Re: No Thoughts???--- RE: [H] Network, Internet Settings
I just want to comment that you might want to think about setting up a 3rd party DNS throughout the setup and not both SBC and Cox That might help the school bbs problem. No? At 4/21/2006 07:39 PM, rls wrote: -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of rls Sent: Friday, April 21, 2006 11:16 AM To: 'The Hardware List' Subject: [H] Network, Internet Settings Had Cox Preferred Internet Service @ 3 months of an Introductory rate - It was really great, but cannot afford the $79/mo regular price. But the years of feeling that DSL was superior to cable has proved me wrong. Besides Cox is light years ahead of SBC/ATT in terms of customer service. So I went with the SBC Download speeds up to 3.0 Mbps for $17.99 a month and Downgraded Cox to the Value service with speeds of up to 256 Kbps at $9.95 a month. That way the family can have some decent download speeds, won't have to change their email addresses. And SBC has some router issues in this area as she cannot connect to the School Systems message board unless I ping the location about 30 times first. =Equip with == Have a router/modem for SBC Running on local network at 192.168.1.xxx Have a router/modem for Cox running on local network at 192.168.2.xxx Also have a Network Printer on local network @ 192.168.2.24x Also have a NOS drive on local network @ 192.168.2.24x =HOW TO SET UP Should I change the address of one of the router so that each is within - lets say - 192.168.2.xxx? Then Should I install a second network card on the current machines with only a single Ethernet card?? Then would I bridge the two cards together under network connection settings - but have cable only going to one of the cards Or what ?? Thanks -- No virus found in this incoming message. Checked by AVG Free Edition. Version: 7.1.385 / Virus Database: 268.4.5/321 - Release Date: 4/21/2006
[H] Laptop WiFi Problems
I just added an Atheros 5002 mini-PCI wifi card to my laptop (Acer 340T). I've been having troubles getting it to connect to the internet. I am using a Netgear wgr614 v5 wireless router. I have 2 computers connected via Ethernet cable. Keep in mind none of the connection problems occur with these 2 computers, all the problems are with the wireless. I am able to connect and authenticate the laptop. An IP is assigned, signal is reported as excellent. Everything looks fine until I try to connect to the internet or access NAS. I've disabling all encryption, MAC filters, etc to no avail. Windows XP recognizes the card and everything seems to load correctly. I ran the Atheros diagnosis utility and it passes all the tests. Anything else I should be looking at? Any help is appreciated.
Re: [H] Seagate Barracuda 7200.10
I think the real challenge for the 15k.5 is to defeat the reigning 15krpm champ for server performance - the Maxtor Atlas 15K II, at least according to storagereview. On hardware alone, a current gen 15krpm should be marginally faster than the latest raptor, however their firmwares are not tuned to desktop speed and would be pointless to do otherwise. From: Greg Sevart [EMAIL PROTECTED] Reply-To: The Hardware List hardware@hardwaregroup.com To: The Hardware List hardware@hardwaregroup.com Subject: Re: [H] Seagate Barracuda 7200.10 Date: Fri, 21 Apr 2006 11:30:36 -0500 It'll be interesting to see if the 15K.5 is able to trump the WD1500ADFD in single-user performance, as the lowly 10k Raptor completely destroys the 15K.4...and all other SCSI drives, regardless of price or spindle speed. It does, of course, lag significantly behind in multi-user performance. I always find it funny when people believe that because they are enthusiasts/power users, their usage more closely reflects server/multi-user usage. Nothing could be less accurate. Power users don't use hard drives much different...they just use them more. If it is a single-user maxifast box, you'd be better served by a 1500ADFD than anything else ATM. RAID0 them if you want...though that, too, provides minimal single-user performance improvements for typical access patterns. There are select few situations in which STR is really that important. Video editing is the only one I think of off hand. Even then, two drives can often be faster, depending on what you're doing... Greg - Original Message - From: James Boswell [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: The Hardware List hardware@hardwaregroup.com Sent: Friday, April 21, 2006 11:11 AM Subject: Re: [H] Seagate Barracuda 7200.10 Yeah, it's a bitch on a cost/capacity basis If I ever build a system on a 'goes maximumfast, nevermind the price' basis though it's so getting one of those or whatever the then equivalent is as the system drive. hmm, wonder if Intel chipsets in the next few years will be able to handle SAS disks... I know SAS controllers can handle SATA drives... hmm (If Intels chipsets gained the ability to handle them, you could drop one straight into a Mac Pro and stash your OSX and Windows boot partitions on it. hmm... ) On 21 Apr 2006, at 13:57:200, Greg Sevart wrote: Saw that too. (actually, 15k.5...) The problem is that I've always preferred capacity over speed. 750GB 7200.10 vs. 73GB 15K.5 for the same price...yeah, I'll take 10x the storage any day. The sad thing is that the real place where these drives will be primarily used (servers) take almost no advantage of the insane STR they offer. Greg -_-_ James Boswell [EMAIL PROTECTED] ICQ : 1653327 | AIM : TorazChryx MSN: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: [H] Laptop WiFi Problems
Can you ping the default gateway/router? Can the router's diagnostic page ping the laptop? Richard Kim wrote: I just added an Atheros 5002 mini-PCI wifi card to my laptop (Acer 340T). I've been having troubles getting it to connect to the internet. I am using a Netgear wgr614 v5 wireless router. I have 2 computers connected via Ethernet cable. Keep in mind none of the connection problems occur with these 2 computers, all the problems are with the wireless. I am able to connect and authenticate the laptop. An IP is assigned, signal is reported as excellent. Everything looks fine until I try to connect to the internet or access NAS. I've disabling all encryption, MAC filters, etc to no avail. Windows XP recognizes the card and everything seems to load correctly. I ran the Atheros diagnosis utility and it passes all the tests. Anything else I should be looking at? Any help is appreciated.
