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		<title>How To Give Your Computer’s Network Traffic Priority with DD-WRT</title>
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Having a media server is really awesome, unless the other people on your network don’t know how to share the bandwidth. Using some simple QoS rules, you can give your computer a priority and stop your streams from dropping out. You can use DD-WRT to prioritize your traffic.
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		<link>http://www.joelcottrell.com/blog/2011/08/17/how-to-give-your-computer%e2%80%99s-network-traffic-priority-with-dd-wrt/</link>
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		<title>BitLocker Drive Unlocker</title>
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If you use BitLocker Drive Encryption to encrypt and secure multiple local drives in Windows 7, you will be frustrated by the process of unlocking all drives one by one. One has to double-click individual local drives and then enter their respective passwords to unlock them. This is both a cumbersome and tiresome user experience. Shouldn’t there be an easier method where it requires users to enter passwords for the local drives and then unlock them with just one click? What if more than one drive has the same password? Do you really want to enter ...]]></description>
		<link>http://www.joelcottrell.com/blog/2011/08/17/bitlocker-drive-unlocker/</link>
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		<title>What Kind of Ethernet (Cat-5/e/6/a) Cable Should I Use?</title>
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Not all Ethernet cable is created equally. What’s the difference, and how do you know which you should use? Let’s look at the technical and physical differences in Ethernet cable categories to help us decide.
Ethernet cables are grouped into sequentially numbered categories (“cat”) based on different specifications; sometimes the category is updated with further clarification or testing standards (e.g. 5e, 6a). These categories are how we can easily know what type of cable we need for a specific application. Manufacturers are required to adhere to the standards which makes our lives easier.
What are ...]]></description>
		<link>http://www.joelcottrell.com/blog/2011/08/17/what-kind-of-ethernet-cat-5e6a-cable-should-i-use/</link>
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		<title>How To Use an External GPS Device with Your iPad or iPhone</title>
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If you bought a Wi-Fi only iPad and now you wish you could use GPS with it, this is the guide for you. Follow along to hook your iPad up to an external GPS unit and/or GPS-enabled smartphone phone.
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		<link>http://www.joelcottrell.com/blog/2011/08/10/how-to-use-an-external-gps-device-with-your-ipad-or-iphone/</link>
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		<title>Create Flow Charts &amp; Design Website Wireframes With LucidChart</title>
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You can find a reasonable number of web apps that will let you create organograms, process flow chartsand wire frame diagrams but you rarely find a single web service that lets you make just about every kind of diagram or flow chart you might need. Lucid Chart is a web service that is one off those rare all-in-one diagram and process editors. It lets you create drawings, flowcharts, Mind Maps, Network Diagrams, Organization Charts, Software and Web diagrams, UMLs and more. The service has both a free and paid version; you can add contacts ...]]></description>
		<link>http://www.joelcottrell.com/blog/2011/08/10/create-flow-charts-design-website-wireframes-with-lucidchart/</link>
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		<title>How to Schedule Your Computer to Wake Up at Specific Times with DD-WRT</title>
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If you don’t keep your home machines running all the time, you can power them on remotely with Wake-on-LAN. Doing things manually is a pain, but you can schedule computers to wake up automatically everyday using DD-WRT.
Being energy-conscious is a great thing. Why leave your computers on when you’re not home to use them? This situation is especially true with home theater PCs – you only really need them on when you’re home to watch stuff. The problem is that it can be a hassle to have to turn them ...]]></description>
		<link>http://www.joelcottrell.com/blog/2011/08/09/how-to-schedule-your-computer-to-wake-up-at-specific-times-with-dd-wrt/</link>
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		<title>MediaTab Puts Detailed Multimedia Info in a Windows Explorer Properties Tab</title>
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Windows only: MediaTab is a free program that provides tag and other technical information about audio and video files, like MediaInfo, but is integrated into Windows Explorer, so you don&#8217;t need to open another application to get these details.
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		<link>http://www.joelcottrell.com/blog/2011/07/29/mediatab-puts-detailed-multimedia-info-in-a-windows-explorer-properties-tab/</link>
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		<title>Wireless Network Watcher Displays the Computers and Devices on Your Network</title>
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Windows: If you want to create a network plan and need an inventory or just want to see all the devices using your Wi-Fi, Wireless Network Watcher from Nirsoft is a free utility that can help. It scans your network for connected devices and lists their network properties.
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		<link>http://www.joelcottrell.com/blog/2011/07/28/wireless-network-watcher-displays-the-computers-and-devices-on-your-network/</link>
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		<title>Windows Firewall Notifier For Both Incoming Or Outgoing Connections</title>
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Windows Firewall is a software firewall and packet filtering component of Windows which helps users create inbound and outbound rules to protect their network from being compromised. Like all firewalls, it protects the networks from unauthorized access while allowing legitimate communication to pass through and by blocking malicious, specified or user profiling agents. Unfortunately, the firewall settings can be a bit difficult for many home users to configure. For this reason many users prefer keeping their Windows Firewall Off for avoiding network disruptions. Windows Firewall Notifier is a portable application which makes ...]]></description>
		<link>http://www.joelcottrell.com/blog/2011/07/27/windows-firewall-notifier-for-both-incoming-or-outgoing-connections/</link>
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		<title>How to Configure Your Router for Network Wide URL Logging</title>
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Don’t be in the dark about who is visiting what web sites on your LAN. Use our two-prong approach to lock in on who is browsing what on your home network.
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		<link>http://www.joelcottrell.com/blog/2011/07/27/how-to-configure-your-router-for-network-wide-url-logging/</link>
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