| limey |
DSL has finally arrived in our neck of the boonies. We've been advised we
can install it after 6 p.m. this evening but the heck with that. Tomorrow,
tomorrow.....
Annie (aka Dora)
limey113@yahoo.com
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| notbob |
On 2005-01-09, limey <limey113@yahoo.com> wrote:
> DSL has finally arrived in our neck of the boonies. We've been advised we
> can install it after 6 p.m. this evening but the heck with that. Tomorrow,
> tomorrow.....
DSL speeds are directly proportional on how far you live from the CO
(central office). The farther, the slower. Do some research before you
buy. It may be you are so far from the CO you will get speeds no faster
than your current dial-up speeds, yet pay much more for them. The DSL ISP's
charge the same no matter the speed. You can learn everything you need
to know here:
http://www.dslreports.com/
If you still have some questions, I'll try and answer them.
nb
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| kalanamak |
notbob wrote:
>
> On 2005-01-09, limey <limey113@yahoo.com> wrote:
> > DSL has finally arrived in our neck of the boonies. We've been advised we
> > can install it after 6 p.m. this evening but the heck with that. Tomorrow,
> > tomorrow.....
>
> DSL speeds are directly proportional on how far you live from the CO
> (central office).
We have some sort of "booster" just down the street. It took them weeks
to figure out it was there (ours wouldn't work without it) and kept
telling us it wasn't working because of a lamp or something emitting
electromagnetic fields. They came so often the dog got to know them all
and would let them in when we weren't home. They finally ran a wire
"straight to the dragon's mouth" (I found using the lingo of the
repairment meant the staff believed us on the phone) and decided it
wasn't in our house. One of our usual 3 was out, a replacement came and
he said 'oh there is this booster down the street and we need to run
through that' Immediate cure, almost NO hassles since. That was 1999.
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| Steve Pope |
notbob wrote:
> DSL speeds are directly proportional on how far you live from the CO
> (central office).
I would say they're inversely proportional rather than directly
proportional, but then, I'm just a nerd about these things.
S.
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| Wayne Boatwright |
On Sat 08 Jan 2005 09:54:08p, notbob tittered and giggled, and giggled and
tittered, and finally blurted out...
> On 2005-01-09, limey <limey113@yahoo.com> wrote:
>> DSL has finally arrived in our neck of the boonies. We've been
>> advised we can install it after 6 p.m. this evening but the heck with
>> that. Tomorrow, tomorrow.....
>
> DSL speeds are directly proportional on how far you live from the CO
> (central office). The farther, the slower. Do some research before you
> buy. It may be you are so far from the CO you will get speeds no faster
> than your current dial-up speeds, yet pay much more for them. The DSL
> ISP's charge the same no matter the speed. You can learn everything you
> need to know here:
We've just set up DSL a couple of weeks ago, having waited for its
availability for some time. We're either lucky or quite near the CO, as we
are getting excellent speed and reliability. Setup was a breeze, including
adding the wireless card for the 2nd machine.
We couldn't get hi-speed cable as our community is serviced by only a local
cable company and they don't offer it.
I was desparate to get a hi-speed line as my office allows us to work from
home 80% of the time if we have it.
Wayne
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| notbob |
On 2005-01-09, Wayne Boatwright <wbw@att.net> wrote:
> We're either lucky or quite near the CO, as we
> are getting excellent speed and reliability.....
dslreports has wizards that will tell you how far you are from your CO and
what kind of speeds you can expect.
nb
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| Dog3 |
kalanamak <kalanamak@qwest.net> wrote in
news:41E0BAB8.83066FA4@qwest.net:
> notbob wrote:
>>
>> On 2005-01-09, limey <limey113@yahoo.com> wrote:
>> > DSL has finally arrived in our neck of the boonies. We've been
>> > advised we can install it after 6 p.m. this evening but the heck
>> > with that. Tomorrow, tomorrow.....
>>
>> DSL speeds are directly proportional on how far you live from the CO
>> (central office).
>
> We have some sort of "booster" just down the street. It took them
> weeks to figure out it was there (ours wouldn't work without it) and
> kept telling us it wasn't working because of a lamp or something
> emitting electromagnetic fields. They came so often the dog got to
> know them all and would let them in when we weren't home. They finally
> ran a wire "straight to the dragon's mouth" (I found using the lingo
> of the repairment meant the staff believed us on the phone) and
> decided it wasn't in our house. One of our usual 3 was out, a
> replacement came and he said 'oh there is this booster down the street
> and we need to run through that' Immediate cure, almost NO hassles
> since. That was 1999.
