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While I like that LG is pushing the pixel density front. I am really curious/excited about the laser focusing.

Central/East Texas: In: ~75F / ~24C Out: 85F / 29C Highest (in my lifetime): 110F / 43C (With HIGH humidity) Lowest (in my lifetime): -15F / -26C (not entirely sure on this one)

So to answer your question directly...YES...as long as those devices are properly configured to operate on the network and have attempted to communicate with the router/firewall. Here is a very low-level explanation... As far as the router is concerned...It has a LAN interface. There exists a certain range of IP addresses that it is set-up to serve to clients on it. Those clients either request to be given an address (DHCP) or are set to a static address. The router/firewall is not overly concerned with the exact location of the client. All it cares about it that it is on the LAN port. The switches that might exist on the network then forward all traffic between the router and clients appropriately. The router's job it to manage (or route) traffic that is external to the LAN...otherwise known as the Internet (this would also include any VPNs and other remote networks as they ARE going over the Internet, however encrypted). That's where the term 'firewall' becomes more important...It blocks (firewalls) malicious or uninvited traffic from making its way into the LAN. Once two clients have IP addresses. They no longer need the router/firewall to communicate. From then on it is straight to each other through the switch(es). As far as general networking goes, you don't even need a router as long as each device is configured to the same IP range.

A switch does do a modicum of processing, as opposed to a hub. And at this point un-managed switches are pretty much equal. There are some that add to their value by being more power efficient. There is something to be said for going with established manufactures, but performance is theoretically on par. (I have had a great experience with the two TrendNet GREEN Gigabit switches I run. 16p & 8p) And there is zero impact on performance. At least nothing that would be perceptible to a human. A hub takes in packets and broadcasts them to all devices/ports and each device picks theirs up and ignores the rest. This is, of course, very inefficient. A switch improves performance by actually paying attention to where the packets need to go. Once it has established which IP address exists on which port, it only sends the appropriate traffic. I am not quite sure what you are asking with the 'data' question.

I was suggesting Bridging his modem to the PFSense box, rather than leaving it in DHCP. It wasn't necessarily relevant to his question, but it was to the overall topic. Have seen too many people run into double NAT problems when deciding to roll their own firewall. Not all resources line out the benefits or even bring it up. With him not knowing if he could use a dual NIC, I figured I'd help him avoid another potential problem.

Bridge Mode is your friend. And yes you can can use the dual port NIC for both LAN & WAN (GREEN & RED in some circles).

Come on Reds...daddy needs a new NAS.

That is an awesome signal. But that attenuation is absolutely ridiculous. Have those specifics been pretty consistent, or have you only recently checked them? It looks like on top of the congestion, they are just not repairing lines. Which is predictable if they are shuttering. And I don't see that you have too many options. If they are unwilling to upgrade their infrastructure, there is nothing you can do to change it. If worse comes to worse, satellite might be your only choice, but I'd rather drive an hour to get a good connection than deal that noise. We've dealt with a similar congestion issue with Windstream here in central Texas. They are by no mean going out of business, but they have stated their disinterest in improving their backbone. I am fortunate enough to live close to a major hub that is right on the trunk going between Dallas and Houston, so when things are good they are REAL good. But during prime time it can get downright unusable. Being first call support for my boss's myriad of gas stations, restaurants, and service companies, I deal with Windsteam techs on a nearly daily basis. And the story is simply too many people on too small a trunk. The problem seems to have been improved a little bit lately. (Most likely the warm weather bringing the sun dwellers out of doors and off my internets)

I know its already answered, but for those interested in a more artistic route... Sculptris by Pixologic http://pixologic.com/sculptris/

Looks like a WD Green. Assuming this is the only drive (or OS drive at least) in the machine... This is not a 'problem'. You are simultaneously reading off the HDD, working on that data, and then writing the unpacked data back to HDD. Yes, you are going to experience some 'lag' especially on files that large.

This should get you started... Microsoft's Walkthrough for setting up Internet Connection Sharing http://windows.microsoft.com/en-us/windows-vista/using-ics-internet-connection-sharing This should pretty much cover Vista and up. I've only personally played with ICS a few times and on a very brief basis. If the automatic IP settings (DHCP) doesn't work, you can start getting down and dirty with static IPs. A quick Google might find a more thorough guide.

I assume you were sharing the internet connection that the laptop was picking up via WiFi to the desktop via the crossover cable using 'Internet Connection Sharing' in Windows...yes? If this was working previously it would have required a bit of set up. Did you set it up yourself? A stray update or accidental configuration change could mess this up easily. But it could be as simple as a bad cable.

Been wanting to test out Windows Phone, so 8X...I choose you. Already own the One X (Tegra)

Just about every anti-virus program has experienced a problem like this in past few years. Even Microsoft bricked a few of thier own. I know Kaspersky had one too.