Review of TP-LINK’s TL-WR1043ND Wireless Router, Power Packed and Feature Rich
After writing a review on Newegg.com regarding this router, we figured it was worth mentioning in our blog. It’s rare that a product catches the eye of the Guru’s. But this router stands out from the pack. With a combination of low price, unmatched features, and all around functionality, make TP-LINK’s TL-WR1043ND wireless router a standout from the pack. Typically features found in this router are only available in high dollar, or application specific routers. That coupled with the ability to flash open source firmware’s, such as DD-WRT, opens the door to seemingly limitless configurations and abilities. At the time of our review, this router was selling for $59.99, with free shipping form Newegg.com. There’s currently no other router that can match this routers features and functionality, in both budget price range, and full blown gaming routers.
Update:
Like we said, this is an amazing product. Not one day after our review of the TL-WR1043ND, it not only sells out completely at Newegg.com, but the price increased $10 and shipping is no longer included. The router is still well worth this minimally inflated price. But its makes us wish we had bought more.
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On a scale of one to five, we rated this router a Five. Our review reads as follows:
Pros:
This router is amazing. I didn’t even bother with the factory operating system. I flashed DD-WRT as soon as I got it, and I couldn’t be happier. This was an upgrade from a WRT54GL, and let me just say that if you’re even considering this as a similar upgrade, DO IT... Gigabit Lan, I really don’t know how I lived without it. Plus a USB network share drive, or ftp server, or whatever else you’d like to do with it. With this I was able to ditch a small file server I had running as well. That’s $50 a month off my PG&E.
This router puts my old Linksys GL router to shame. The GUI, running DD-WRT of course, is lightning fast. There’s no noticeable lag or delay whatsoever between page refreshes. At this price, and with all the included features, I really don’t ever see myself buying any other router in the foreseeable future. That’s for both me, and my clients. Bravo TP-LINK…
Cons:
ummm.... 5 year warranty? That’s just too long. lol... Not a one!!!!
Other Thoughts:
If you’re even considering this router, BUY IT!!!! You will not be disappointed. There’s nothing in this price range that even compares, at the time of my review. And I don’t see that changing anytime soon.
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Sources:
Currently on sale for $59.99, with free shipping form Newegg.com
DD-WRT open source firmware. Warning, this will void your warranty and can turn your router into a paper weight. Flash at your own discretion.
PNRPsvc Failed To Start, HomeGroup and Peer Name Resolution service Problems
We recently configured a custom system for a client using Windows 7 Home Premium. Everything was running great until recently when our client said they were receiving blue screen errors, and having network problems. A quick review of the error logs showed that the problems were all stemming from Peer Networking Service, PNRPsvc, and other dependent services and there failure to start. After researching the issue we found that the problem relates to a file named “idstore.sst”. This file is encrypted, and contains information relating to your Homegroup, and Homegroup settings. In our case, we believe an out dated version of Symantec corrupted the file while configurations were being made.
So our solution is as follows. First we updated our anti-virus client, as well as configured all related security services. We then deleted the following file...
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C:\Windows\ServiceProfiles\LocalService\AppData\Roaming\PeerNetworking\idstore.sst
You may need to show your hidden files and folders in order to navigate to this location. Once that was done we restarted the computer and again tried to configure the Homegroup. At this point our issue was resolved. We’re able to make changes in the Homegroup configuration, and our error log is clean, clear, and free of errors.
Let us know if this article was helpful by leaving a comment below. Happy computing.
Having Strange Errors Utilizing Gzip in WordPress 2.9 and 2.9.1?
Fortunately your not alone. A recent bug fix was just released which addresses an error which is received while updating the WordPress core, as well as WordPress plugins. This error typically effects http.php, located at wp-includes/http.php, and looks similar to the code listed below.
We Hate Spam, So Here’s A Fresh List of Spam Bots For Your Blocking Pleasure...
We maintain a variety of websites, blogs, content portals, mail servers, and other online resources. We’re forced to deal with a daily task of Spam removal and prevention. Be it spam-bots, human spammers, comment spammers, and on and on. The majority of the time its no more than a nuisance, and a simple administrative task. The number one goal of any administrator is to prevent these spammers from ever accomplishing their intended goal of comment hijacking or gaining some control over website content. But these days spammers are getting quite sneaky, in fact we’d even go as far as saying that some of them are quite good at what they do.
But since they bug us, we’re going to help you in the fight against them and their evil deeds. Below you’ll find a list of IP addresses we’ve personally compiled. All the addresses below have recently spammed our servers, and have since been banned.
The first list is simply a list of IP addresses that you can easily load into you favorite anti-spam plugin. The second list is from a .htaccess file we provided to a client. Have fun, and happy computing.
Recently active spambot IP addresses...