>
I never did DSL. I have a cable modem right now and have had very few
problems. Charter is pretty good with their service, at least with us.
Sometimes I could smack 'em upside the head with the news servers. I like
it, very reliable most of the time.
Michael
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| Wayne Boatwright |
On Sat 08 Jan 2005 11:51:12p, notbob tittered and giggled, and giggled and
tittered, and finally blurted out...
> On 2005-01-09, Wayne Boatwright <wbw@att.net> wrote:
>
>> We're either lucky or quite near the CO, as we are getting excellent
>> speed and reliability.....
>
> dslreports has wizards that will tell you how far you are from your CO and
> what kind of speeds you can expect.
>
> nb
Thanks, nb! Interesting site. My estimated distance from the CO is 11,040.
My speed tests were excellent.
Wayne
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| Gal Called J.J. |
One time on Usenet, "limey" <limey113@yahoo.com> said:
> DSL has finally arrived in our neck of the boonies. We've been advised we
> can install it after 6 p.m. this evening but the heck with that. Tomorrow,
> tomorrow.....
Congrats! I remember when I finally got DSL (Oct. '03); the difference
can be amazing...
--
J.J. in WA ~ mom, vid gamer, novice cook ~
"I rule you!" - Travis of the Cosmos, ATHF
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| Steve Calvin |
Gal Called J.J. wrote:
> One time on Usenet, "limey" <limey113@yahoo.com> said:
>
>
>>DSL has finally arrived in our neck of the boonies. We've been advised we
>>can install it after 6 p.m. this evening but the heck with that. Tomorrow,
>>tomorrow.....
>
>
> Congrats! I remember when I finally got DSL (Oct. '03); the difference
> can be amazing...
>
>
True, DSL is a great improvement over dial-up. If available though I
would check out cable. I have Optimum Online and average 8.5Mb download
speeds wireless.
--
Steve
Life should *not* be a journey to the grave with the intention of
arriving safely in an attractive and well preserved body. But rather
to skid in sideways, chocolate in one hand, martini in the other, body
thoroughly used up, worn out and screaming, "WHOO HOOOOO, what a ride!"
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| limey |
"Steve Calvin" <calvins@optonline.net> wrote in message
news:34d4umF47b6tlU1@individual.net...
> Gal Called J.J. wrote:
>> One time on Usenet, "limey" <limey113@yahoo.com> said:
>>
>>
>>>DSL has finally arrived in our neck of the boonies. We've been advised
>>>we can install it after 6 p.m. this evening but the heck with that.
>>>Tomorrow, tomorrow.....
>>
>>
>> Congrats! I remember when I finally got DSL (Oct. '03); the difference
>> can be amazing...
>>
>>
>
> True, DSL is a great improvement over dial-up. If available though I would
> check out cable. I have Optimum Online and average 8.5Mb download speeds
> wireless.
>
> --
> Steve
Well, tomorrow arrived (this morning) and we installed DSL for better or
worse. It seems pretty darned quick after dial-up. Maybe I erred? - I
considered cable but our cable service goes out so much that I felt the same
would happen to the computer - was I incorrect? I usually am. ;-(
Dora
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| jmcquown |
limey wrote:
> "Steve Calvin" <calvins@optonline.net> wrote in message
> news:34d4umF47b6tlU1@individual.net...
>> Gal Called J.J. wrote:
>>> One time on Usenet, "limey" <limey113@yahoo.com> said:
>>>
>>>
>>>> DSL has finally arrived in our neck of the boonies. We've been
>>>> advised we can install it after 6 p.m. this evening but the heck
>>>> with that. Tomorrow, tomorrow.....
>>>
>>>
>>> Congrats! I remember when I finally got DSL (Oct. '03); the
>>> difference can be amazing...
>>>
>>>
>>
>> True, DSL is a great improvement over dial-up. If available though I
>> would check out cable. I have Optimum Online and average 8.5Mb
>> download speeds wireless.
