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Almond+ Router/Smart Home Hub Kickstarter blasts by goal

by Steven Sande (Mar 6th, 2013)

Those who watched TUAW TV Live a few weeks ago may remember me describing some of the issues that I've run into with streaming video up to Ustream at the same time that my wife is connected to her office VPN. Hawaii's finest tech guru and new TUAW dude Shawn "Doc Rock" Boyd mentioned that he'd ...

Holiday Gift Guide: The all-purpose Mac setup

by Kelly Hodgkins (Nov 25th, 2011)

Welcome to TUAW's 2011 Holiday Gift Guide! We're here to help you choose the best gifts this holiday season, and once you've received your gifts we'll tell you what apps and accessories we think are best for your new Apple gear. Stay tuned every weekday from now until the end of the year for ...

Is the AirPort Extreme worth the price?

by TJ Luoma (Apr 4th, 2011)

A friend was looking to replace her wireless router, and I suggested a refurbished AirPort Extreme. New units sell for around US$180, but refurbished models from Apple are $130. Still, that's significantly more expensive than the average Linksys router you'll find at Walmart or Best Buy. Is it ...

Tether your iPhone with the Nexaria BC2 router

by Victor Agreda, Jr. (Nov 23rd, 2010)

The Nexaria BC2 router is a rather ugly 802.11b/g/n router that will allow tethering on the iPhone 3, 3GS and 4. Unfortunately, you must plug the thing into an outlet to power it up, providing somewhat limited use. Typical use case for tethering is using your phone as a modem and connecting to ...

Helping FaceTime coexist with your firewall

by Mel Martin (Jul 1st, 2010)

Got the FaceTime blues? It could be your router's firewall settings. Apple has posted a support document noting that some routers using firewalls, security software or other restrictive settings will require a settings change. Specifically: To use FaceTime on a restricted Wi-Fi network, port ...

G-Fi puts GPS on your first gen iPhone or iPod touch, at quite a cost

by Mike Schramm (Jan 16th, 2010)

I love my iPhone, but I have to say that there is one little thing wrong with it: it's a first generation. That means that I can't quite play all of the games, or record video, or do all of the cool GPS things you kids can do nowadays. It's not a really bad thing -- I can still do a good 99% of the ...

Linksys offers Mac router setup tool

by Mat Lu (Jun 27th, 2008)

Linksys is offering their Linksys EasyLink Advisor (LELA) Setup Wizard as a native Mac application for managing some of their more recent router models. Similar to the Airport Setup Utility the EasyLink Advisor allows users to setup and manage their Linksys router based networks without going ...

Port Map: easy UPnP port mapping

by Mat Lu (Apr 21st, 2008)

One of the nice things about the Airport Extreme Base Station is the Airport Utility application used to manage it. Most other routers these days are managed with a web interface which can sometimes be a little wonky. So it was with some interest that I discovered Port Map, from the Coding Monkeys ...

How To: Using your Mac as a NAT router

by Mat Lu (Mar 26th, 2007)

No doubt you know that sharing your internet connection on your Mac is easy. For instance, if want to turn any Mac with a built-in Airport card into a wireless router (e.g. with a cable or DSL modem plugged into the built-in ethernet port), all you have to do is go to the Sharing pane of your ...

Apple Support doc on Intel Macs and 3rd party routers: "just restart it"

by David Chartier (Nov 30th, 2006)

Well this doesn't sound like any fun: enough Intel Macs running 10.4.8 must be having a problem connecting wirelessly to some 3rd party routers that Apple had to publish a support doc on the topic. As icing on the cake, Apple's solution isn't a pretty one either. If your Intel Mac is having this ...