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8.17.84.65 58.137.132.100 63.171.182.6 63.227.242.5 63.253.158.220 67.61.143.217 67.163.0.220 67.181.166.121 78.26.187.114 78.152.106.43 80.38.103.231 83.69.209.194 83.103.113.124 85.112.166.65 88.46.239.43 93.62.4.207 93.81.251.193 110.138.31.73 115.119.35.194 119.225.109.37 120.124.176.217 130.105.36.54 131.107.33.62 144.140.46.10 158.59.200.109 159.214.87.245 161.159.4.33 161.254.6.55 170.207.128.4 174.142.166.205 180.130.166.89 188.73.138.24 189.45.59.76 189.76.222.229 190.2.14.129 194.8.74.220 194.8.75.40 - 194.8.75.163 194.183.86.25 196.211.9.210 200.181.124.57 201.67.137.247 202.108.50.75 202.229.143.64 203.63.26.200 206.123.106.141 208.88.124.83 208.91.245.90 212.113.74.186 212.131.202.194 213.230.22.142 213.130.121.51 217.6.171.194 217.72.242.60 217.196.65.115 218.126.216.117 220.116.127.192
This list can be dropped right into your .htaccess file...
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order allow,deny deny from 8.17.84.65 deny from 58.137.132.100 deny from 63.171.182.6 deny from 63.227.242.5 deny from 63.253.158.220 deny from 67.61.143.217 deny from 67.163.0.220 deny from 67.181.166.121 deny from 78.26.187.114 deny from 78.152.106.43 deny from 80.38.103.231 deny from 83.69.209.194 deny from 83.103.113.124 deny from 85.112.166.65 deny from 88.46.239.43 deny from 93.62.4.207 deny from 93.81.251.193 deny from 110.138.31.73 deny from 115.119.35.194 deny from 119.225.109.37 deny from 120.124.176.217 deny from 130.105.36.54 deny from 131.107.33.62 deny from 144.140.46.10 deny from 158.59.200.109 deny from 159.214.87.245 deny from 161.159.4.33 deny from 161.254.6.55 deny from 170.207.128.4 deny from 174.142.166.205 deny from 180.130.166.89 deny from 188.73.138.24 deny from 189.45.59.76 deny from 189.76.222.229 deny from 190.2.14.129 deny from 194.8.74.220 deny from 194.8.75.40 - 194.8.75.163 deny from 194.183.86.25 deny from 196.211.9.210 deny from 200.181.124.57 deny from 201.67.137.247 deny from 202.108.50.75 deny from 202.229.143.64 deny from 203.63.26.200 deny from 206.123.106.141 deny from 208.88.124.83 deny from 208.91.245.90 deny from 212.113.74.186 deny from 212.131.202.194 deny from 213.230.22.142 deny from 213.130.121.51 deny from 217.6.171.194 deny from 217.72.242.60 deny from 217.196.65.115 deny from 218.126.216.117 deny from 220.116.127.192 allow from all
Utilizing GZip with WordPress, Finally a Fast Blog...
The first half of this article will be taken directly from our previous post, as the need for a single default php.ini is necessary to configure gzip. If reading our Magento post is what brought you to the site, and you’ve already configured your default php.ini, than skip to the .htaccess portion of the post. Otherwise, were off...
Magento Terms and Conditions Missing
This was an interesting issue we ran into recently while building an E-commerce site for one of our clients. Typically “Terms and Conditions” is easily enable in the administrative section by first going to Configuration -> System -> Checkout ->Checkout Options and choosing yes to enable “Terms and Conditions”. Then going to Sales -> Terms and conditions and typing in your terms. With our setup, we were able to choose yes to enable “Terms and Conditions”, but we were not able to see the option under sales to fill in a list of terms.
Enabling HTML in Magento Terms and Conditions
We’ve recently been working with a new E-commerce platform called Magento. Its a very powerful open source product, with tons of features, and open source goodness. We recently ran into an issue where we needed to enable HTML content in the “Terms and Conditions”. The fix was actually quite simple.
How Do I Specify a Class For IMG Inserted With Visual Editor...

The following is in response to a question on WordPress.org. We’ve become extremely proficient with wordpress in the past few years, and we’re always coming up with innovative ways of using this amazing product. We try to post most all our fixes, hacks, and tricks, in the hopes that it will prove useful to someone. Hopefully this will be no different.
Putting the finishing touches on Monster Photography
Today we’re putting the finishing touches on our good friend Mike’s website. He’s a photographer currently located in Antioch Ca. The pictures may be a bit racy, but the site is beautifully built, with tons of trick features and a beautiful gallery setup. The site is still a little buggy, but we’ve released it early in order for Mike to have examples of his work for his upcoming Playboy debut. Have a look and tell us what you think. Thanks for visiting the site.
We’re Adding a Search Function To Our Web Site......
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Today We Finished FastTracAutomotive.com…..
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Today We’re Starting A Site For Tony Barriere Interpreting....
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The image you see in the background is actually 8 images all pieced together to make my virtual desktop. I was having an inspirational day and decided I would take pictures of everything on my desk. I then took those images, with the help of Photoshop CS2, and combined them into the image you now see. It’s amazing what you can do when you’re inspired.
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