>>
>> --
>> Steve
>
> Well, tomorrow arrived (this morning) and we installed DSL for better
> or worse. It seems pretty darned quick after dial-up. Maybe I
> erred? - I considered cable but our cable service goes out so much
> that I felt the same would happen to the computer - was I incorrect?
> I usually am. ;-(
>
> Dora
Dora, I don't know who your DSL provider is; mine is my local telephone
company (BellSouth). Everyone I know who has cable complains about how much
it goes out. Then it takes days or weeks for them to react to the problem.
I don't think you made a bad decision. In my area, when DSL goes out it
normally means the phone service isn't working either and they jump right on
it. The speed is also very, very good (at least here).
Jill (got your new email addy, thanks!)
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| Steve Calvin |
limey wrote:
>
> Well, tomorrow arrived (this morning) and we installed DSL for better or
> worse. It seems pretty darned quick after dial-up. Maybe I erred? - I
> considered cable but our cable service goes out so much that I felt the same
> would happen to the computer - was I incorrect? I usually am. ;-(
>
> Dora
>
>
Nope, if you're cable goes out often then so would your system access. I
guess we're lucky here. I can only recall once in 3 years that our cable
when out.
--
Steve
Life should *not* be a journey to the grave with the intention of
arriving safely in an attractive and well preserved body. But rather
to skid in sideways, chocolate in one hand, martini in the other, body
thoroughly used up, worn out and screaming, "WHOO HOOOOO, what a ride!"
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| limey |
"jmcquown" wrote in message >
limey wrote:
>>
>> Well, tomorrow arrived (this morning) and we installed DSL for better
>> or worse. It seems pretty darned quick after dial-up. Maybe I
>> erred? - I considered cable but our cable service goes out so much
>> that I felt the same would happen to the computer - was I incorrect?
>> I usually am. ;-(
>>
>> Dora
>
> Dora, I don't know who your DSL provider is; mine is my local telephone
> company (BellSouth). Everyone I know who has cable complains about how
> much
> it goes out. Then it takes days or weeks for them to react to the
> problem.
> I don't think you made a bad decision. In my area, when DSL goes out it
> normally means the phone service isn't working either and they jump right
> on
> it. The speed is also very, very good (at least here).
>
> Jill (got your new email addy, thanks!)
Thanks, Jill - you've eased my mind and confirmed my fears about cable.
It's a local company and notoriously hard to deal with.
In the 18 years I've lived here I've only known the phone company to go down
once - in a severe ice storm. Our lines are underground, but older lines
aren't and gave the phone company fits in that storm.
Dora
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| limey |
"Steve Calvin" wrote in message > limey wrote:
>>
>> Well, tomorrow arrived (this morning) and we installed DSL for better or
>> worse. It seems pretty darned quick after dial-up. Maybe I erred? - I
>> considered cable but our cable service goes out so much that I felt the
>> same would happen to the computer - was I incorrect? I usually am. ;-(
>>
>> Dora
> Nope, if you're cable goes out often then so would your system access. I
> guess we're lucky here. I can only recall once in 3 years that our cable
> when out.
>
> Steve
Our cable is very unreliable. Some days it goes in and out, in and out.
A big fee for very poor service.
Dora
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| Steve Calvin |
limey wrote:
> "Steve Calvin" wrote in message > limey wrote:
>
>>>Well, tomorrow arrived (this morning) and we installed DSL for better or
>>>worse. It seems pretty darned quick after dial-up. Maybe I erred? - I
>>>considered cable but our cable service goes out so much that I felt the
>>>same would happen to the computer - was I incorrect? I usually am. ;-(
>>>
>>>Dora
>>
>>Nope, if you're cable goes out often then so would your system access. I
>>guess we're lucky here. I can only recall once in 3 years that our cable
>>when out.
>>
>>Steve
>
>
> Our cable is very unreliable. Some days it goes in and out, in and out.
> A big fee for very poor service.
>
> Dora
>
>
Ours doesn't do that <knockin' on wood> I couldn't tolorate that at all
as I frequently work from home and need high speed and reliable
connections for the graphics that I work with.
--
Steve
Life should *not* be a journey to the grave with the intention of
arriving safely in an attractive and well preserved body. But rather
to skid in sideways, chocolate in one hand, martini in the other, body
thoroughly used up, worn out and screaming, "WHOO HOOOOO, what a ride!"
