gHacks Technology News | Latest Tech News, Software And Tutorials » local area network http://www.ghacks.net A technology news blog covering software, mobile phones, gadgets, security, the Internet and other relevant areas. Sat, 11 Feb 2012 21:54:04 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 Share The Sound Output Over A Local Area Networkhttp://www.ghacks.net/2010/01/06/share-the-sound-output-over-a-local-area-network/ http://www.ghacks.net/2010/01/06/share-the-sound-output-over-a-local-area-network/#comments Wed, 06 Jan 2010 19:23:15 +0000 Martin Brinkmann http://www.ghacks.net/?p=22101 SpeakerShare is a computer program for computer systems running Microsoft Windows or Apple OS X that can be used to share the sound output of one computer system over a local area network. There are not probably a lot of situations where this is necessary but some users might be looking for a program like this. The program combines the client and server version in one interface and requires Apple’s Bonjour service to be running in the background. Bonjour gets installed with iTunes but can also be installed separately if necessary.

The client version needs to be installed on the target system that should receive the sound from the server system. All that needs to be done on the client system is to select the Share tab in the program interface and click on the share button.

That’s all there needs to be done on the client computer. The server computer needs to be configured from the Use tab in the same program interface. The computer that runs the client should be listed in the interface as speakers.

And that’s it. Sound that gets played on the server system should now be audible on the client system as well for as long as both programs are running and the connection can be established on the local area network.

The program’s readme contains additional information and some troubleshooting advice in case something is not working. The sound is buffered before it plays on the client system which results in a one second lag. It should also be noted that the server can handle multiple connected clients. The program can be downloaded for Windows and OS X at the developer’s website. (via Squeezebox)

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LAN Speed Test is a portable software program to test the speed of a local area network. The program will display the name and IP address of the computer that is it running on. Tests are started with a click on the Start Test button. This will open a file browser to select a folder the data should be read from and written to. This should be on a different computer system so that the actual lan speed is tested.

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The program will ask for a file size of the file that will be written and read in the second step of the lan speed test configuration. It will then write the file to the target location, clear the Windows file cache, read the file back, clear the cache a second time, delete the file and display the results of the speed test.

The results can be printed but not exported to a file. Lan Speed Test is available from the developer’s website. It is compatible with all Microsoft operating systems including Windows 7 (not sure about 64-bit though).

Lan Speed Test via Addictive Tips

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