Posted by trapsolutions.com on February 18, 2010 under Accessories, Gadgets | 
FireWire remains the performance leader over USB. USB is more popular because it cost less to integrate into computers. You can easily upgrade a standard computer to use firewire devices by adding a firewire card the PC. There are very few Firehubs on the market today as firewire is more commonly used by photographers and in the music industry. Aten have come up wuth a intelligent product that allows you to have more than one firewire device connected to your PC at any one time.
The Firewire hub support shot plugging, configuration is automatic you simply plug in the Firewire cables.
Aten FH600 6 Port Firewire HUB
Posted by trapsolutions.com on January 26, 2010 under Ethernet, Gadgets, Reviews |
Polished Chrome Faceplates
These metal Faceplate kits allow you to intergrate them into your decor no more will your house look like an office or a hospital corridor. They are standard Category 5e and will give the option of switching the module to cat6 modules The Metal Faceplates are available in a special finish of Polished Chrome, Satin Brass or Brushed Aluminium. This classy finish makes them ideal for installations in public areas, such as hotels, homes, or for use in prestige office environments.
The Metal faceplates are available in a single and double outlets with the single version available with blanks. Hey will fit on standard back boxes but they will look more appealing if they were flushed onto the wall.
The metal faceplates come with a 25 year guaranttee.
Posted by trapsolutions.com on October 13, 2009 under Ethernet, Gadgets, Wireless |
Homeplug Networking Adapters
Networking homeplugs enable you to expand your home network using the existing powerlines within your home. The Homeplugs allow you to access the network from any room that has has a power point. T hese are very poppular nowadays as an alternative to buying Wireless Accesspoints, laying cables around the house or simply getting another BT or telephone point put in another part of the house. As more and more people work from home they convert outbuildings into usable office space these Homeplugs are a practical and cheap alternative to rewiring or buying new equipment to expand your network. When buying this kit either stick to Powerline Adapters or to Homeplugs as they are manufacturered slighty different and may pose incompartibilty issues sticking to the same manufacturer is the best.
Homeplugs can enhance or expand either your wired or wireless Network, gone are the days when we took turns to use the computer within the home now this is can be done simultanously with the home. Some more advanced homeplugs such as the 85mbps Powerline 4-Port Ethernet Adapter XE104 can be used as an Ethernet Switch allowing you to plug in more than one device such as a Digital Media Players, Gaming Consoles, Set-top boxes and other Ethernet devices
Set-up: Plug one Homeplug Adapter near a and hardwire an ethernet Cable to a router, then plug the other in a desired location within the home. These can be moved as you please.
Wired Homeplugs:
- Most suitable for those parts of the house that do not telephone points (Sheds, Artic, Garage, etc)
- An Alternative to laying Cables around the house
- Very secure
Wireless Homeplugs:
- An alternative to Wireless booster, higher gain antennas and Wireless Access Point.
- Can plug and unplug between rooms as you please or as you move around the house or in your garden.
- Plugged out of site and can never be inteferred with.
Posted by trapsolutions.com on October 12, 2009 under Gadgets, Wireless |
Answer to that in one word or two ………Probably NOT.
Buying a new ADSL or Cable Router or modem probably wont solve your problem unless if your router has really packed it in. Lucky for us routers are one of those computing products that are released more often than we have to replace them. Just because its the latest does not mean its going to turn your 2mbps line into an 8 or 24mbps.We always want the faster and the biggest and ISPs have taken to this. Having dealt with a few ISPs myself and through talking to customers I have learnt that thay are no different from Estate Agents.
We all rely on the internet and for it go down will be such an inconvinience. When buying a Wireless router or a wired one 1st find out from your ISP which routers they prefere to offer technical support that way they dont blame the router. When your internet speed grinds to a crawl dont rush out to buy a router, there are few things you ought to try out before you make this decision.
- Ring your ISP and make sure you are getting at least near to the speed you are subscribed for, if there is anything majorly wrong with your line they will get BT (Openreach) to sort it out or they can ping your router to check the speeds. Make sure you let them know at what times of the day its at it slowest. If they cant improve it maybe it was time you were with an ISP that can give you faster speeds. Being loyal to ISPs does not payoff if you are not getting the right speeds.
- Go onto your routers’ manufacturers’ website and check for new firmware for that particular router. Firmware can increase its performance, security and reliability this will lead to an improved functionality of the router. You may find it speeds up after this.
- Replace your ADSL Microfilters with new ones and try not to have too many phone adapters or extension cables on your ADSL RJ11 Cables.(ie btween the telephone point and the router/modem)
These are just some of the simple steps you can take to improve your internet speeds. For free Sales & Technical advice please ring 01256 475146 or visit online Catalogue
Posted by trapsolutions.com on April 24, 2009 under Gadgets |
Netgear have produced another kit for the Home Media enthusiasts the EVA 9150.
You no longer have to wacth those movies on your computer or Laptop. The EVA9150 discovers and shares files and folders on your home network and storage devices. It organises them into a digital library and delivers them via your HD TV.
The Digital Entertainment Elite handles just about all the file formats for Movies, Photos and music available on your PC delivering them via you TV. The Built -in expandable storage on the Digital Entertainment Elite lets you store hundreds of Media files and if the 500Gb drive that comes with the unit is not enough you just slide it out and slide in a bigger drive. Because the Media Player has built in storage it can work as a stand unit without the need for a PC to be on while you are viewing. this Media Player will streams media directly from the Internet such as YouTube, Internet radio, Flickr photos, RSS, and podcasts.
How it Works
1. Connect the Eva9150 to your HD Tv via Component or HDMI cables.
2. Connect your Digital Entertainer Elite to your home network via Wireless (Wireless 802.11a/b/g/n), Wired Ethernet, Powerline, or MoCA (Coax Networking).
3. The Automatically finds all digital media files on your home network and organizes them into an easily accessible library.
4. Enjoy your media
Video File Formats: AVI, DivX, Xvid WMV, MOV, M4V, MP4, VOB, MPG, MP1, MP2,ISO, IFO, MKV, TS, M2TS
Audio File Formats: MP1, MP2, MP3, WMA, WMA-Pro,AAC, FLAC, AIFF, WAV, LPCM, MKA,Dolby AC3 5.1 stereo downmix,Dolby AC3 5.1**, DTS 5.1**,Dolby TrueHD Downmix, Dolby+,Passthrough, DTS-HD Master Audio**
Tags: HD, HDMI, Media Player, Movies, MP3, Music, Netgear, Netgear EVA9150, Netgear EVA9150 Digital Entertainment Elite, Photos, Podcasts, RSS Feeds, Wireless