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| limey |
"Steve Calvin" wrote in message >
limey wrote:
>>
>> Our cable is very unreliable. Some days it goes in and out, in and out.
>> A big fee for very poor service.
>>
>> Dora
>>
>>
> Ours doesn't do that <knockin' on wood> I couldn't tolorate that at all
> as I frequently work from home and need high speed and reliable
> connections for the graphics that I work with.
>
> Steve
Right now, I'm busy going bonkers. We have a second computer in another
room and I'm trying to get it set up to work with home networking instead of
dial-up. I think I must be missing a necessary part. All the phone
company rep said was, "No problem - we'll send you a router." Sigh.
Dora
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| Steve Pope |
limey <limey113@yahoo.com> wrote:
> Right now, I'm busy going bonkers. We have a second
> computer in another room and I'm trying to get it set up to work
> with home networking instead of dial-up. I think I must be
> missing a necessary part. All the phone company rep said was,
> "No problem - we'll send you a router." Sigh.
A router's a good idea. It is possible for two computers
to share a broadband connection without a router, using
Microsoft Home Networking and an extra ethernet card
in one of them, but in my opinion it'll go much smoother with a router.
Steve
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| limey |
"Steve Pope" <spope33@speedymail.org> wrote in message
news:crs4q6$png$1@blue.rahul.net...
> limey <limey113@yahoo.com> wrote:
>
>> Right now, I'm busy going bonkers. We have a second
>> computer in another room and I'm trying to get it set up to work
>> with home networking instead of dial-up. I think I must be
>> missing a necessary part. All the phone company rep said was,
>> "No problem - we'll send you a router." Sigh.
>
> A router's a good idea. It is possible for two computers
> to share a broadband connection without a router, using
> Microsoft Home Networking and an extra ethernet card
> in one of them, but in my opinion it'll go much smoother with a router.
>
> Steve
Yes, I have the wireless modem/router and an Ethernet cable in the first
computer but I can't get the second computer connected. Am I missing an
adapter? I'll call their techies. My head's not working anymore.
Dora
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| Steve Pope |
limey <limey113@yahoo.com> wrote:
> Yes, I have the wireless modem/router and an Ethernet cable in
> the first computer but I can't get the second computer connected.
> Am I missing an adapter?
Assuming you have either a wireless adapter in the second computer,
or an ethernet cable leading from that computer to one of the
wired ports on the wireless router, you're not missing any hardware.
Good luck. :)
Steve
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| Steve Calvin |
Steve Pope wrote:
> limey <limey113@yahoo.com> wrote:
>
>
>>Yes, I have the wireless modem/router and an Ethernet cable in
>>the first computer but I can't get the second computer connected.
>>Am I missing an adapter?
>
>
> Assuming you have either a wireless adapter in the second computer,
> or an ethernet cable leading from that computer to one of the
> wired ports on the wireless router, you're not missing any hardware.
>
> Good luck. :)
>
> Steve
Dora,
As Steve P. queried: do you have the second system wired to the router
with an ethernet cable? If not, what kind of wireless router are you
using, what kind of pcmia wireless card and what are the symptoms?
--
Steve
Life should *not* be a journey to the grave with the intention of
arriving safely in an attractive and well preserved body. But rather
to skid in sideways, chocolate in one hand, martini in the other, body
thoroughly used up, worn out and screaming, "WHOO HOOOOO, what a ride!"
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| limey |
"Steve Calvin" wrote in message
>> limey <limey113@yahoo.com> wrote:
>>
>>>Yes, I have the wireless modem/router and an Ethernet cable in
>>>the first computer but I can't get the second computer connected.
>>>Am I missing an adapter?
>>
>>
>> Assuming you have either a wireless adapter in the second computer,
>> or an ethernet cable leading from that computer to one of the
>> wired ports on the wireless router, you're not missing any hardware.
>>
>> Good luck. :)
>>
>> Steve
>
> Dora,
> As Steve P. queried: do you have the second system wired to the router
> with an ethernet cable? If not, what kind of wireless router are you
> using, what kind of pcmia wireless card and what are the symptoms?
>
> --
> Steve
Well, after wading through countless screens and menus, it's obvious that to
make a wireless connection for the second computer we need a Westell 802.11g
Wireless USB adapter, for $60. That info was buried deep in the Verizon
nether regions. It's more practical for us than running an ethernet cable
from the second computer.
