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Integrating Windows Media Center and Windows Home Server for the Average Family Part 2

This is the second in a series of articles detailing how one network went from dilapidated junker to media hero with the help of WMC and WHS. 

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Integrating Windows Media Center and Windows Home Server for the Average Family - Part 1

The first in a series of articles detailing how one network went from dilapidated junker to media hero with the help WMC and WHS.

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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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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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How to… Create a Static IP Address for Your Home Server

The We Got Served forums have now been open for just over a week, and I’ve been blown away by the passion and enthusiasm the WGS community has for supporting each other’s adventures with Windows Home Server. Already over 400 people have registered (with, I suspect, a lot more lurking - you know who you are!) [...]

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CES 2008: Day 3 and Wrap Up

It’s interesting to see how a lot of people attend CES from Sunday through Tuesday, and leave on Wednesday - the show floors were certainly a lot calmer today, which was a welcome relief after the carnage of previous days. A couple of highlights from Wednesday: Medion MD90110 Home Server   Microsoft were showing off a range a home [...]

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Add-in: DHCP for Windows Home Server

Brendan Grant has released a new Windows Home Server Add-in for testing and feedback over at the MS Forums. It’s a DHCP server for WHS. DHCP is a protocol used by networked computers (clients) to obtain IP addresses and other parameters such as the default gateway, subnet mask, and IP addresses of DNS servers from a [...]

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