Welcome to OzCableguy.com Broadband Internet & computer networking tips, guides and product reviews for Aussies. For product sales, ordering & shipping enquiries and warranty/return procedure, please click here to go to the online shop website. Comments and suggestions are welcome, or if you find something missing from here that you'd like me to cover please email me and tell me about it. (No more tech support requests please. Besides not having time to answer these lately, I'd much rather see these go to public forums where a lot more people can help with the answers and other people can benefit from the discussion too.) You'll often find me in the Whirlpool Forums and BigPond Broadband newsgroups where lots of other people gather to share information and tips, or if you need a quick answer to a problem, take note of the error message and type it into google.com. It is amazing how many times this will find the necessary answer.

Planet PoE Injector Hubs

Posted: 19/07/2011 12:29:27 PM
Planet's Aussie importer recently introduced a new line of products called "injector hubs" which I thought warranted a little futher explanation. These at first glance appear to be similar to a PoE sw... [more]

95Mbps download on a FritzBox

Posted: 28/06/2011 5:26:46 PM
Raaj Menon, CEO of PCRange who import the Fritz and Billion amongst other products, recently got hooked up to the NBN and achieved an amazing 95Mbps downstream and 35Mbps Upstream using a Fritz AVM739... [more]

Fritz 3G Modem Compatibility List

Posted: 15/06/2011 3:45:18 PM
We're still waiting on an official compatibility list from Fritz but they can confirm so far that the following modems will work - Huawei E160/E/G Huawei E169/G Huawei E170 Huawei E172 Hua... [more]

VoIP Router Comparison

Posted: 30/05/2011 5:37:30 PM
I get a lot of enquiries asking whether one product or brand is better than another and/or which one is the best. The problem is there isn't a simple answer I can give in most cases because it all com... [more]

Routers that support a block of public IP addresses

Posted: 7/03/2011 3:43:49 PM
I occasionally get requests from people wanting a router that can deal with blocks of public IP addresses, also known as IP Aliasing (information I don't have in the Find-A-Router tool). This old Sna... [more]

Cyberoam Supported 3G/GSM/CDMA USB Devices

Posted: 2/03/2011 2:50:33 PM
Cyberoam currently list the following 3G/GSM/CDMA USB devices as supported on their products. Click here to check out the Cyberoam range at the OzCableguy shop. Or, to find all available options fo... [more]

Fritz!Box

Posted: 8/12/2010 6:32:54 PM
Billion & Aximcom importer PCRange is about to launch a new product onto the market called the Fritz!Box. There's 2 models so far which incorporate a bunch of features including an ADSL modem, opt... [more]

Disadvantages and Advantages of Networks

Posted: 18/11/2010 6:17:29 PM
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How to block Facebook (as an example) using Draytek's CSM

Posted: 3/11/2010 11:14:26 AM
See also this PDF. Also available is Draytek's GlobalView subscription service to make things easier. Click here for prices and details at the online shop.... [more]

Powerline/Homeplug restrictions

Posted: 27/10/2010 3:14:14 PM
Powerline products, also known as homeplug, are a great way to get an ethernet (data) signal from one room to another when ever using a standard ethernet cable isn't feasible and wireless is out of th... [more]