Toy Story

Well, the Hauppauge MVP kept crashing and losing it's network settings so it went back in the box. They didn't have another one in stock, so we took the refund. A bit of a pity, but I'll probably get a replacement or something similar at some point. Sony do a similar sort of wireless media server so that's a possibility.

Anyway, the replacement toy was a Linksys Wireless Gateway and a pair of wireless network adaptors for our laptops. It's an absolute doddle to set up and is noticeably faster than connecting through another machine with a USB ADSL modem and internet connection sharing. I can get a decent connection speed anywhere in the house - 54Mbs in the lounge and it only drops to to 12 MBs upstairs in the bedroom at the furthest point away from the router.

I still need to get to grips with some of the firewall settings to get my VPN connection to the office working properly, but I'll email one of the techies next week to see if they know what to do.