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From: Bella Jones on 6 Mar 2010 12:49 Rod <polygonum(a)ntlworld.com> wrote: > On 05/03/2010 10:37, Bella Jones wrote: > <> > > Yes, it looks as if that's the way. But there is an anecdotal history of > > these things suddenly stopping working. > > > > Anyway am not amused - sofa people came just now with a replacement > > cover for the wrong one they delivered it with - and it's still wrong! > > We have had our Airport for a few years now. Lack of grief would have > been worth it even if it were to fail soon. But I do believe that the > firmware/software on several other devices is much easier than it used > to be. > > Just realised, you actually wrote "Virgin cable router". I read that as > "Virgin cable modem" - the thing that connects to the cable and has one > ethernet port - was I right or did I miss an important factor? Yes, that's what it is. > If you are ever going to drop a cup of coffee over it, do so now. :-) Really? > BTW With my Edimax wireless access point, and some other kit, experience > showed me that it is often necessary to upgrade firmware, whatever, > before the device will work properly. Even if the device is > significantly newer than the firmware release. I am going to tackle this again soon, maybe even tonight... -- bellajonez at yahoo dot co dot uk
From: Bob Wardrope on 6 Mar 2010 16:28 Bella Jones wrote: <wireless wo> > I am going to tackle this again soon, maybe even tonight... > Bella is the laptop the Dell Latitude D505, you mentioned in a post during December? If so have you tried the option to 'repair' the network connection? If your iMac?/iG5? has a wireless card, download then run, iStumbler to see if any other wireless access points are broadcasting within your vicinity, that might interfere with your wireless access. If there are, set a channel in your router settings, as far from theirs as possible and see if that helps. If not you could download some similar software for the Dell?, using the Mac, then transfer to the laptop via memory stick. That might help in your fault finding endeavours. Bob W
From: bella jonez on 7 Mar 2010 10:35 Bob Wardrope <newsbybobwar(a)blueyonder.invalid> wrote: > Bella Jones wrote: > <wireless wo> > > I am going to tackle this again soon, maybe even tonight... > > > Bella is the laptop the Dell Latitude D505, you mentioned in a post > during December? If so have you tried the option to 'repair' the > network connection? Yes. Good point. > If your iMac?/iG5? has a wireless card, download then run, iStumbler > to see if any other wireless access points are broadcasting within > your vicinity, that might interfere with your wireless access. If > there are, set a channel in your router settings, as far from theirs > as possible and see if that helps. Is old iMac- no wireless. > If not you could download some similar software for the Dell?, using > the Mac, then transfer to the laptop via memory stick. That might help > in your fault finding endeavours. > > Bob W > Thanks-I have to get online with one or both first though .,,
From: bella jonez on 7 Mar 2010 12:14 Bob Wardrope <newsbybobwar(a)blueyonder.invalid> wrote: > Bella Jones wrote: > <wireless wo> > > I am going to tackle this again soon, maybe even tonight... > > > Bella is the laptop the Dell Latitude D505, you mentioned in a post > during December? If so have you tried the option to 'repair' the > network connection? > > If your iMac?/iG5? has a wireless card, download then run, iStumbler > to see if any other wireless access points are broadcasting within > your vicinity, that might interfere with your wireless access. If > there are, set a channel in your router settings, as far from theirs > as possible and see if that helps. > > If not you could download some similar software for the Dell?, using > the Mac, then transfer to the laptop via memory stick. That might help > in your fault finding endeavours. > I just did a factory reset but forgot to look at what the settings were previously. Duh. No joy connecting to Internet. Cant even update router's home page! I have totally lost the patience for this kind of process. Sofa will be for non Internet work. Probably a good thing!
From: Bruce Horrocks on 7 Mar 2010 15:09
On 07/03/2010 17:14, bella jonez wrote: > I have totally lost the patience for this kind of process. Sofa will be > for non Internet work. Probably a good thing! At least, this way, there is less chance of you losing your Macbook down the back of it. -- Bruce Horrocks Surrey England (bruce at scorecrow dot com) |