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    Ethernet boot covers

    Anything's possible. What you're proposing should work, but.... It might be less work/money to buy components and make your own cables.
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    hp to sell touchpads on ebay (December 11th.)

    I was on ebay at 6, and after 20 mins I finally got through and made my purchase on a 32gb one. When I got done with paypal and back to ebay, I went to My Ebay and there was no record of the transaction. Then I went and logged back in to paypal, and same story. Don't understand how I can go...
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    Where to find or buy quad pci ethernet card at?

    PCI-X cards work just fine in PCI slots. The ports aren't going to run at half speed or anything silly like that. They just hang off the end of the slot, so make sure there is nothing on the motherboard next to the pci slot that will interfere.
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    WRT54GS stuck at 16mbit speeds

    You could try to flash it with the dd-wrt firmware to see if that will free it up some. If you're going to buy a new router you've got nothing to lose. Any of the 'N' routers should be faster. Your best bet for long term reliability and speed is probably one of the *.nix routers on an old PIII...
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    Basic Switch Network - How to Set 'Private'?

    Go to the network and sharing center, then advanced sharing settings, and try to turn on Network Discovery. That might allow you to select home network rather than public network.
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    Set a linksys SRW2016 switch to DHCP, now can't access it

    Look at your DHCP server and see what addresses it has issued. Alternately, I was able to find the IP of a used print server I bought by connecting directly to it and looking at a network capture from WireShark.
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    FIOS: Own router + NIM or FIOS Router?

    You can use the FIOS router in bridge mode, essentially making the moca port a LAN port, to provide VOD and the guide to your STBs. But if they'll bring you a moca adapter/NIM for free I'd go that route. Then you can use any router you want. I used IPCop so I could have multiple LANs for video...
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    Tenda

    I've used some of their USB wireless card. They work pretty well. I get better much throughput than an old Linksys one I have, and a bit better than the Airlink ones I got at Fry's.
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    CAT5e Wall Socket with CAT6 Cable

    I used cat5e sockets with solid cat6 cable when I wired up a friend's house. He hasn't had any problems, and has gotten the expected performance out of it. I can't really say if there is or isn't any difference.
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    Supermicro server question

    Supermicro may not be the way to go for a home server. I've had a 1u, 2u, 3u, and a 4u tower that was more of a workstation. The rack mount servers were unbearably loud to have in the house. Much louder than the Dell or HP stuff I've had.
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    Cheapest way to add storage to Proliant DL380/G3

    The setup you link to should work with the proliant. How are you with custom modification? You could remove the scsi backplane and modify the drive trays for sata drives. You'd have to remove about a 1/4" of material to get sata power to fit. Then stick in a PCI-X sata controller. You would lose...
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    Diagnostic POST cards for servers?

    How long are you letting it run before you decide its not posting and you turn it off or reset it? I had a similar issue with a DL360 G4. Every time I unplug it, it takes 2+ minutes to POST the next time I plug it in. If I turn it off and leave it plugged in it, it will POST in under 30 seconds...
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    Single core Hyper-Threading VS. Dual Core

    Go with the dual core, even a pentium d should be faster than the P4.
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    Need some computers....

    Also ask any other family members or friends that may be upgrading their systems, or have upgraded and have old PCs lying around. Your teachers would also be good people to ask. Check the craigslist "for free" section as I often see old systems and parts there. To get the good deals you have to...
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    SCSI as a short term fix for OS Drive

    On a normal 32-bit 33mhz PCI bus you'll hit a wall at about 80MB/s for sequential reads. That said the system could still "feel" fast when you're using it because the random access times will be fast with the 10k rpm scsi drives. Also I've had issues with the 80-pin -> 68-pin adapters forcing...
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