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Scott L.

Scott L.

Joined on 04/09/03

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Most Favorable Review

Nat Loopback

BUFFALO AirStation HighPower N300 Gigabit DD-WRT Wireless Router - WZR-300HP
BUFFALO AirStation HighPower N300 Gigabit DD-WRT Wireless Router - WZR-300HP

Pros: Reliable

Cons: Only one USB port

Overall Review: Just writing another review so I can communicate the fix for NAT Loopback I found after a little googling. NAT Loopback option, under Security Tab DOES NOT WORK. To enable NAT Loopback, save the following as a FIREWALL script in the COMMANDS section of the router config: iptables -t nat -I POSTROUTING -o br0 -s 192.168.x.0/24 -d 192.168.x.0/24 -j MASQUERADE Make sure to replace the 'x' in the IP's. "Copied/pasted from an online review."

Most Critical Review

Capable Hardware

ASUS RT-N16 802.11b/g/n Gigabit Wireless Router up to 300 Mbps DD-WRT Open Source support with USB Storage, Printer and Media Server
ASUS RT-N16 802.11b/g/n Gigabit Wireless Router up to 300 Mbps DD-WRT Open Source support with USB Storage, Printer and Media Server

Pros: Capable Hardware specs, loading third party firmware right through the web interface is very easy

Cons: Just like the many other reviews, have to trash the stock asus firmware. It's not particularly stable. It supports all the features that are advertised, but just doesn't do them well. Download Master is a joke.

Overall Review: Newest version of asus firmware will not allow a tivo box to contact the tivo servers. C'mon, tivos are mainstream enough to warrant a quick fix for this! I'm running DD-WRT firmware on this now. Installing optware and upgrading to Samba3 on my usb drive solved the slow network transfer problem. (Can get up to 7MB/sec now.)

Works as advertised

SYBA SI-PEX40110 M.2 M-Key NVMe PCI-e to PCI-e x4 Converter Card
SYBA SI-PEX40110 M.2 M-Key NVMe PCI-e to PCI-e x4 Converter Card

Pros: Small with additional plate for low-profile system

Cons: Minimal instructions

Overall Review: Used this with a Samsung 970 evo in my circa 2012 motherboard. NVMe drive needs to be inserted @ 30 degree angle and then pushed in place. (Learned this by watching a youtube video.) Old motherboard had no facility to boot from NVMe, had to use a bootloader installed on my existing SSD. If I put in the time, could probably have a bootloader on a flash card instead and free up the ssd.

12/22/2018

Worked in MacBook Pro

Kingston 16GB (2 x 8GB) 204-Pin DDR3 SO-DIMM DDR3 1600 Laptop Memory Model KVR16S11K2/16
Kingston 16GB (2 x 8GB) 204-Pin DDR3 SO-DIMM DDR3 1600 Laptop Memory Model KVR16S11K2/16

Pros: Maxed out the memory in a Early 2011 Macbook Pro

Cons: None

Works great

BELKIN F7C01008 4 ft 8 Outlets 1000 J Conserve Switch Surge Suppressor
BELKIN F7C01008 4 ft 8 Outlets 1000 J Conserve Switch Surge Suppressor

Pros: Works exactly as advertised. I use it to remotely turn on some lights in my garage with the switch mounted to the wall inside the house.

Cons: Remote seems bigger/clunkier than you might expect.