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26-09-2006, 09:05 PM
|  | Commander of the Wild Empire | | Join Date: Sep 2006 Location: Lincolnshire/Cambs/Norfolk border right on The Wash
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Thanks guys.. i have given up for tonight.. my mind just isnt with it today... will try tomorrow if i can concentrate enough |
27-09-2006, 02:21 PM
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I'm now addressing the nation Wireless Style-ee  .
One tip I learned through trial and error this morning is to make sure you select 'TCP/IP' from your connection options on the AOL sign-in screen or else it'll keep trying to tell you to use a dial-up access number.
Oh, and when it asks for your screen name use lower case letters or you'll fail the '5 green buttons' test like I did  .
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27-09-2006, 02:29 PM
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And I still dont have mine |
27-09-2006, 02:32 PM
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Originally Posted by Boddie And I still dont have mine | If you ordered it more than 5 working days, ago get on the phone to them....or use the Live Help chatroom and they will tell you what stage your order's at.
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27-09-2006, 02:40 PM
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Originally Posted by SteveA Once you're up and running, you can set the router to hold the 'net connection open - you won't need to load the AOL software then - just use your normal browser. | How did you manage that? I've looked through my router booklet and the AOL setup booklet that came with it but can't find the instructions to hold the connection open 
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27-09-2006, 03:05 PM
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I'm with AOL but not under contract any longer.
To get the router must I go back under contract for another 12 months?
Does anyone know? |
27-09-2006, 03:08 PM
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Originally Posted by chunkychambers I'm with AOL but not under contract any longer.
To get the router must I go back under contract for another 12 months?
Does anyone know? | I honestly don't know, but what I would suggest is letting them think that you're on the brink of leaving AOL altogether and see what kind of offers they make you!
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27-09-2006, 03:19 PM
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Yep thats the best way to play it. Infer that everyone else is giving out free routers and you have been approached by another company. They cant afford to lose the business |
27-09-2006, 03:41 PM
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Originally Posted by Boddie Yep thats the best way to play it. Infer that everyone else is giving out free routers and you have been approached by another company. They cant afford to lose the business | Thanks Gaina and Boddie, I'll give it a go!! |
28-09-2006, 09:33 PM
|  | Knight Commander of the Wild Empire | | Join Date: Feb 2006 Location: Chilterns
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A point occurs with allthis wireless routering going on - security: are these jobbies encrypted or if I come and sit outside your gaff with a wireless enabled laptop will i be able to access the net via your account ? and access your network , monitor transactions to steal you identity etc etc.
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28-09-2006, 09:35 PM
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Yep, mine'll have to be secure. Will let work take care of it. Still havent received mine yet |
28-09-2006, 10:30 PM
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A point occurs with allthis wireless routering going on - security: are these jobbies encrypted or if I come and sit outside your gaff with a wireless enabled laptop will i be able to access the net via your account ? and access your network , monitor transactions to steal you identity etc etc.
|  and i cant work out how to set my secure network up, its all too confusing. so many resets as i get it wrong LOL |
28-09-2006, 10:34 PM
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in my experience most cheap routers arent encrypted but the range is so short on the cheap models that security inst a big concern unless you live in a flat where someone can park / loiter right outside
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29-09-2006, 12:15 AM
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If you got to Keyword: technology message boards then scroll down the page to Broadband and click Message Boards the Home Networking board is right at the top of the list in the new window that comes up. There are some helpful threads going on in there.
Things seem ok at this end so far, just have to wait for Dad to get is PCI adapter then I can add Dad to the network and we're rockin'
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30-09-2006, 12:12 AM
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OK.. set up the router.. am back online.. now what... the one thing the instructions leave out is how to actually go wireless.... if I unplug the cable it loses the connection to AOL. HELP!!
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30-09-2006, 12:51 AM
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Originally Posted by Garden Carpet OK.. set up the router.. am back online.. now what... the one thing the instructions leave out is how to actually go wireless.... if I unplug the cable it loses the connection to AOL. HELP!!
Jaki | If you have a look at the diagram in your little booklet, you'll see that one computer is plugged in via the firewire cable at all times and the rest are wireless 'satellites' so I'm assuming that the computer you've got it set up on now will have to have that firewire cable in permenantly as it's the 'brain' of the network and any other computers you or your family want to use to get online will have a wireless adapter attached in the form of either a USB adapter or a PCI card.
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30-09-2006, 12:58 AM
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Originally Posted by Gaina If you have a look at the diagram in your little booklet, you'll see that one computer is plugged in via the firewire cable at all times and the rest are wireless 'satellites' so I'm assuming that the computer you've got it set up on now will have to have that firewire cable in permenantly as it's the 'brain' of the network and any other computers you or your family want to use to get online will have a wireless adapter attached in the form of either a USB adapter or a PCI card. |
That is fine if you have more than one computer...I have a wireless enabled laptop... I definatly need some help here... |
30-09-2006, 01:04 AM
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Originally Posted by Garden Carpet That is fine if you have more than one computer...I have a wireless enabled laptop... I definatly need some help here... | Ah, right....in that case I recommend you go to Keyword: technology message boards then scroll down the page to Broadband and click Message Boards the Home Networking board is right at the top of the list in the new window that comes up.
But, I'd recommend a good nights sleep first before you do battle with it again, or you'll melt your brain for the entire weekend  .
Nite nite
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30-09-2006, 01:08 AM
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ROFL.. ok gaina... nite nite
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30-09-2006, 09:04 AM
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I still havent got mine. It apperas in my eagerness to let everyone else know I have been resigned to the bottom of the list |
30-09-2006, 10:02 AM
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Well, here I am supposedly able to go wireless but without the cable I lose the connecton... and my phone makes the most terrible racket... seems there really isnt a free lunch!!
Boddie.. am sorry you havnt got yours.... guess you will have to phone em again... or you can have mine!!
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30-09-2006, 10:20 AM
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yep I think I'd rather have it after the weekend or I risk getting stressy over it. Its needed for work so installation will take place during work hours me thinks |
30-09-2006, 04:40 PM
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Originally Posted by Garden Carpet ROFL.. ok gaina... nite nite
jaki | I'm not kidding, you have seen that exploding Gremlin advert, haven't you? Bill Gates done it, nothing to do with illiteracy.
Brains all over the wall. Nasty. 
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30-09-2006, 05:48 PM
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Originally Posted by Gaina I'm not kidding, you have seen that exploding Gremlin advert, haven't you? Bill Gates done it, nothing to do with illiteracy.
Brains all over the wall. Nasty. |
'fraid not Gaina... no tv.. gave it up cos it was a waste of money:d |
30-09-2006, 06:04 PM
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Originally Posted by Garden Carpet 'fraid not Gaina... no tv.. gave it up cos it was a waste of money:d | Oh, in that case have this one on me Learn Direct.
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