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Microscopic black holes would evaporate in a very small amount of time due to Hawking radiation...

The router I just purchased can kill black holes?!

DAAAYMN! Dat shit is craazee. Eat it Linksys.

I have used this indoor antenna outdoors by the ocean for years with never an issue. http://www.hawkingtech.com/products/productlist.php?CatID=32&FamID=58&ProdID=152 The signal booster as also very good.

I have done well over 500 yards many times. In one case obstrusted with masts, and over water. I used the wrt54gl with Thybor firmware, and Hawking a Antenna http://www.hawkingtech.com/products/productlist.php?CatID=32&FamID=58&ProdID=152 (no problem outside) and amplifier http://www.hawkingtech.com/products/productlist.php?CatID=32&FamID=72&ProdID=187 with no issues at all. Well under $400 and 1 hour of time.

I have done well over 500 yards many times. In one case obstrusted with masts, and over water. I used the wrt54gl with Thybor firmware, and Hawking a Antenna http://www.hawkingtech.com/products/productlist.php?CatID=32&FamID=58&ProdID=152 (no problem outside) and amplifier http://www.hawkingtech.com/products/productlist.php?CatID=32&FamID=72&ProdID=187 with no issues at all. Well under $400 and 1 hour of time.

Have you seen these? I think they would require LoS for maximum efficiency, but it's worth a peak. You could use two directional high gain antennas and point them at each other if LoS is nearly there... But bear in mind that nothing about their doc requires LoS, just that we all know it works better if there is.

http://www.hawkingtech.com/products/productlist.php?CatID=32&FamID=58&ProdID=133

Somewhere in the middle... Disclosure: I am a windows admin. I made a commitment to drop Windows at home after the whole "changing of core files on computers set to no update". I had had it. I was going Linux. NOW. As a full n00b.

I needed:

1) Native Linux wireless/no hassles - There is no cable in my rural area, and I have cell only, no landline. I set up a dd-wrt router in my neighbors house and pay him for bandwidth.

2) It's rural, lots are acres+ so I had to hit the wireless pretty good distance.

3) I wanted a USB adapter so I could move it around for better signal

A little Googleing said that anything with an Atheros chipset would work. A little more found me this awesome Hawking Hi-Gain USB WiFi adapter with an Atheros chipset that worked/WAP right out of the box: http://www.hawkingtech.com/products/productlist.php?CatID=32&FamID=60&ProdID=280

SO has anyone actually USED Vista? What am I doing right/wrong that I have NOTHING to complain about it?

You are using it in a 100% Windows walled garden. I bought by wife (i know, geek, wife, wtf?) a new laptop with Vista for her schoolwork. I had just a couple simple tasks to perform to finish up the setup.

1 connect to the backup NAS and copy her files.
http://www.simpletech.com/commercial/simpleshare/
2 Connect to our networked printers.
http://www.hawkingtech.com/products/productlist.php?CatID=21&FamID=42&ProdID=223

The first task took over 2 hours and a massive Google search. The second task took a little over an hour to connect the first printer. The second went a lot faster.

Vista by default has changed the security level (a feature) but it isn't well docummented, so when connecting to a Simple Share NAS box I couldn't log in. It requires a registry tweak to back down the security level to enable logging in and transferring files.
http://blogs.msdn.com/chkdsk/archive/2006/03/10/548787.aspx
http://www.builderau.com.au/blogs/codemonkeybusiness/viewblogpost.htm?p=339270746

The second was a 5 minute task in Ubuntu for a complete noob. I used a stand alone printserver hanging on the back of my inkjet and laserjet printers to provide CUPS networking for my printers. In Ubuntu, it was easy to put in the IP address \\192.168.1.102\lp1 and pick a printer. It was intuitive to pick network printing and put in the printer address. In Windows it took quite a while to figure out how to do internet printing without a directory services server.

It was far from easy for a Vista noob.

The USB one (Hawking Technology's Hi-Gain USB Wireless-G Adapter (Model: HWU54D)) I have also has an antenna mini-dish/receiver(?).

At least it claims to do much the same thing...

http://www.hawkingtech.com/products/productlist.ph p?CatID=36&FamID=80&ProdID=233/

I've used off-brand computer parts/equipment where it makes sense to do so, and have never had a problem. My Actiontec wireless access point is four years old and has always worked great with all brands of wireless NICs. I've used Hawking switches and hubs. StarTech is great for network cards, add-on port cards.

What you have to watch out for is the online retailers. Pay attention to the customer ratings.

In a nutshell, in my experience it matters less what brand of equipment you buy, and more who you buy it from.

Cool, lucky for you. What USB Ethernet adapter did you use, one of the Linksys ones? I tried two different adapters, but no go. The TiVos were all delivered with OS version 4.0.x.

I used a cheap Hawking USB NIC (UF100) I had lying around from my old laptop that didn't come with integrated Ethernet. My laptop now ran wireless anyways. . .

I recommend the Canon i850 Color printer. It does excellent photos, is relatively inexpensive and canon doesn't seem to encumber their ink cartridges.

I also got a hawking USB print server (~ $60) and it's now a network printer.

Take a look at how easy it is to assign this thing an ip address and have a network printer.

I recommend the Canon i850 Color printer. It does excellent photos, is relatively inexpensive and canon doesn't seem to encumber their ink cartridges.

I also got a hawking USB print server (~ $60) and it's now a network printer.

Take a look at how easy it is to assign this thing an ip address and have a network printer.

This: http://www.hawkingtech.com/products/cs102u.htm

It's a K[v]M, but it'll work with printers.

Computers4sure has it for $150.
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Not quite the deal of a 4 port switch, but hell, it's $100 with a web interface and telnet.

Try cascading the CS144 KVM switch from Hawking Technology. Buy.com sells them for $104. You'll also need to buy the cable sets for each PC and each cascading switch. Should be less than $600 for 12 machines. Plus, there's a nifty foot switch available for cycling through machines.

http://www.hawkingtech.com/Products /chassis.htm for the click friendly.