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Goodpancakes posted:We have a nice lab setup in the basement of a University building with several computers and a printer all plugged into the University network. The problem is that anyone in the building can access the printer without being in the lab. The result is that we run through a TON of toner due to people jacking the printer and printing stuff from somewhere else in the building. Is there a solution to this particular problem? Get a router and put all your equipment on your own LAN.
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Any chance of getting an updated recommendation list in the OP, or are those still relevant despite their ages?
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metachronos posted:This seems too good to be true: I would love to hear a firsthand review of this because I am assuming it's trash.
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Bad Munki posted:I'm running an old linksys wrt54g, stock firmware. We're generally an apple household, and don't usually have problems. The network is secured with WPA2 aes. The problem: a laptop (sony vaio) running win7 can't connect to the network. It shows the network, you can select it and say connect, it says connecting for a minute, then it just closes that dialog and never asks for the password. The laptop is only about 4 years old, any ideas? It doesn't even provide an error, it's just like it gives up. Press the windows key and type "manage wireless", press enter, delete any "Alfheim" entries, then connect again to the WPA2-protected AP and it will ask you for a password and connect properly.
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Factory Factory posted:Well, you could go for a plug computer, or a cheapie like a Raspberry Pi built into a plug-puter case. the old pogoplugs are like $10-15 on sale these days.
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CrazyLittle posted:Water will degrade 2.4ghz wifi by about 50%. This statement makes no sense at all, but the sentiment is true. Your signal won't be great going through people and structures a few feet off the ground like that, despite the line of sight. I think it will work, but just not very well.
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CrazyLittle posted:2.4ghz radio frequency waves get absorbed when passing through water (fish tanks, etc.) If you setup your point-to-point link to transmit traffic through people, each time it passes through a body it will degrade by about half its transmission power. I used to teach electromagnetic theory. I'd like to see your math on this.
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