This week we’ve got a fun bit from George from Tulsa on why you should get an Amazon Fire tablet, then I’ll tell you about the great network migration of 2020. After that Jill McKinley is back with three products she uses to help her sleep better. Every time Kaylee joins the show I get […]
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Moving from Netgear to eero
4 years ago, I told you about my wicked cool new router, the Netgear Nighthawk X8 AC5300 tri-band router. I bought it about 3 minutes before the whole mesh router craze hit the market. A while later, I tested it against Netgear’s Orbi mesh router and the “normal” router actually outperformed the 2-unit Orbi for […]
Continue readingNC #725 AirPods 2 Just Work, Owl Car Cam, Netgear EX8000 Mesh Extender
Use “podfeet” for $10 off Macstock pricing, TextExpander Evangelist Jeff Gamet joins me on Chit Chat Across the Pond. AirPods 2 “just work” and didn’t give me any good stories to tell. I’ve got a review fo the Owl Car Cam. And finally I’ll talk about my justification to buy a new Netgear EX8000 mesh […]
Continue readingNC #669 CloudMounter, Mesh vs Regular Router Flyoff, PLEX, Security Bits
Steve and I are off to Paris for a couple of weeks, so be sure to send your audio reviews to Bart to help him out doing the show (Allister has his already in the can). We won’t have a live show for the next two weeks – will miss you! In this episode, I […]
Continue readingNetgear vs. Netgear WiFi Speed Flyoff
You know how I’m always starting my stories with “What problem are you trying to solve?” Before you decide whether to go for a traditional single router or one of these fancy new mesh routers, you really should think about the problem you want to solve, because this is definitely not a one size fits […]
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CES 2018: Netgear Outdoor Orbi WiFi System
Allison interviews Amit Rele from Netgear about their new outdoor version of the Orbi mesh WiFi system. The family of Orbi tri-band WiFi systems is designed for a broad range of home environments. The Orbi Outdoor Satellite (RBS50Y) extends high-performance WiFi coverage outdoors by up to an extra 2,500 sq. ft. with a weather-resistant, wall-mountable, […]
Continue readingTime Machine Backups from the Netgear X8 USB Port
Steve Davidson posted a great question on podfeet.com on my post about the Netgear Nighthawk X8 router: Allison, now that Apple has end-of-lifed the AirPort Extreme (my device of choice until now), I’m taking another look at the Netgear Nighthawk X8 (your endorsement has to be worth $$$ to Netgear). Besides the obvious reasons to […]
Continue readingNC #606 Eye Chart Radio, Yahoo Breach and MD5, Amazon Duet, Nomorobo for iOS, Shelly & Steve Poems
We WILL have episodes of the NosillaCast (and live shows) on both Christmas and New Years day (unlike those other slacker podcasters). Check out last week’s episode of Chit Chat Across the Pond with Chris Ashley from the SMR Podcast (fun with Windows!). I’m one of the new rotating co-hosts for Eye Chart Radio with […]
Continue readingHow to Turn Off NAT-PMP and UPnP on Your Router
A few weeks back after the disastrous distributed denial of service attack on the DNS servers was found to have been caused by insecure Internet of Things devices, Bart suggested that we turn off automatic port forwarding. This is a technology that is built into routers that allows devices (and software) inside your network to […]
Continue readingReal World Bandwidth Test: Netgear Nighthawk X8 vs Airport Extreme
Back in April I told you about the new router I bought, the Nighthawk X8 from Netgear. I bought this router for two reasons. I already had an Airport Extreme 802.11ac router with beam forming antennas, but after talking to Bart about how insecure the Internet of Things devices are, I wanted to run two […]
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