Asus RT-N16 Unboxing

In this video, I unbox the Asus RT-N16 Wireless-N Gigabit Router. I purchased the RT-N16 from ncix.com in August, 2010 and paid around $100 (Canadian).

Back January 2010, SmallNetBuilder.com reviewed the RT-N16. According to that review, here’s the RT-N16’s hardware specs:

  • Single band Wireless-N networking in the 2.4 GHz range
  • Gigabit WAN and LAN ports
  • Broadcom BCM4718 processor running at 533 Mhz
  • 128MB of RAM
  • 32 MB of flash
  • 2 USB2 ports
  • 3 external antennas

For the price I paid, those are excellent specs indeed! By comparison, Continue reading » Asus RT-N16 Unboxing

How to Use Default Parameters in User Defined Functions in SQL Server 2005

Yesterday I had to add a much needed parameter to a SQL Server 2005 user-defined function (or UDF). The catch was that the current version of the UDF (i.e. the version without the parameter) was already being used in production by a few SQL queries. Not wanting to break those existing queries, I decided to assign a sensible default value to the new parameter. With a default value I figured I could add the parameter to the UDF without having to modify existing calls to the UDF.

Boy was I wrong. Continue reading » How to Use Default Parameters in User Defined Functions in SQL Server 2005

How to Open the Case of the Netgear WNR3500L Router

In the following video, I show you how to open the case (i.e. enclosure) of the Netgear WNR3500L Wireless-N Gigabit Open Source Router.

Why would you want to open the case of the WNR3500L anyway? As you may have learned from watching my recent unboxing video, the WNR3500L is an open source router, which allows you to install third party firmware on it such as dd-wrt, TomatoUSB and OpenWrt.

Sometimes, however, things can go wrong when Continue reading » How to Open the Case of the Netgear WNR3500L Router

Unboxing the Netgear WNR3500L Router

In this video, I unbox the Netgear WNR3500L Wireless-N Gigabit Open Source Router.

My new WNR3500L router should be an excellent upgrade over the venerable Linksys WRT54GL. Some highlights of WNR3500L include:

  • Wireless-N networking
  • 4 Gigabit wired ports
  • 64 MB RAM
  • 8 MB Flash
  • Fast CPU (for this class of router)
  • USB 2.0 port
  • Support for 3rd party open source firmware
  • Community website

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