When you browse network locations, you expect to find other computers on your network, right? Well, that doesn’t always happen as quickly as we’d like. You see, there can only be one “master browser” on your network. You can improve network performance and LAN speed by allowing your Tomato router to become the master browser for your LAN.
Archives for March 2014
What is a MAC Address? How to Find My MAC Address
When I first began learning about networking basics and how everything worked, I really struggled. At the time, I did not understand what a MAC address was. I kept hearing the term but I could not find MAC address to save my life! Well, I finally figured out that a MAC address is to hardware, what your home is to the postal service. It’s a physical address.
Turn Your Tomato Router into a NAS Server with TomatoUSB
TomatoUSB is a feature of Tomato firmware that allows you to mount a flash drive or USB external hard drive to your router. Once file sharing is enabled, your router becomes a network attached storage (NAS) appliance. And with the media server enabled, you’ll be able to stream music and videos to any DLNA compliant device on your network.
Internet Safety Tips for Home Network Security
Sometimes, the so-called “network security experts” really drive me nuts. Sure, if you work in a corporate financial office that manages millions of personal and business bank accounts, –sure, you need to keep things pretty tight. But if you’re an average-joe or even a small business owner with 2 PC’s and a notebook, you don’t need the overkill.