Incidentally, the 24/7 advertised techies work
a standard Monday - Friday work week. Ha.
I really appreciate your help, Steve. If you want to e-mail me direct, I'm
at limey108 at verizon dot net - so we don't bore people to death! Many
thanks for all you've told me.
Dora
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| Tony P. |
In article <34d4umF47b6tlU1@individual.net>, calvins@optonline.net
says...
> Gal Called J.J. wrote:
> > One time on Usenet, "limey" <limey113@yahoo.com> said:
> >
> >
> >>DSL has finally arrived in our neck of the boonies. We've been advised we
> >>can install it after 6 p.m. this evening but the heck with that. Tomorrow,
> >>tomorrow.....
> >
> >
> > Congrats! I remember when I finally got DSL (Oct. '03); the difference
> > can be amazing...
> >
> >
>
> True, DSL is a great improvement over dial-up. If available though I
> would check out cable. I have Optimum Online and average 8.5Mb download
> speeds wireless.
>
>
8.5MB, jeeze I was happy with my 4MB download pipe. But we still get the
short end of the stick in the U.S. - Japan for example has 10MBps
service and it costs less than the $39.99 we usually pay here in the
U.S.
But then Japan is a country that got pretty much obliterated 60 years
ago so the infrastructure is much newer than what we have in the U.S.
Some of the telephone cable plant in my area is at least 40 to 60 years
old and showing its age.
Meanwhile the cable company strings up all new coax and fiber/coax
hybrid and beats the phone companies at their own game.
What's interesting is that I recently switched to VoIP because I was
tired of paying $88 a month for the same services I now get at $25 a
month. Not two weeks after the switch I get a call from Cox asking if
I'd be interested in their VoIP setup when its available. Guess what the
price will be - $18.99. Guess where I'll be going.
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| Tony P. |
In article <34d7cjF4885qnU1@individual.net>, limey113@yahoo.com says...
>
> "jmcquown" wrote in message >
> limey wrote:
> >>
> >> Well, tomorrow arrived (this morning) and we installed DSL for better
> >> or worse. It seems pretty darned quick after dial-up. Maybe I
> >> erred? - I considered cable but our cable service goes out so much
> >> that I felt the same would happen to the computer - was I incorrect?
> >> I usually am. ;-(
> >>
> >> Dora
> >
> > Dora, I don't know who your DSL provider is; mine is my local telephone
> > company (BellSouth). Everyone I know who has cable complains about how
> > much
> > it goes out. Then it takes days or weeks for them to react to the
> > problem.
> > I don't think you made a bad decision. In my area, when DSL goes out it
> > normally means the phone service isn't working either and they jump right
> > on
> > it. The speed is also very, very good (at least here).
> >
> > Jill (got your new email addy, thanks!)
>
> Thanks, Jill - you've eased my mind and confirmed my fears about cable.
> It's a local company and notoriously hard to deal with.
> In the 18 years I've lived here I've only known the phone company to go down
> once - in a severe ice storm. Our lines are underground, but older lines
> aren't and gave the phone company fits in that storm.
>
> Dora
In the last fifteen years my phone has gone out numerous times because
the pair was stolen at the pole by install techs who didn't know how to
ANAC a line and get the number before taking the pair.
We won't even get into the 1.5 years I never got a phone bill because of
their negligence, or how it took me six months to get a reliable phone
because every time it rained or was windy my line went to hell.
Cable on the other hand has been rock solid.
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| Tony P. |
In article <34d7qpF486llnU1@individual.net>, limey113@yahoo.com says...
>
> "Steve Calvin" wrote in message > limey wrote:
> >>
> >> Well, tomorrow arrived (this morning) and we installed DSL for better or
> >> worse. It seems pretty darned quick after dial-up. Maybe I erred? - I
> >> considered cable but our cable service goes out so much that I felt the
> >> same would happen to the computer - was I incorrect? I usually am. ;-(
> >>
> >> Dora
> > Nope, if you're cable goes out often then so would your system access. I
> > guess we're lucky here. I can only recall once in 3 years that our cable
> > when out.
> >
> > Steve
>
> Our cable is very unreliable. Some days it goes in and out, in and out.
> A big fee for very poor service.
>
> Dora
I have to ask - when you say it goes out, does that mean ALL channels on
the TV become unavailable or only some.
