\/a>\u00a0LiveSecurity<\/b>\u00a0software.\u00a0\u00a0Go here<\/a><\/b>\u00a0for the full press release.<\/p>\n <\/b>–\u00a0ZyXEL<\/b>\u00a0has released\u00a0V3.21 firmware<\/b>\u00a0for their\u00a0Prestige 314<\/b>\u00a0router.\u00a0 More info\u00a0here<\/a><\/b>.<\/p>\n – Ever wonder whether those software wireless Access Points work?\u00a0 So did we. That’s why we checked out\u00a0Zoom’s ZoomAir Access Point software<\/b>.\u00a0See if it’s the solution for you<\/a><\/b>.<\/p>\n –\u00a02Wire<\/b>\u00a0has added Dell to their list of distributors, along with CompUSA.\u00a0\u00a0Go to the Dell site<\/a><\/b>\u00a0if you’re looking to buy!<\/p>\n –\u00a0Nexland<\/a><\/b>\u00a0has been tapped to supply the embedded routing technology for\u00a0Bell Canada Enterprises<\/b>‘ (BCE) new technology project. Code-named ‘ComboBox<\/b>‘, it will combine BCE’s\u00a0Bell ExpressVu<\/b>\u00a0satellite TV and high speed\u00a0Sympatico Internet\u00a0<\/b>services into a suite of advanced interactive services.\u00a0 See this\u00a0press release<\/a><\/b>\u00a0for the details.<\/p>\n – If you were looking to get in on\u00a0NETGEAR’s IPO<\/b>, better make other plans.\u00a0\u00a0Reuters<\/b>\u00a0reported today that in a filing on Wednesday with the SEC, Netgear said it “has elected not to proceed with the offering due to general market conditions.”\u00a0Full story here<\/a><\/b>\u00a0from Yahoo Finance.<\/p>\n – Latest addition to our\u00a0Tools page<\/a><\/b>\u00a0is a listing of\u00a0File Transfer tools<\/b>.\u00a0Take a look<\/a><\/b>.<\/p>\n –\u00a0Travis Watford’s IPMailer<\/b>\u00a0has been updated again.\u00a0Version 1.2.1<\/b>\u00a0fixes a Windows 2000 shutdown problem.\u00a0 Go to the\u00a0Tools page<\/a><\/b>\u00a0for the download.<\/p>\n – We welcome Paul Muehr as a contributor to PracticallyNetworked! His first article:\u00a0“Sharing Files via the Internet”<\/a><\/b>\u00a0will show you there’s more than one way to get a file to where you want it to go!<\/p>\n –\u00a0BuffaloTechnology<\/b>\u00a0has released\u00a0PPPoE upgrade firmware<\/b>\u00a0for their WLAR-L11-L “Local Router Model” only.\u00a0\u00a0Go here<\/a><\/b>\u00a0for the upgrade info.<\/p>\n –ORiNOCO<\/b>\u00a0has also released\u00a0new firmware<\/b>\u00a0for their notoriously-difficult-to-setup\u00a0RG1000<\/b>. New client card drivers, too!\u00a0\u00a0Get the details<\/a><\/b>\u00a0here.<\/p>\n –\u00a0Linksys<\/b>\u00a0has new\u00a0BETA firmware<\/b>\u00a0that they say will cure your\u00a0Quake disconnection problems<\/b>, among other things.\u00a0 You can download it from\u00a0here<\/a><\/b>.<\/p>\n – We finally unpacked our\u00a0Sonicwall Tele2<\/b>\u00a0eval unit and dug into it.\u00a0 Is it really 10x faster than the old design?\u00a0\u00a0Check the review<\/a><\/b>\u00a0and see.<\/p>\n – Thanks to the many readers who sent various links to articles about the\u00a0802.11b WEP security issues<\/b>\u00a0uncovered by the\u00a0ISAAC<\/b>\u00a0group at the\u00a0UC Berkeley Computer Science division<\/b>. No need to bolt the doors and draw the blinds, at least not yet.\u00a0 Just some info that\u00a0WEP isn’t foolproof and can be compromised by people with enough incentive and time on their hands<\/b>.\u00a0 Go read the\u00a0actual report<\/a><\/b>\u00a0if you’re interested and judge for yourself!<\/p>\n –\u00a0SOHOware<\/b>\u00a0has introduced their\u00a0BroadGuard Secure Cable\/DSL router<\/b>, which provides a\u00a0Stateful Packet Inspection firewall<\/b>\u00a0for under\u00a0$200<\/b>.\u00a0 Have they made a breakthrough?\u00a0Read the review<\/a><\/b>\u00a0and judge for yourself!<\/p>\n – Heard that\u00a0Linksys<\/b>\u00a0had a little problem with\u00a0AT&T Broadband in New England\u00a0<\/b>recently. A bug in old versions of the firmware for Linksys’ routers caused the router to request a new IP address every 7 seconds. This problem finally got troublesome enough that AT&T shut out all affected Linksys routers.<\/p>\n AT&T did call affected users to tell them what they did, but after the disconnection. Users had to\u00a0upgrade to 1.37 firmware\u00a0<\/b>and contact AT&T with proof of the upgrade to get reconnected!<\/p>\n – In other\u00a0Linksys<\/b>\u00a0news, looks like they snuck out the\u00a0first firmware upgrade<\/b>\u00a0for their\u00a08port BEFSR81<\/b>\u00a0router.\u00a0 No details on what’s different are available, however.\u00a0\u00a0Go here<\/a><\/b>\u00a0for the download link.<\/p>\n – Are you a\u00a0MaxGate UG3000<\/b>\u00a0or\u00a03200<\/b>\u00a0user who has been experiencing\u00a0problems running game servers<\/b>?\u00a0 Help has arrived!\u00a0 MaxGate just released\u00a0new firmware<\/b>, which should fix you right up.\u00a0\u00a0Go here<\/a><\/b>\u00a0for the download info.<\/p>\n JUST IN!<\/span><\/b>Monday, 26 February 2001
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\n–\u00a0SMC<\/b>\u00a0just released new firmware (1.90h<\/b>) for their Wireless Barricade that fixes the problem that ORiNOCO PC Card users have with getting 40\/64 bit WEP to work.\u00a0 The firmware is posted on the\u00a0SMC downloads page<\/a><\/b>, and you can\u00a0get it here<\/a><\/b>! (Our link has a .zip file has a README, .bin file and Windows updater file.)<\/p>\n