[est1895]

I have two questions please:

1) Will a Samsung 840 SSD Pro series (128gb & 256gb) work with my motherboard (ASUS P5N-D)  SATA I compatiable.

2)  I need to find the most secure wireless gaming router that I can also connect my printer into.

Any questions would be greatly appreciated.

[Ghostavo]

1. SATA is backwards compatible.
2. Any decent router will do.

[Nuke]

what? they have gaming routers now?

i can pewn in some games dispite being about a fifth of a second behind everyone else.

[Polpolion]

Any questions would be greatly appreciated.

What is your favorite color?

[BloodEagle]

what? they have gaming routers now?

i can pewn in some games dispite being about a fifth of a second behind everyone else.

They have network cards with dedicated processors on them, now.

[Klaustrophobia]

"gaming" routers/NICs are pretty much snake oil.

by connect your printer to, do you mean by USB?  if your printer is "network ready," you can already connect it to any router via ethernet cable or wirelessly if supported.  if not, you can make it so by using a network print server.  i don't know how it is these days, but the last time i looked at one a few years ago, these were sometimes more expensive than just buying a new network ready printer.

[est1895]

Well I do plan on getting this one  http://www.tp-link.com/en/products/details/?categoryid=2477&model=TL-WDR4900
Do you know of a better one?

I do have the option of either using the USB port or there is a network card in the Epson Workforce WP-3540.

[Nuke]

what? they have gaming routers now?

i can pewn in some games dispite being about a fifth of a second behind everyone else.

They have network cards with dedicated processors on them, now.

most addon cards have "processors" on them, if you are not too specific about what a "processor" is.

[FUBAR-BDHR]

1. SATA is backwards compatible.

This isn't entirely true.  Some of the older stuff is not compatible.  For example the SATA HD in my P4 3.06ghz system will not work on any SATA2 or 3 controllers that I have tried.  Now granted that is a first gen SATA HD that even has both the SATA and standard power connectors and is 10+ years old. 

[est1895]

1. SATA is backwards compatible.

This isn't entirely true.  Some of the older stuff is not compatible.  For example the SATA HD in my P4 3.06ghz system will not work on any SATA2 or 3 controllers that I have tried.  Now granted that is a first gen SATA HD that even has both the SATA and standard power connectors and is 10+ years old. 

OMG!! I'm about to buy these drives soon and it will cost me like $300!!!

So my next question is how do you know if it will work?

[Klaustrophobia]

look for compatibility list on manufacturer's website.  or email tech support.

something else to think about though, you're going to be limited to a maximum of 150 MB/s read/write speeds using SATA I.  are you sure you want to dish out the money and not get the full speed out of it?  hell, some mechanical hard drives are faster than that.

[est1895]

look for compatibility list on manufacturer's website.  or email tech support.

something else to think about though, you're going to be limited to a maximum of 150 MB/s read/write speeds using SATA I.  are you sure you want to dish out the money and not get the full speed out of it?  hell, some mechanical hard drives are faster than that.

My current motherboard is SATA I, but when it does go, all the new ones will have SATA III connectors.  Then I will get the full use out of them and after all they do have a 5 year warranty on them.

[BloodEagle]

what? they have gaming routers now?

i can pewn in some games dispite being about a fifth of a second behind everyone else.

They have network cards with dedicated processors on them, now.

most addon cards have "processors" on them, if you are not too specific about what a "processor" is.

I've seen a network card with enough processing power to run Descent. :/

[est1895]

Well BloodEagle all I really want is security.  The house has two computers that would have to use a router you can print from.  Some of the material to print may have sensitive information. 

[Nuke]

what? they have gaming routers now?

i can pewn in some games dispite being about a fifth of a second behind everyone else.

They have network cards with dedicated processors on them, now.

most addon cards have "processors" on them, if you are not too specific about what a "processor" is.

I've seen a network card with enough processing power to run Descent. :/

anything with an fpga can load a fairly good soft processor. sometimes even x86. ive also seen hacks where add on cards have been made to run by themselves, piping commands into it with a microcontroller, such as a midi board or a video card.

[Polpolion]

Well BloodEagle all I really want is security.  The house has two computers that would have to use a router you can print from.  Some of the material to print may have sensitive information.

You have more to be worried about people walking up the printer and swiping your documents before you can grab it than anything else, really.

[Kopachris]

There isn't really a "most secure" router.  Any router that's set up correctly with WPA2 will be about as secure as any other.  Or you could just skip wifi entirely and stick with wired ethernet.

[Klaustrophobia]

you can also turn off SSID broadcasting for a little bit of extra security.

[Terminator]

If you want to get even more secure you could try RADIUS authentication. I don't know if commercial routers support it though. DD-WRT does I think.

[Fury]

you can also turn off SSID broadcasting for a little bit of extra security.

This doesn't provide any extra security at all. Any packet sniffer can find wifi packets in the air, SSID broadcasting or not. And from that they can find devices from both ends of the packets. The only thing disabling SSID broadcasting does is prevent someone else accidentally connect to your wifi network. Whole disable SSID broadcasting for security is a myth. In addition, many consumer devices in typical household such as TV's can't find or connect to wifi network without SSID broadcasting.

To protect your home wifi network, make sure you use WPA2 AES encryption and 504-bit key. That is enough security to hold against any potential drive-by hacker, sniffer or crackpot neighbour. Any additional authentication on top of that is mostly redundant. But if you really want more security than what WPA AES with 504-bit key provides, get wifi router that supports OpenVPN. Which DD-WRT AFAIK supports too. RADIUS has its flaws, so if you go the extra mile, might just as well go with OpenVPN.

Edit: Password generator that can do 504-bit key for you: http://www.yellowpipe.com/yis/tools/WPA_key/generator.php