4 Steps to Start Wireless Zero Configuration (WZC)

 

How to Connect Two Computers Without a Router

Let’s assume you have two computers at home and you want to connect them together so that you can easily share an internet connection between the two machines or transfer photos, music and other files from one computer to another. How do you do this?

Connect Two Computers Directly

Connect Computers with an Ethernet Crossover Cable

Share an Internet Connection Between Two Computers

Steps to IncreaseNetwork Browsing Speed

If you’ve ever browsed folders on a network, you’ll know how slow it can be. With a simple registry hack, you can increase your network browsing speed. Here’s how to do it:

1. Click Start>Run and enter ‘regedit’.
2. Navigate to HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE/Software/Microsoft/Windows/Current Version/Explorer/RemoteComputer/NameSpace
3. Locate the key named {D6277990-4C6A-11CF-8D87-00AA0060F5BF}. This key tells Windows to search for scheduled tasks, of which there are none. Right click on it and delete it.
4. If you have no use for viewing remote shared printers and is only interested in shared files, consider deleting the printers key as follows: {2227A280-3AEA-1069-A2DE-08002B30309D}. This will further improve network browsing speed.

Your networking browsing speed should be now considerably faster, as it will have no delay.

Steps to increase speed of Internet Connection with TweakMaster

TweakMaster automatically optimize and speed up any type of Internet connection. TweakMaster can substantially improve download speeds for all types of connections from dial-up to DSL, Cable, and Wireless. TweakMaster work for every Windows version from Windows 2000 to Windows 7.

On the TweakMaster website there are two version of Tweak Master: TweakMaster Free and TweakMaster Pro version. The difference between TweakMaster pro and TweakMaster free edition, on tweak master pro there are two additional features are LinkFox and DU meter. LinkFox is web accelerator for Internet Explorer and DU Meter provides an accurate account of the data which is flowing through your computer’s network connection at any given moment.

How to Tweak and Optimize your Internet Connection using this Software?

It’s easy. You can optimize your connection automatically, using the Connection Optimization Wizard, or manually, using the Advanced Optimization Settings dialog box. The choice is yours, but we highly recommend trying the wizard first, and moving to more advanced optimizations only after you have read this documentation.

For detail info about TweakMaster and download TweakMaster free edition browse to http://www.tweakmaster.com or you want TweakMaster Pro full version you can buy.

How to Repair Safecom Router / Upgrade Firmware via USB

• A PC with an Intel or VIA chipset and onboard USB port (other chipsets may not be compatible with the repair program) and FAT based file system (Not NTFS)
• A Philips or plus screw driver to open the router
• A USB cable (one was supplied with your router) to connect the router to the PC via the USB port
• A jumper (like the ones used on hard drives or CD-ROMs to determine Master or Slave operation)
• Make a note of the router’s MAC address. This is a unique number that identifies the router. You will need to enter this number when the prompted to do so by the repair program. An example would be 00064F15395A (it is a 12 digit hexadecimal number). Look for a barcode sticker on the underside of the case. You should also find a similar barcode sticker with the MAC address on the circuit board (see below)
  

Step 1: POWER OFF and open the router

• Power off and unplug all the cables from your router. Turn the router upside down and place it on a flat surface. Carefully peel off the rubber feet to reveal the screws beneath. You might find it useful to stick them on the base of the router so you do not lose them. Undo the screws (usually four) and keep them in a safe place.
  
• Turn the router the right way up and carefully remove the top cover by gently lifting it. The front panel may have a slight lip on it making it a little tricky but don’t use brute force.
  

STEP 2: Connect the jumper

• You should discharge any static electricity stored in your body by touching something ‘earthed’ like a metal radiator or any metallic object/surface.
• Locate the 2-pin link (the position on the board may vary but there is only one) on the circuit board. Carefully push the jumper onto the pins ensuring that both pins are covered and avoid touching any other parts of the circuit board. You may want to use tweezers.

