Sharing Files Should be as Easy as Sharing Dessert

If you didn’t know better from experience, you’d think that you just share files the way you share dessert; you ask your brother if he wants half your ice cream sundae. There’s no debate, or pause to read directions – …Read more.

Posted by Johanna Fry on September 03, 2009 at 11:02AM

IP Addresses: The Internet’s ID Badges

If you’re new to networking, the Internet Protocol address, also know as IP Address, can be a confusing concept.  While confusing or not, IP addresses must be set up correctly in order for your network to operate correctly – so …Read more.

Posted by Johanna Fry on August 26, 2009 at 10:02AM

Home Networking Just Got Safer

Today Cisco and Trend Micro announced the integration of Trend Micro’s internet security software embedded directly on select Linksys by Cisco wireless-N home routers. The integrated software service has been dubbed: Home Network Defender. This is a huge advancement in …Read more.

Posted by Johanna Fry on February 17, 2009 at 11:07AM

Faster Internet: What I Did on My Winter Vacation

You may have read Monique Morrow's posting in late December about A Faster Internet for 2009. Something to keep in mind also is that some of the slowness you perceive in Internet performance may in fact be related to the …Read more.

Posted by Martin Hardee on January 02, 2009 at 11:45AM

Home Networking Made Easy - Part 2

Cisco recently announced the intent to acquire Pure Networks, a Seattle-based leader in home networking-management software and tools. Earlier this week, I was able to catch up with Chris Dobrec, Senior Director of World Wide Strategy and Business Development of …Read more.

Posted by Johanna Fry on July 30, 2008 at 02:27PM

Home Networking Made Easy

Yesterday Cisco announced the intent to acquire Pure Networks. This acquisition will allow Cisco to provide a complete home networking system that will be the EASY to set up, manage, organize, secure and use for you and I. The easy …Read more.

Posted by Johanna Fry on July 24, 2008 at 05:44PM

The Network Inside

Those of us focused on IT concerns about security, QoS, video, the last mile, management, and usability in the business word can sometimes forget that our own households have evolved in a few short years to become microcosms of many …Read more.

Posted by Marie Hattar on July 03, 2008 at 01:38PM