Although I only use this release candidate at my house (we generally do not use betas or rcs for production deployment), it seems pretty stable to me. I like the new interface, and it just seems a bit more polished than previous versions.
It costs a bit more, but the Linksys WRT54GL is the way to go for a reliable router, especially after you flash it with DD-WRT. This firmware provides the power of much more costly routers at a reasonable price. Port triggering, site blocking, advanced wireless capabilities and more. More reliable than the Linksys firmware. DD-WRT works with other routers, but the Linksys GL is just fine.
I finally found drivers for my personal UT-41 USB GPS device. It seems that it usesa Prolific PL-2303 USB-Serial conversion driver. Click here to go to the download page for Windows, Mac, and Linux. No Vista drivers yet (but why would you want those, anyway?).
If you have an Dell Inspiron 640m or e1405, and the screen flickers off and on when you disconnect it from the AC power and it is running on battery, it seems that downloading an older Intel graphics driver, rather than the latest one from the Dell web site might fix the problem. Here is a link to notebookreview.com that discusses the problem; here is the link to the older driver from Intel; and, here is a link to older drivers from Dell (I downloaded the one from the Intel site). Of course, only time will tell, and I have no idea if this will work for your notebook, but so far it has worked for mine. You may have to play a video for the symptom to show up - it seems that if I did not play a movie, and just disconnected it from AC, the screen stayed fine, but if I played a video, then disconnected the power, the screen would flicker of and on until I reconnected the AC adapter. I am running XP Pro, but I would wager the same problem happens if you are running Vista, which is what was preinstalled on my notebook. I am trying to use as many search terms as possible (such as screen off and on, battery, inspiron 640m, inspirion e1405, ac adapter, screen flicker, video flicker) so that hopefully others will not have as much trouble finding the solution.
Here is a good article explaining dufferences in the types of flash drives.
You know how when you start typing in the “to” field and Outlook suggests email addresses that you have used previously? That is called Outlook MRU (Most Recently Used), and it is stored in an .NK2 file on your PC in the \Documents and Settings\[Profile]Application Data\Microsoft\Outlook director. Next, have you even needed to see, edit, import, and export that file, to say, a new PC? Well, Josh Davis has created NK2.info for just that purpose. Handy utility for techies like me that frequently move users to new PCs. The conversation usually goes something like this:
“Outlook is not popping up my emails that I use.”
“Are they in your contact list?”
“No.”
I get my flash drive with NK2.info on it, go to the old PC, retrieve the file, and then say:
“Would you like them in your contact list?”
“Hey, that would be great!”
Well, it figures. Just as soon as I praise Meraki, they go and change the game. No more $50 routers apparently. I am still trying to figure it out. Do I need the $150 version so I dont get ads? Or will the $50 still work with no ads? Don’t have a clue. Their web site is no good in explaining it either. In fact, the web site sucked even before they changed the game. Help!
I just finished setting up a test mesh network using 2 Meraki Minis. What an easy setup. They are really and truly plug and play, the web interface is flexible, and the devices themselves just adapt to their environment.
I initially connected one directly to a LAN port on my Linksys/dd-wrt router, connected everything up and used it for awhile. When I went to add the second Meraki Mini, I just swapped it out with the one on the router, sat it next to me on the couch, added it to the profile (using the MAC and serial number), and bingo - it was on the network. Next, I plugged my notebook directly into the ethernet port on it, and it never skipped a beat.
I am planning on deploying about 15-20 of these onto a small mesh network, and after further testing, I will let you know what I find out. So far, so good. These are great.