Place the jumper here

• Disconnect all USB devices from your PC including hubs

STEP 3: Flash the router

• If your PC is off, power it on. Once it has finished booting put the Safecom router CD into the CD-ROM drive and browse for the firmware folder ‘SAMR-4110′. Copy this entire folder to your C: drive (We assume that you have a FAT file system and not NTFS since NTFS partitions cannot be seen with DOS and the repair program is DOS based)
• Power off your PC and connect the USB cable to the USB port on the router and connect the other end of the cable to one of the USB ports on your PC (preferably one on the main board as USB ports on add-on cards may not be compatible with the repair program)
• Power on the router and start your computer and select boot from CD-ROM in your BIOS setup. Save settings and reboot.
• Make sure the Safecom router CD provided with router is still in the CD-ROM drive.
• When prompted, select “Start Computer with CD-ROM support” to boot to DOS from CD.
• At the command prompt change your default drive to C by typing “C:” and press the “Enter” key (do not include the “” when typing). Then change directory to the firmware folder you copied earlier by typing “cd SAMR-4110″ and press the “Enter” key.
• You should now see that your command prompt has changed to the following:

  C: \SAMR-4110>

• At the above prompt type “rm_usb” and press the “Enter” key. The USB repair process will initialise.
• After a short time you will be prompted to enter the “Start MAC Address” Type in the router’s MAC address (the one you should have noted earlier from the barcode label) – Enter it in 2 digit pairs with a hyphen in between “-”each pair of digits. For example: 00-06-4F-15-39-5A
• You will also be prompted to enter the “End MAC Address” This is the same for all routers and should be entered like so: 00-06-4F-FF-FF-FF (This should already be the default so you should be able to just press the “Enter” key. The reprogramming of the router will then continue and after about 60 seconds you should see a message indicating that the process was completed successfully.
• Once the process has successfully completed power off the router, disconnect the USB cable and carefully remove the jumper
• Replace the top cover of the router, screw it back together and stick the rubber feet back in place.
• Power the router on once again. Do not connect any other cables at this stage. The router will then reset itself (be patient as this can take up to 2 minutes) and the ADSL LED will start to flash continuously

STEP 4: Reconnect the router as before

• Reconnect the router to your ADSL line and your PC and restart your PC remembering to change the boot device back to your hard drive. Also remember that you need to re-enter and save your ISP login details to the newly repaired router

Important to note:

If you accidentally lose the Safecom CD then download it from the link below.
http://www.safecom.cn/code/product/adsl/samr-4110/repair.zip

Benefits of Home Networking

Why Home Networking? The concept of the Personal Computer has become popular since the Third Generation of Computers proliferated in the consumer market. Since then, computers have become part and parcel of almost every home. In fact, at present, there are many homes housing more than one computer, one for each member of the household. At this point, having these computers connected in a home network or a home area network (HAN) using a home networking solution has numerous advantages.

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Home Networking Advantages

A home network is a residence-based local area network and it connects multiple computers within the vicinity of the residential area. The simplest of home networks usually connect two or more computing devices so that files, printers, scanners etc. can be shared between these along with a single Internet connection. For increased functionality a server may also be added.

One of the major advantages of home networking in a house with multiple computers is that Internet access can be provided to all the connected computers with the help of a home networking setup in spite of there being only one computer that is physically connected to the Internet via a modem. This is one of the main benefits for which homes with several computers look towards home networking.

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File sharing is another such advantage provided by home networking, providing an extremely effective storage solution. In most home computers, there is a build-up of old files over long periods of time. When new files must be created and stored, it may so happen that there is not enough space on the hard disk of a certain computer which contains too many of such old files. An effective way of dealing with such a situation is to transfer files from the computer to any of the other computers connected in the home network which have adequate memory space. In fact, one computer can be designated the “file server” which stores all these files and every time the file needs to be accessed, the networked computer just has to connect to the file server and retrieve it. As there is only one storage location, data handling is simpler and disk space is saved. Information exchange also provides a big boost to multiplayer gaming and easier file printing by printer sharing.

Home networking generally needs a manual setup. Connecting cables physically interconnect the computers in the home networking setup while hubs, routers or switches interconnect the connected computers to allow file sharing. These devices are therefore information ‘distributors’.

This guest article was written by Amit Bhawani who blogs different How to Guides. You can also write a guest article and share your tips and tools.