Gives me a chuckle when the cable companies trot out the "If you use a
satellite receiver you could lose signal when it's windy or raining."
line yet how do you think the cable company gets its own signals? Ever
go by the office and see those huge dishes - that's right they're
satellite antennae.
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| Tony P. |
In article <34dkbjF49to4uU1@individual.net>, limey113@yahoo.com says...
>
> "Steve Pope" <spope33@speedymail.org> wrote in message
> news:crs4q6$png$1@blue.rahul.net...
> > limey <limey113@yahoo.com> wrote:
> >
> >> Right now, I'm busy going bonkers. We have a second
> >> computer in another room and I'm trying to get it set up to work
> >> with home networking instead of dial-up. I think I must be
> >> missing a necessary part. All the phone company rep said was,
> >> "No problem - we'll send you a router." Sigh.
> >
> > A router's a good idea. It is possible for two computers
> > to share a broadband connection without a router, using
> > Microsoft Home Networking and an extra ethernet card
> > in one of them, but in my opinion it'll go much smoother with a router.
> >
> > Steve
>
> Yes, I have the wireless modem/router and an Ethernet cable in the first
> computer but I can't get the second computer connected. Am I missing an
> adapter? I'll call their techies. My head's not working anymore.
>
> Dora
>
>
>
Sounds like the second P.C. either doesn't have an 802.11a/b/g card in
it, or its a laptop and it is disabled.
The cards are < $30 now. You snap it in and off you go. However I'd
advise you to read the documentation for your router and do the
following:
1) Turn on MAC filtering. This doesn't let anything else connect other
than known machines.
2) Turn off SSID broadcast. Granted, you'll have to hand code the
wireless network ID into each machine but it makes it that much harder
for the people who would use your connection without your knowledge.
and last but certainly not least
3) WEP - use it.
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| Steve Pope |
(Nerds r us alert)
Tony P. <kd1s@nospamplease.cox.reallynospam.net> wrote:
>1) Turn on MAC filtering. This doesn't let anything else connect other
>than known machines.
>
>2) Turn off SSID broadcast. Granted, you'll have to hand code the
>wireless network ID into each machine but it makes it that much harder
>for the people who would use your connection without your knowledge.
>
>and last but certainly not least
>
>3) WEP - use it.
All good ideas... once you have it working in the first place.
The USB wireless adapter rather than the wireless card is a
good idea -- doesn't require opening up the case, plus you can
put it on a cable to position the thing up to where it might
get better reception.
Steve
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| Dave Smith |
"Tony P." wrote:
> Gives me a chuckle when the cable companies trot out the "If you use a
> satellite receiver you could lose signal when it's windy or raining."
> line yet how do you think the cable company gets its own signals? Ever
> go by the office and see those huge dishes - that's right they're
> satellite antennae.
I love my satellite TV when it is working. Once in a while I lose my service.
Sometimes there is garbled reception on some channels and nothing at all on
others. It can be caused by heavy rainfall or by an accumulation of snow on the
dish. It is kind of a handy warning device for downpours. We can be sitting there
watching the boob tube on a stormy day. The reception gets bad and then we lose
our signal completely, and a minute or two later we are deluged with rain.
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| limey |
"Tony P." wrote in message limey113@yahoo.com says...
>>
>> Our cable is very unreliable. Some days it goes in and out, in and out.
>> A big fee for very poor service.
>>
>> Dora
>
> I have to ask - when you say it goes out, does that mean ALL channels on
> the TV become unavailable or only some.
>
Tony
I mean everything out - black snowy screen on everything, period.
Dora
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| Steve Pope |
limey <limey113@yahoo.com> wrote:
> "Tony P." wrote in message limey113@yahoo.com says...
>> I have to ask - when you say it goes out, does that mean
>> ALL channels on the TV become unavailable or only some.
> I mean everything out - black snowy screen on everything, period.
My neighbors have combined cable/telephone/internet service
from the local cable provider. Not infrequently, the whole
thing goes out for up to a day -- including telephone.
I have not experienced any such outages from traditional
telephone companies like SBC, but maybe I'm lucky.
Steve
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| Steve Calvin |
limey wrote:
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> I really appreciate your help, Steve. If you want to e-mail me direct, I'm
> at limey108 at verizon dot net - so we don't bore people to death! Many
> thanks for all you've told me.
