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by Abysmal Craig
June 6th, 2012, 12:18 am
Forum: Off Topic
Topic: Network Bragging.....
Replies: 11
Views: 58720

Re: Network Bragging.....

Hi I'm a complete newbie when it comes to installing a home network. I'm hoping there is some kind of step by step method for newbies like me. I will highlight what I'm hoping to achieve and any feedback on costs and how to go about doing it would be greatly appreciated. I'm with virgin who will so...
by Abysmal Craig
June 6th, 2012, 12:16 am
Forum: Off Topic
Topic: Network Bragging.....
Replies: 11
Views: 58720

Re: Network Bragging.....

It certainly makes sense to "do things right" in a new house, especially a large one (with basement, upper floors etc.). OTOH, if you're only running a few short stretches between rooms after the fact, you can often get away with run-o-the-mill cat5 and eschew the significant cat6 markup....
by Abysmal Craig
June 6th, 2012, 12:00 am
Forum: General Discussion
Topic: The "introduce yourself" thread
Replies: 117
Views: 2876071

Re: The "introduce yourself" thread

@Moridiin I used fiber in my house and tbh if you dont know what your doing with it, you can end up causing serious injury to yourself nevermind the cost of fiber these days. If I were you I would stick to Cat 6e as cat 6 will supply you with enough bandwidth run run almost anything you need in your...
by Abysmal Craig
June 3rd, 2012, 1:52 pm
Forum: Off Topic
Topic: Network Bragging.....
Replies: 11
Views: 58720

Re: Network Bragging.....

@DunkB If you are talking about running Cat 6 cable I highly recommend it as normal cat5e can only support a download speed of around 12.5MBps while cat6e will get you around 125MB I only went for the fiber in my house due to the fact Virgin Media are currently doing a trial in my area where they ar...
by Abysmal Craig
May 20th, 2012, 2:01 pm
Forum: Software - Applications and Operating Systems
Topic: Name change of computer
Replies: 5
Views: 7307

Re: Name change of computer

No problem we are all here to help

:)
by Abysmal Craig
May 20th, 2012, 1:59 pm
Forum: General Discussion
Topic: Server will not restart after installing Ubuntu[SOLVED]
Replies: 14
Views: 11846

Re: Server will not restart after installing Ubuntu

Hi there I had a similar problem building my media server. By the sounds of it, your server is still looking to boot of your memory stick even though it isnt there, either that or its looking for something to boot altogether, but if this was the case you would have received an error stating 'no boo-...
by Abysmal Craig
May 16th, 2012, 4:42 pm
Forum: Everything Hardware Related
Topic: A New Era in Storage
Replies: 2
Views: 15918

A New Era in Storage

Hi all, Just a quick up to date As you all know Solid State Drives (SSD's) are out there and they are growing in size almost everyday. There has been reports of a 35TB Raid set up all in one PCI-E card. Its almost scary what you can get now, but SSD's are served with a fatal flaw, the fact that they...
by Abysmal Craig
May 16th, 2012, 4:06 pm
Forum: Software - Applications and Operating Systems
Topic: Name change of computer
Replies: 5
Views: 7307

Re: Name change of computer

Hi there

Once you have opened the file, press the insert key on your kyboard and navigate to the part of the file you want to change with your arrow keys.

Once finished press esc and enter :wq to save your changes :)
by Abysmal Craig
May 15th, 2012, 10:37 pm
Forum: Software - Applications and Operating Systems
Topic: Slight Problem with Networking
Replies: 17
Views: 9564

Re: Slight Problem with Networking

Ill have a dig around because I have lost touch myself over the past couple of months and ill post what I can find out on the hardware forum for everyone to read instead of it sitting in here. :)
by Abysmal Craig
May 15th, 2012, 8:36 pm
Forum: Software - Applications and Operating Systems
Topic: Slight Problem with Networking
Replies: 17
Views: 9564

Re: Slight Problem with Networking

I got them through work, we are currently using 6TB Western Digital HDD in our NVR's now but they are far too expensive to get at the moment for myself. The 3.5TB drives are on enterprise edition but due to the WD factory flooding in the east they have become highly expensive and rare due to the fac...