Re: banking problems answer to Ronni

2008-10-01 Thread Martin Sulkowski
Hi ronni I can go everywhere on the internet and have connection,I'm connected with a Linkstar S2 modem to a satellite dish with broadbandnet. Is the downloadspeed of 46 KB/sec normal slow or very slow? thanks Martin On 01/10/2008, at 1:58 PM, Ronda Brown wrote: Hello Martin, Your

Ethermax Ethernet Docking Station and BigPond Next G

2008-10-01 Thread Touchwood
Hi Is there anybody out there successfully using the Maxon Ethermax Ethernet Docking Station in conjunction with a BigPond USB (Blue) Wireless Desktop Modem and Next G ? All I want to do is set up a network that uses my existing standard Ethernet Hub/Switch with the Ethermax to Internet

Re: banking problems answer to Ronni

2008-10-01 Thread Ronda Brown
Hi Martin, Well, Broadbandnet say their Satellite always on' Broadband Internet access 24 hours a day, 7 days a week. The basic connection speed is 512 kbps download 64 Kbs upload. As there are 8Kb (kilobits) in every KB (kilobyte) ... and you are saying you are downloading at 46KBps

Re: iPhone Maps strange happenings

2008-10-01 Thread Rod Blitvich
Have performed a Restore etc and still no luck. It seems that the GPS receiver is not working. Will take the phone back to the dealer. Sigh Rod on 1/10/08 10:18 AM, Reg Whitely at [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Look out the window Blitto. Do you see coloured and golden- clad, onion-shaped tower

Re: Ethermax Ethernet Docking Station and BigPond Next G

2008-10-01 Thread Andrew Schox
Neil, I use this product at home, although I didn't like having to fork out an extra $299 just because Telstra forces you to use a USB modem. Once it is all set up, however, you can configure your network as you wish. I find that the modem itself needs to be rebooted from time to time (sometimes

How to Share (wirelessly) External Drive connected to MacBook Pro

2008-10-01 Thread Stephen Edwards
Hi Background I have a MacBook Pro running 10.4.1 I have a Western Digital 2 TB drive connected to it - it has been formatted in Mac OS I believe I have opened all the sharing preferences I can find to share pretty much everything on the MacBook Pro. I have am using a wireless modem and

Re: windows virus scanner

2008-10-01 Thread Gavin Criddle
Personally, I use CA Anti-Virus from Computer Associates - I've had good experiences with their products in the corporate and personal environment. It has a small footprint and have a multi-license for home users - In the free field, I find AVG a bit slow and unreliable in terms of finding

Re: How to Share (wirelessly) External Drive connected to MacBook Pro

2008-10-01 Thread Rob Findlay
Apple for reasons best known to them crippled the personal file- sharing model in Mac OS X taking out the ability to select a folder or volume as a sharepoint. While this has been put back in 10.5 you can restore some of the functionality in previous OS versions by using the shareware

Useless iCal reminder system....

2008-10-01 Thread Steven Knowles
...just cost me over $200 in late fee and interest on my credit card because the iCal reminder just didn't work for some reason. I know, I know ... maybe there was some click here or some click there that hasn't worked, but it's happened before and I'm extra careful to try and get it

Re: banking problems answer to Ronni

2008-10-01 Thread James / Hans Kunz
sorry your calculation has a small mistake, in serial connection (which broadband is) there are a start bit - 8 data bits - a stop bit which are 10 bits per data byte, thus thus kbp/s divided by 10 gives KBp/s, additionally if there are server delays and many other things (noise) sitting

Old Mac stuff to go

2008-10-01 Thread Phillip McGree
Got the following to dispose of, free to good/any home: Power Mac 8600/250 CPU http://www.phil.net.au/To_Go/8600_250.jpg Power Mac G3 Tower CPU http://www.phil.net.au/To_Go/Beige_G3_Tower.jpg 17 screen - the one with the translucent casing (work of art)

Re: banking problems answer to Ronni

2008-10-01 Thread Ronda Brown
Thanks for this James, As I said in my previous email, If my calculations are wrong, I stand corrected ;-) I do understand the additional things that can slow the data rate down significantly, I notice changes in my data rate on my Wireless Network. Cheers, Ronni On 02/10/2008, at

Re: NAB Banking

2008-10-01 Thread Robert Howells
On 30/09/2008, at 3:03 PM, Martin Sulkowski wrote: I'm trying since 3 days doing internet banking safari 3.1.2 firefox 3.0.3 but not sucessfully any ideas Martin Martin , We have been making some guess's that this was a working connection that suddenly has stopped

Re: banking problems answer to Ronni

2008-10-01 Thread Robert Howells
On 01/10/2008, at 5:01 PM, Martin Sulkowski wrote: Hi ronni I can go everywhere on the internet and have connection,I'm connected with a Linkstar S2 modem to a satellite dish with broadbandnet. Is the downloadspeed of 46 KB/sec normal slow or very slow? thanks Martin Martin I get

Re: Ethermax Ethernet Docking Station and BigPond Next G

2008-10-01 Thread Touchwood
Hi Andrew Thanks for your info. (I believe I may have spoken with you at the end of last year when I was enquiring about BIgPond NextG experiences, but I no longer have the relevant emails) I hear the resignation in your voicelike you, I had no choice but to use BigPond Wireless

Re: NAB Banking

2008-10-01 Thread Martin Sulkowski
Hello Everyone I have been using internet banking for the last 4 month without problems ,then suddenly last Friday it wasn't possible to do anything.It didn't matter firefox3.0.3 or safari 3.1.2 .I can log in into NAB,but at some stage the new page doesn't open.Can be the first page (10

Re: Useless iCal reminder system....

2008-10-01 Thread Ronda Brown
On 02/10/2008, at 3:37 AM, Steven Knowles wrote: ...just cost me over $200 in late fee and interest on my credit card because the iCal reminder just didn't work for some reason. I know, I know ... maybe there was some click here or some click there that hasn't worked, but it's happened

Re: Ethermax Ethernet Docking Station and BigPond Next G

2008-10-01 Thread Andrew Schox
Neil, I fiddled around with the Airport extreme base station, but found it a pain with the USB modem. I now use the ethermax for DHCP and the base station to handle wireless clients. Whichever way you go, give me a hoy off list if you need a hand. Ciao, Andrew Thanks for your info. (I