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How to test a smoke detector (Four Methods)

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The smoke detector is one of those few devices of vital importance which, after being installed in your house or office can save your life in case a fire breaks out. According to the USFA (U.S. Fire Administration), the majority of deaths caused by fire and smoke inhalation happen in homes that don’t have smoke … Read more

How To Set Up Parental Controls On A Linksys Router

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The Parental Controls are a very important part of every router which assume the role of filtering the content that all the members of the family can access (blocking adult or malicious websites), as well as when the Internet connection will be enabled (so your children won’t stay up too late on schooldays). The Parental … Read more

SanDisk Extreme vs WD My Passport SSD

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The SanDisk Extreme and the WD My Passport are two portable SSDs designed to offer a reliable read/write performance (using the 64-layer TLC 3D NAND technology), while also keeping a low profile, allowing you to easily carry the drive around. If you put the two devices next to each other, you’ll notice that they share … Read more

How To Set Up Parental Controls On An Asus Router

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The Parental Controls are a set of features which are usually an integrated part of a router (and mainly include traffic filtering and scheduling) but it’s not always clear how to properly set them up, especially for the users that aren’t familiar with the networking terms, so, if you have an Asus router and need … Read more

Samsung X5 Thunderbolt 3 Portable SSD Review

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The Samsung X5 is one of the fastest portable SSDs on the market, relying on the 970 EVO NVMe drive to reach a sequential read speed of up to 2,800MBps and a sequential write speed of up to 2,300MBps and it also relies on the Thunderbolt 3 connector standard to actually allow this type of … Read more

Ambi Climate 2 Smart Air Conditioner Controller Review

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The Ambi Climate 2 is the successor to the small KickStarter-backed device that was released around three years ago as a reaction to the traditional air conditioner remote control by offering a less restricting way of controlling the home thermal comfort and relying on the A.I. engine to negate the need of constantly adjusting parameters. … Read more

Samsung T5 SSD vs WD My Passport SSD

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If you’re in the market for a portable external SSD, both the Samsung T5 and the WD My Passport SSD are top choices (next to the rugged SanDisk Extreme) due to their proven reliability and solid performance (the drives are about two years old), but also because both devices are very easy to carry around. … Read more

Zyxel NAP303 Nebula Access Point Review

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The Zyxel NAP303 is part of the Nebula Access Point (NAP) series, capable of handling a large number of clients, offering an optimized wireless experience thanks to the Load Balancing, Dynamic Channel Selection and Smart Client Steering and, using the Smart Antenna technology, it adjusts the signal transmission patterns to ensure that the interference are … Read more

Zyxel NSW100-10P Nebula Cloud Ethernet Switch Review

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The Zyxel NSW100-10P is a PoE Ethernet switch which was built specifically to take full advantage of the Zyxel Nebula management interface and to work alongside other compatible devices (such as gateways, wireless access points or other Ethernet switches). Zyxel has also made available the GS1920 hybrid Ethernet switches series (which includes the GS1920-10HP) that … Read more

Zyxel NSG50 Nebula Cloud Security Gateway Review

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The Zyxel NSG50 is a part of the managed security gateway series and it’s the final piece towards a complete Nebula Cloud network solution, designated for routing purposes, connecting the internal network consisting of other Zyxel access points or Ethernet switches (and not only) to the outside network (so, essentially, it will work as a … Read more