Hi folks, I have a Senior Systems Analyst who comes and services my four computers regularly. He pointed out to me that if two people in the same estate have the same type of router and they have assigned it the same name ie say Netgear 54g, then even if they both have the upmost of security, there is a possibility of both routers trying to connect to each other with the result of bad connections and sometimes not being able to connect at all. What he told me to do was to make sure that the router had a definite unique security phrase controlling all machines that run off it, to change the name assigned to the router and also to change its SSID. He said this would eliminate some of the occasions when 'new visible network' is picked up. As I say, the security of routers is vulnerable unless you are extremely vigilant.
I don't want to alarm anyone but until I made these changes, I was getting instances of not being able to connect and checking that my ISP wasn't having any problems meant that something else was going on. Things are a hundred percent better now. Cheers, Steve ___ Replies to this message will go directly to the sender. If your reply would be useful to the list, please send a copy to the list as well. To leave the BrailleNote list, send a blank message to [EMAIL PROTECTED] To view the list archives or change your preferences, visit http://list.humanware.com/mailman/listinfo/braillenote
