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Review: Draytek Vigorpro 5510 network security device

Alan Stevens — 2008-09-22T14:00:00.000Z

Alan Stevens, Personal Computer World, Monday 22 September 2008 at 14:00:00

Affordable network protection in one device

All-in-one security appliances such as Draytek’s Vigorpro 5510 are designed to be both cheaper and easier to manage than separate firewall, anti-virus, anti-spam and other tools, and it certainly scores...

Review: Powerdsine 7000G High Power power over ethernet

Alan Stevens — 2008-08-22T10:00:00.000Z

Alan Stevens, Personal Computer World, Friday 22 August 2008 at 10:00:00

Deliver more power over the Lan with these new hubs

Now a part of Microsemi, Power over Ethernet (PoE) pioneer Powerdsine has introduced a new range of mid-span hubs able to offer a lot more electricity over the Lan than...

Review: Raritan Dominion KX II-101 KVM over IP

Alan Stevens — 2008-05-21T12:16:00.000Z

Alan Stevens, Personal Computer World, Wednesday 21 May 2008 at 12:16:00

Take full control of remote servers with this tiny device

Managing servers in remote branch offices can be a pain. Sure, you can use Windows Remote Desktop or VNC rather than go there in person, but that only works if...

Review: Apple Time Capsule

Cliff Joseph — 2008-04-17T00:00:00.000Z

Cliff Joseph, Personal Computer World, Thursday 17 April 2008 at 00:00:00

Well-designed network storage device, lacking one important feature

Time Capsule is primarily intended as a storage device for Mac owners using the Time Machine backup program included with OSX....

Review: Solwise 200Mbps Homeplug AV

Emil Larsen — 2008-02-19T00:00:00.000Z

Emil Larsen, Personal Computer World, Tuesday 19 February 2008 at 00:00:00

Great design and sensibly priced but it is incompatible with older Homeplug devices

Solwise’s Homeplug AV device has mains passthrough so you can plug in other devices when you’re short on wall sockets. We measured average transfer speeds of 34.2Mbits/sec in a home environment....

Review: Sitecom Network Giga Switch

Will Stapley — 2008-01-10T00:00:00.000Z

Will Stapley, Personal Computer World, Thursday 10 January 2008 at 00:00:00

Make the most of Gigabit Lan devices

We're starting to see Gigabit Lan (1,000Mbits/sec) appearing in more and more devices these days, but unless you've got a Gigabit router or switch you won't be able to make...

Review: Digital Persona Pro 4.2 security

Alan Stevens — 2008-01-10T00:00:00.000Z

Alan Stevens, Personal Computer World, Thursday 10 January 2008 at 00:00:00

Get rid of passwords with this simple fingerprint recognition solution

We all dislike passwords. Network managers hate them because they're easy to crack; users because they're hard to remember, and support staff because they have to spend so much time...

Review: Vasco Digipass Pack security software and USB tokens

Alan Stevens — 2007-12-03T00:00:00.000Z

Alan Stevens, Personal Computer World, Monday 3 December 2007 at 00:00:00

Two-factor authentication for remote and local users

Vasco has updated its Digipass smartcard authentication product (reviewed here), adding support for a new USB security token, the DP 860, and extending the package to provide strong...

Review: Solwise DMP-1120w media streaming device

Will Stapley — 2007-11-28T00:00:00.000Z

Will Stapley, Personal Computer World, Wednesday 28 November 2007 at 00:00:00

One of the cheapest media streamers available, but at what cost?

Media streamers aren't exactly in short supply these days, but few are as cheap as the DMP-1120w. As far as the physical design goes, Solwise has done a good job...

Review: Devolo Dlan Wireless Extender Starter Kit networking

Emil Larsen — 2007-11-16T00:00:00.000Z

Emil Larsen, Personal Computer World, Friday 16 November 2007 at 00:00:00

Extend your wireless signal and benefit from Homeplug in one fell swoop

Wireless routers don't achieve anywhere near their advertised 100m range. Put two walls in the way and data transfer rates can slow to a trickle....

Review: Qnap TS-209 Pro network-attached storage

Paul Monckton — 2007-10-02T00:00:00.000Z

Paul Monckton, Personal Computer World, Tuesday 2 October 2007 at 00:00:00

A feature-rich Nas with Dual Sata drive bays

Qnap’s TS-109 Pro scored highly in our Nas group test (PCW September 2007), and the TS-209 Pro is its bigger brother....

Review: Yoggie Pico Pro security appliance

Paul Monckton — 2007-08-21T00:00:00.000Z

Paul Monckton, Personal Computer World, Tuesday 21 August 2007 at 00:00:00

A USB key quite unlike any other

The Yoggie Pico Pro includes 128MB of memory and a 520MHz Xscale CPU that runs dedicated security software, forming a barrier between your PC and the outside world....

Review: Smoothwall Smoothguard 1000-UTM

Alan Stevens — 2007-07-17T00:00:00.000Z

Alan Stevens, Personal Computer World, Tuesday 17 July 2007 at 00:00:00

A fistful of small-business security tools in a convenient appliance format

Smoothwall has long offered a range of software-based security tools targeted at the small business market. Tools which the company has now integrated together and ported onto a hardware device...

Review: Buffalo Terastation Pro II network-attached storage

Alan Stevens — 2007-06-28T00:00:00.000Z

Alan Stevens, Personal Computer World, Thursday 28 June 2007 at 00:00:00

Even faster shared storage for small business networks

Buffalo Technology has released a second generation of its Terastation Pro – the network-attached storage (Nas) appliance we tested last year....

Review: Adaptec Snap Server 650 Nas appliance

Alan Stevens — 2007-04-23T00:00:00.000Z

Alan Stevens, Personal Computer World, Monday 23 April 2007 at 00:00:00

Adaptec Snap Server 650A Nas appliance with power and capacity to burn

The Snap Server 650 from Adaptec is more powerful and scalable than most of the other network attached storage (Nas) appliances we’ve looked at....