[H] OT: Installing and running XP from USB thumbdrive
MS says it can't be done, anyone try this yet? http://www.ngine.de/index.jsp?pageid=4176 -- JRS [EMAIL PROTECTED] Please remove **X** to reply... Facts do not cease to exist just because they are ignored.
Re: [H] OT: Installing and running XP from USB thumbdrive
At 01:48 PM 4/22/2006, JRS typed: MS says it can't be done, anyone try this yet? http://www.ngine.de/index.jsp?pageid=4176 There are some that have done it with BartPE from a thumbdrive but I've yet to get it to run at all on any of my machines. --+-- Wayne D. Johnson Ashland, OH, USA 44805 http://www.wavijo.com
Jim --RE: No Thoughts???--- RE: [H] Network, Internet Settings
Well, it sounds good, but I really don't know how to begin step one - any online resources that would give me a clue? Thanks -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Jim Edwards Sent: Saturday, April 22, 2006 7:02 AM To: The Hardware List Subject: Re: No Thoughts???--- RE: [H] Network, Internet Settings I just want to comment that you might want to think about setting up a 3rd party DNS throughout the setup and not both SBC and Cox That might help the school bbs problem. No? At 4/21/2006 07:39 PM, rls wrote: -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of rls Sent: Friday, April 21, 2006 11:16 AM To: 'The Hardware List' Subject: [H] Network, Internet Settings Had Cox Preferred Internet Service @ 3 months of an Introductory rate - It was really great, but cannot afford the $79/mo regular price. But the years of feeling that DSL was superior to cable has proved me wrong. Besides Cox is light years ahead of SBC/ATT in terms of customer service. So I went with the SBC Download speeds up to 3.0 Mbps for $17.99 a month and Downgraded Cox to the Value service with speeds of up to 256 Kbps at $9.95 a month. That way the family can have some decent download speeds, won't have to change their email addresses. And SBC has some router issues in this area as she cannot connect to the School Systems message board unless I ping the location about 30 times first. =Equip with == Have a router/modem for SBC Running on local network at 192.168.1.xxx Have a router/modem for Cox running on local network at 192.168.2.xxx Also have a Network Printer on local network @ 192.168.2.24x Also have a NOS drive on local network @ 192.168.2.24x =HOW TO SET UP Should I change the address of one of the router so that each is within - lets say - 192.168.2.xxx? Then Should I install a second network card on the current machines with only a single Ethernet card?? Then would I bridge the two cards together under network connection settings - but have cable only going to one of the cards Or what ?? Thanks -- No virus found in this incoming message. Checked by AVG Free Edition. Version: 7.1.385 / Virus Database: 268.4.5/321 - Release Date: 4/21/2006
Re: [H] OT: Installing and running XP from USB thumbdrive
This is more of Will my machine boot a USB mass-storage device Will Windows setup see it allow me to install to it question than specifically USB thumb drives. Good writeup, wonder if there is a boot loader redirect (System Commander, Lilo, etc...) solution for systems with BIOS' that don't do bootstrap for USB drives. Of course MS says it won't work, it would require them to make the changes from the article or an OEM provided Press F6 additional drivers solution. V. Cool, think I'll Digg it. Wayne Johnson wrote: At 01:48 PM 4/22/2006, JRS typed: MS says it can't be done, anyone try this yet? http://www.ngine.de/index.jsp?pageid=4176 There are some that have done it with BartPE from a thumbdrive but I've yet to get it to run at all on any of my machines. --+-- Wayne D. Johnson Ashland, OH, USA 44805 http://www.wavijo.com
