[CTS] Re: Network Magic
- From: "Charles R. Buchanan" <daphatbell@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- To: computertalkshop@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
- Date: Sat, 03 Mar 2007 12:12:16 -0800
Downloaded it, and installed it.
First red flag for me is, as soon as you launch the installer, it wants
to "phone home". Why?
Second, after I installed it, it asks for your router username and
password.
Third, it continuously wants to "phone home"!
Fourth, I un-installed it!
On Sat, 03 Mar 2007 11:18:56 -0800, cuffy10@xxxxxxxxxxx took time to say the
following:
> http://tinyurl.com/2n7vbu
>
> This came in yesterday in an RSS feed.
> It sounded interesting and advertised as a freebie so I downloaded the
> freeware app.
> (There is also a trial app.)
> It surprised the hell out of me. It takes the grunt work out of setting
> up a home network.
>
> If you have a phone line with a broadband connection and a router you
> can have two or more machines networked and sharing files in about 10
> minutes. To add another machine you have to install the Network Magic
> freeware app on the new machine and tell it what you want to do.
> No more setting up IP numbers, MAC's, etc.
> It does it all and very nicely I might add. The premium version starts
> at about $30 I think but I didn't mess with that........... the freebie
> is working fine.
>
> YMMV
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