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Linksys WRT610N Dual Band Router Coming to Europe

Yes it’s true. We’re finally getting a fully fledged dual-band router in Europe that’s affordable. Since Linksys still hasn’t released the WRT600N router in these parts I’m pretty damn anxious to get my hands on this baby. You’re probably wondering why I’m so excited about this. Well I’ll first explain what so special about this router.

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Routers That Successfully Auto-Configure with Windows Home Server

Over on the WGS Forums, we’re compiling a master list of Routers that auto-configure with Windows Home Server using uPnP. You’ll probably know that Windows Home Server is meant to be able to configure remote access for your router if it supports uPnP, but in fact, this only seems to work with some routers. If you’re having [...]

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HP’s Top 10 Recommended Routers for Windows Home Server

As you know, over the past few weeks, we’ve been compiling a list of routers that auto-configure with Windows Home Server. In theory, the platform should be able to seamlessly configure all uPnP compatible routers for remote access to your home server through a configuration wizard - however, the execution of this is decidedly patchy. [...]

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FAQ: Windows Home Server and Port Forwarding

Next up in the series of FAQs from the We Got Served forums is a common issue with router configuration. Windows Home Server has the ability to automatically configure many routers to permit access to your home server when away from home, using a technology called uPnP. Unfortunately, not all routers are compatible with uPnP and [...]

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Using a Digital Media Receiver With Windows Home Server

A while back, I mentioned that we were in the process of fully refurbishing our home, which we moved into back in May. We’re about two thirds of the way through the work, which has been a hard slog, but the work is really starting to pay off, with big chunks of the house now [...]

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