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• Phoning Home..

  It is widely accepted that a 3rd party firewall has a major advantage over a Windows firewall in that it will warn the user of unsolicited outgoing traffic. The trouble with 3rd party firewalls is that they have a tendency to generate popups advising... Posted Sep 15 2007, 10:08 PM by mikehall with | with no comments Filed under: Vista, XP, networks

• Wireless Networking Part 2c..

  The good news is that D-Link Inc have every intention of releasing a Vista driver for the venerable DWL G132 USB LAN adapter............................ eventually. I would have posted the part of the e-mail I received that discloses this information... Posted Feb 20 2007, 08:49 AM by mikehall with | with 1 comment(s) Filed under: Vista, networks, drivers

• Wireless Networking Part 2b..

  .. or in this case, NOT 2b.. The D-Link DWL G132 USB wireless LAN adapter has no native Vista support, no driver on the supplied CD that works, and no hint of a Vista driver on the D-Link home page. This is sad really, because the device is available... Posted Feb 11 2007, 10:13 AM by mikehall with | with no comments Filed under: Vista, networks, drivers

• Wireless Networking Part 2..

  When I promised to report on the aftermath of installing a D-Link DWL G520 (series B) wireless PCI card into a Vista machine, I fully expected to write in similar style as I did to D-Link support, having had nothing but trouble when installed into an... Posted Feb 10 2007, 07:31 AM by mikehall with | with no comments Filed under: Vista, XP, networks, drivers

• Wireless Networking..

  I installed a D-Link DWL G520 wireless network card into my main production computer this morning. All was much as one would expect. The side cover came away painlessly, and the PCI card slotted in without undue effort. It is a little closer to the intake... Posted Feb 03 2007, 12:17 PM by mikehall with | with no comments Filed under: Vista, XP, networks