Linksys WRT54G2 Wireless-G Broadband Router

From the Manufacturer

The Linksys Wireless-G Broadband Router is really three devices in one box. First, there’s the Wireless Access Point, which lets you connect both screaming fast Wireless-G (802.11g at 54Mbps) and Wireless-B (802.11b at 11Mbps) devices to the network. There’s also a built-in 4-port full-duplex 10/100 switch to connect your wired-Ethernet devices together. Connect four PCs directly, or attach more hubs and switches to create as big a network as you need. Finally, the router function ties it all together and lets your whole network share a high-speed cable or DSL Internet connection.

Once your computers are connected to the router and the Internet, they can communicate with each other too, sharing resources and files. All your computers can print on a shared printer connected anywhere in the house. And your computers can share all kinds of files–music, digital pictures, and documents. Keep all your digital music on one computer, and listen to it anywhere in the house. Organize all of your family’s digital pictures in one place, to simplify finding the ones you want, and easing backup to CD-R. Utilize extra free space on one computer when another’s hard drive starts to fill up.

The new Wi-Fi Protected Setup feature makes it easy to configure your wireless devices. Just push the button on the router and on your other Wi-Fi Protected Setup-enabled wireless device to automatically create a WPA2 connection that protects your data and privacy with up to 256-bit industrial-strength encryption. The router can serve as a DHCP Server, has a powerful SPI firewall to protect your PCs against intruders and most known Internet attacks, supports VPN pass-through, and can be configured to filter internal users’ access to the Internet. Advanced configuration is a snap with the web browser-based interface.

With the Linksys Wireless-G Broadband Router at the center of your home or office network, you can share a high-speed Internet connection, files, printers, and multi-player games with flexibility, speed, security and simplicity.

The Linksys WRT54GS Wireless-G Broadband Router with SpeedBooster makes it easy to set up a typical home or office network, and it comes with all the documentation you need to get it up and running. It touts a wealth of advanced networking and security features, and it’s fast, especially in networks with both 802.11g and 802.11b connections.The illustrated Fast Start guide for the Linksys WRT54GS Wireless-G Broadband Router with SpeedBooster walks you through the basic setup, which includes connecting the router to your computer and broadband modem, configuring all the computers on the network to work with the router, and configuring the router.

The Fast Start guide is more thorough than others we’ve seen, with plenty of images and screenshots illustrating the setup process. We were glad to see brief explanations of basic networking terms, such as the difference between static and dynamic IP addressing and what to do if your DSL provider uses PPPoE.

The Linksys WRT54GS router also has good wireless security. You can configure it to use WEP or WPA. WPA is stronger than WEP, but it’s important to have both options, because you may want to connect to older 802.11b devices that lack WPA support. We also like that you can turn off the beacon on the WRT54GS’s integrated 802.11g access point. This helps protect you from uninvited guests by stopping the access point from advertising its presence to the world.

The Linksys WRT54GS Wireless-G Broadband Router with SpeedBooster has a respectable three-year warranty that falls short of Belkin’s lifetime policy but is on a par with the warranties of other networking vendors. You also get toll-free 24/7 support for the lifetime of the product. In addition, Linksys has one of the best online support offerings in the business, with product-specific setup guidelines, FAQs, troubleshooting solutions, drivers, firmware, live chat with support staff, and a copious knowledge base that contains how-to information for the WRT54GS’s setup and configuration as well as problem fixes for a number of common networking issues.

Just thought you may be interested in reading this guide: Spy Pen Camera and velo speakers

This site provides detailed information about sony reader digital book, wireless baby monitor, digital photo processing, wireless camera kit and all about digital receiver.

TECHNICAL DETAIL

Microsync Digital Trasmitter

Microsync Digital Transmitter

• Plugs: household
• Ports: 2.5mm sub-mini phono output
• Batteries: 2 “AA”
• Appx Battery Life: 1 Year
• Weight (incl. Batteries): 5.25 oz

Description

Sony DPF-D80 8-Inch LCD Digital Photo Frame (Black)

Sony DPF-D80 8-Inch

Technical Details

• 8-inch display; 4:3 aspect ratio; 800 x 600 resolution
• Includes 256MB internal memory, with optional image resizing (to maximize internal memory).
• Compatible with all main memory card types
• Auto orientation sensor and auto image rotation
• Features 10 slideshow styles, 2 clock modes, calendar mode, and 2 index views

The good: Better than average display quality; fast, even with large files; easy to use; attractive.

The bad: No thumbdrive connector; no video or audio support.

The bottom line: Though it’s a little expensive for its feature set, the Sony 8-inch Digital Photo Frame DPF-D80 delivers exactly what most people want: high-quality photo slideshows in an easy-to-use, attractive package.

Easy to use and with a basic but solid feature set and above-average display quality, the Sony 8-inch Digital Photo Frame appeals to both the technophobic and undemanding technophiles who won’t mind spending a bit extra for it.

Unlike most frames, there’s no full-size USB connector for a thumbdrive. In addition to copying files directly from a PC, there’s a button on the remote to copy all or selected images on a card to the frame’s internal memory; it can resize them during copy, if you choose. In addition to JPEG, it can also display Sony ARW (raw) files, but the frame doesn’t play video or audio.

In a nice touch, you can cycle through the single-image view to display EXIF information. The clock view is a bit confusing, since it displays the date and time when the accompanying photograph was taken rather than the current date and time. You can also just use the frame as a big LCD clock or calendar, white on black or black on white, analog or digital.

The menus are easy to navigate, primarily because the frame doesn’t offer many options. The frame supports automatic rotation and display orientation; entire image versus fit-to-screen scaling; separate controls for the LCD backlight and brightness; an on/off timer; and support for the usual handful of Western languages as well as Russian, Japanese, and Chinese.

I really like the display quality of this frame. The D80 has a bit better dynamic range than I’m used to seeing; highlights and shadows render pretty well, colors and skin tones are pretty accurate, and there’s little visible color contouring. As with all LCD frames, when the frame is positioned vertically the viewing angle on one side is only about 25 degrees before the image inverts/disappears.

Though it’s a bit pricey for the basic features, the Sony 8-inch Digital Photo Frame DPF-D80 does provide everything most users probably want, especially the more technologically averse, as well as above average display quality.

This site provides detailed information about digital photo receiver, digital photo software, LCD picture frames, Wireless digital picture frame and all about digital receiver.