Re: [Hampshire] Choice of home wireless network set-up
Dr A. J. Trickett wrote: On Wed, 15 Apr 2009 at 09:13:29AM +0100, Stephen Rowles wrote: cuts/ I have also seen various issues similar to wireless where depending on your cabling etc. you will probably not get the quoted speeds. There is quite an overhead, similar to wireless, and you rarely get the full throughput. A guy I worked with looked at supposedly 100meg homeplug adapters but in reality they could not provide enough bandwidth to stream high def video over (which was the whole reason for buying them) despite in theory there being enough headroom to do so. I would say homeplug is a good replacement for wireless, but not a good replacement for ethernet cables and a switch. I'd have to agree. HomePlug 200AV is decent technology and fine for simple point to point use, e.g. browsing and email. It is more reliable than WiFi but it is not a replacment for decent Gig Ethernet over proper CAT6 cable. I've just switched the other way because WiFi was proving to be more reliable than homeplug. I have appliances that reduce the bandwidth of the homeplug to 500kbps, and one gives packet loss of 70% (treadmill). Since I use VoIP I had to switch to WiFi to maintain call quality, which has since proved very reliable (using two Linksys Wireless-G access points). Simon C. -- Please post to: Hampshire@mailman.lug.org.uk Web Interface: https://mailman.lug.org.uk/mailman/listinfo/hampshire LUG URL: http://www.hantslug.org.uk --
Re: [Hampshire] What is a Shuttle PC?
Rob Malpass wrote: Thanks Al but I visit that link about once a week. I think just about everything I've picked up on is a known bug. What I need is a dualhead setup where the secondary monitor effectively becomes a magnified version of whatever's underneath the pointer. that is a really interesting idea, the enhanced desktop zoom in Compiz is great (hold the windows button and roll the mouse wheel), but you can't really use it permanently because you can't see the big picture and there is just too much movement. Something like enhanced desktop zoom on a second monitor should work just fine as an always-there solution. I suggest you pop over to the compiz forums and explain what you want. Cheers Rob -- Please post to: Hampshire@mailman.lug.org.uk Web Interface: https://mailman.lug.org.uk/mailman/listinfo/hampshire LUG URL: http://www.hantslug.org.uk --
[Hampshire] linux for toshiba satellite pro 4320
hi all can anyone recommend a modern linux distrubution to install on the above mentioned laptop? i've tried slax, redhat and knoppix to no avail and ended up using mandriva 8.1, which installs but won't recognise my network cards. regards bryan -- Please post to: Hampshire@mailman.lug.org.uk Web Interface: https://mailman.lug.org.uk/mailman/listinfo/hampshire LUG URL: http://www.hantslug.org.uk --
Re: [Hampshire] linux for toshiba satellite pro 4320
On Wednesday 15 April 2009 22:52:33 B STEVENS wrote: hi all can anyone recommend a modern linux distrubution to install on the above mentioned laptop? i've tried slax, redhat and knoppix to no avail and ended up using mandriva 8.1, which installs but won't recognise my network cards. regards bryan Having had a quick google which suggest the spec of the laptop is likely to be P3 600mhz with 64mb memory, then I guess something like damm small linux or puppy linux Tim -- Please post to: Hampshire@mailman.lug.org.uk Web Interface: https://mailman.lug.org.uk/mailman/listinfo/hampshire LUG URL: http://www.hantslug.org.uk --
Re: [Hampshire] linux for toshiba satellite pro 4320
thanks, guys... the laptop has 256mb memory so i'll give ubuntu a go first. regards bryan -- Please post to: Hampshire@mailman.lug.org.uk Web Interface: https://mailman.lug.org.uk/mailman/listinfo/hampshire LUG URL: http://www.hantslug.org.uk --
Re: [Hampshire] linux for toshiba satellite pro 4320
On Wednesday 15 April 2009 23:18:23 B STEVENS wrote: thanks, guys... the laptop has 256mb memory so i'll give ubuntu a go first. regards bryan Think ubuntu will struggle with only 256mb of memory, might be better with xbuntu which is ubuntu but with the xfce desktop as opposed to gnome Tim FREE 3D MARINE AQUARIUM SCREENSAVER - Watch dolphins, sharks orcas on your desktop! Check it out at http://www.inbox.com/marineaquarium -- Please post to: Hampshire@mailman.lug.org.uk Web Interface: https://mailman.lug.org.uk/mailman/listinfo/hampshire LUG URL: http://www.hantslug.org.uk --
Re: [Hampshire] linux for toshiba satellite pro 4320
thanks again, gentlemen... your advice is appreciated :-) regards bryan -- Please post to: Hampshire@mailman.lug.org.uk Web Interface: https://mailman.lug.org.uk/mailman/listinfo/hampshire LUG URL: http://www.hantslug.org.uk --