You've got mail. ;-)
--
Steve
Life should *not* be a journey to the grave with the intention of
arriving safely in an attractive and well preserved body. But rather
to skid in sideways, chocolate in one hand, martini in the other, body
thoroughly used up, worn out and screaming, "WHOO HOOOOO, what a ride!"
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| Steve Calvin |
Steve Pope wrote:
> (Nerds r us alert)
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> Tony P. <kd1s@nospamplease.cox.reallynospam.net> wrote:
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>
>>1) Turn on MAC filtering. This doesn't let anything else connect other
>>than known machines.
>>
>>2) Turn off SSID broadcast. Granted, you'll have to hand code the
>>wireless network ID into each machine but it makes it that much harder
>>for the people who would use your connection without your knowledge.
>>
>>and last but certainly not least
>>
>>3) WEP - use it.
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>
> All good ideas... once you have it working in the first place.
>
> The USB wireless adapter rather than the wireless card is a
> good idea -- doesn't require opening up the case, plus you can
> put it on a cable to position the thing up to where it might
> get better reception.
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> Steve
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>
Turning off SSID is actually pretty useless and can cause problems with
certain wireless setups. If you have 128 Bit WEP enabled then you're
pretty much "good to go", assuming that you also run antivirus
protection and a decent firewall.
I have SSID broadcast on and have challenged people to break into my
network. They can figure out what the SSID is but it doesn't help them
at all.
--
Steve
Life should *not* be a journey to the grave with the intention of
arriving safely in an attractive and well preserved body. But rather
to skid in sideways, chocolate in one hand, martini in the other, body
thoroughly used up, worn out and screaming, "WHOO HOOOOO, what a ride!"
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| Tony P. |
In article <34dthhF4as75cU1@individual.net>, limey113@yahoo.com says...
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> "Tony P." wrote in message limey113@yahoo.com says...
> >>
> >> Our cable is very unreliable. Some days it goes in and out, in and out.
> >> A big fee for very poor service.
> >>
> >> Dora
> >
> > I have to ask - when you say it goes out, does that mean ALL channels on
> > the TV become unavailable or only some.
> >
> Tony
>
> I mean everything out - black snowy screen on everything, period.
>
Might be a problem with one of the head ends. They run on commercial
power and very few have backups.
If power there is like power here it goes out frequently for no good
reason.
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| Tony P. |
In article <crsfmi$ta$1@blue.rahul.net>, spope33@speedymail.org says...
> limey <limey113@yahoo.com> wrote:
>
> > "Tony P." wrote in message limey113@yahoo.com says...
>
> >> I have to ask - when you say it goes out, does that mean
> >> ALL channels on the TV become unavailable or only some.
>
> > I mean everything out - black snowy screen on everything, period.
>
> My neighbors have combined cable/telephone/internet service
> from the local cable provider. Not infrequently, the whole
> thing goes out for up to a day -- including telephone.
>
> I have not experienced any such outages from traditional
> telephone companies like SBC, but maybe I'm lucky.
Back in the late 80's I used to do then massive transfers of 1MB or
more. These would take all day using a 1200 or 2400 modem. You don't
want to ask me how many times the phone company went down because I
could tell you from my UUCP logs. Phone service goes out a lot more than
we're aware of.
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One time on Usenet, "limey" <limey113@yahoo.com> said:
> "Steve Calvin" wrote in message >
> > limey wrote:
> >> Well, tomorrow arrived (this morning) and we installed DSL for better or
> >> worse. It seems pretty darned quick after dial-up. Maybe I erred? - I
> >> considered cable but our cable service goes out so much that I felt the
> >> same would happen to the computer - was I incorrect? I usually am. ;-(
> > Nope, if you're cable goes out often then so would your system access. I
> > guess we're lucky here. I can only recall once in 3 years that our cable
> > when out.
> Our cable is very unreliable. Some days it goes in and out, in and out.
> A big fee for very poor service.
Then you definitely made the right choice, Dora. AAMOF, that's why
I chose DSL -- our cable tended to go out frequently (we have satellite
now) and took forever to get fixed. DSL is through the local phone
company and I haven't experienced an outage yet (signed up 10/03)...
--
J.J. in WA ~ mom, vid gamer, novice cook ~
"I rule you!" - Travis of the Cosmos, ATHF
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