Re: [CGUYS] T1 vs DSL?

2008-06-19 Thread Snyder, Mark (IT CIV)
We use Cisco IP Phones (7941 model) and it is reliable. I am in a large building with hundreds of coworkers, so it may be an economy of scale. I do not know what, if any, network-to-telecom hardware or software configuration is used. Thank you, Mark Snyder -Original Message- Is VOIP a

Re: [CGUYS] T1 vs DSL?

2008-06-19 Thread mike
Cisco has great solutions for in house IP phone systems. Extremely easy to configure etc. Mike On Thu, Jun 19, 2008 at 4:14 AM, Snyder, Mark (IT CIV) <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > We use Cisco IP Phones (7941 model) and it is reliable. I am in a large > building with hundreds of coworkers, so i

Re: [CGUYS] T1 vs DSL?

2008-06-19 Thread Tom Piwowar
>A phone call is easy in a circuit switched environment (well >not exactly but you get my point). As long as you can seize a >circuit it's yours. A a 64K data stream would consume less than 1% of a slow Ethernet (10 Mbps) LAN. So providing good VIOP in house would be no problem. The capacity pr

Re: [CGUYS] T1 vs DSL?

2008-06-19 Thread Tom Piwowar
>Cisco has great solutions for in house IP phone systems. Extremely easy to >configure etc. Do they make them for small organisations? Say 30 phones? * ** List info, subscription management, list rules, archives, privacy

Re: [CGUYS] T1 vs DSL?

2008-06-19 Thread Tom Piwowar
>We use Cisco IP Phones (7941 model) and it is reliable. I am in a large >building with hundreds of coworkers, so it may be an economy of scale. >I do not know what, if any, network-to-telecom hardware or software >configuration is used. That is where I see such installations. I'm thinking that

Re: [CGUYS] T1 vs DSL?

2008-06-19 Thread mike
I'll look up the exact info on the cisco stuff, the number of phones I was talking to a friend that was implementing the solution was only about 10. For more then that it gets into a different area (read more money). http://www.switchvox.com/ That company uses a linux solution for the same deal a

Re: [CGUYS] T1 vs DSL?

2008-06-19 Thread Snyder, Mark (IT CIV)
Tom, Tom, Google cisco ip phone 7941 and get the product information (Cisco has pdf model information). I am not sure if you'd need anything except the phones. We have no onsite support people for this. Thank you, Mark Snyder -Original Message- From: Computer Guys Discussion List [ma

[CGUYS] DOS system Help

2008-06-19 Thread Michael Drabick
A NEC Versa V/50 laptop has a disk drive that no longer works. This machine is used as an interface with a machine that does blood tests. The database used is DOS based and will only archive to the A:/ drive wich is not functioning. The database is full and it is set up that the only way you c

Re: [CGUYS] DOS system Help

2008-06-19 Thread Tony B
http://www.newegg.com/Product/ProductList.aspx?Submit=ENE&DEPA=0&Description=usb+floppy http://www.newegg.com/Product/ProductList.aspx?Submit=ENE&DEPA=0&Description=PCMCIA+USB I doubt you can fit just any old floppy drive into a laptop. On Thu, Jun 19, 2008 at 12:46 PM, Michael Drabick <[EMAIL P

[CGUYS] current support for Eudora ... user groups?? versions??

2008-06-19 Thread Elaine Zablocki
I am using Eudora 7.0.1.0. (it says paid mode.) Basically it's working fine... there are a few little questions on my list, but I've got 50 computer issues to solve that have higher priority. Reading these posts about a beta version coming out from the new owners makes me realize I need to f

Re: [CGUYS] DOS system Help

2008-06-19 Thread Matthew Taylor
As a work around, you could pull the hard drive and USB mount it on another computer with a working A drive. On Jun 19, 2008, at 12:46 PM, Michael Drabick wrote: A NEC Versa V/50 laptop has a disk drive that no longer works. This machine is used as an interface with a machine that does bloo

Re: [CGUYS] T1 vs DSL?

2008-06-19 Thread Rev. Stewart Marshall
That was the age old problem with Novell. I did not recommend it for a small user group as it could be high in maintenance. Stewart At 11:06 AM 6/19/2008, you wrote: That is where I see such installations. I'm thinking that a large organization can have the on-site support to make it work. A

Re: [CGUYS] current support for Eudora ... user groups?? versions??

2008-06-19 Thread Sue Cubic
At 10:29 AM 06/19/2008 -0700, Elaine Zablocki wrote Reading these posts about a beta version coming out from the new owners makes me realize I need to find reliable support for the version I have, and want to keep using. Does anyone have a recommendation about users groups and/or listservs to

Re: [CGUYS] DOS system Help

2008-06-19 Thread Michael Drabick
So I would find the autoexec.bat file on the mounted hard drive and find out which DOS sofrtware is being run at startup, then drag that file(and associated files) over to the working computer and run it in DOS mode I saw the PCMCIA cards but they showed win98 as the lowest operating syste

Re: [CGUYS] current support for Eudora ... user groups?? versions??

2008-06-19 Thread Fred Holmes
There is also a USENET Newsgroup: comp.mail.eudora.ms.windows. I have used it and found it to be very useful. Fred Holmes At 02:01 PM 6/19/2008, Sue Cubic wrote: >At 10:29 AM 06/19/2008 -0700, Elaine Zablocki wrote > >>Reading these posts about a beta version coming out from the new owners mak

Re: [CGUYS] current support for Eudora ... user groups?? versions??

2008-06-19 Thread Kyle R. Graybeal
My version says 7.1.09 Kyle Graybeal At 01:29 PM 6/19/2008, you wrote: I am using Eudora 7.0.1.0. (it says paid mode.) Basically it's working fine... there are a few little questions on my list, but I've got 50 computer issues to solve that have higher priority. Reading these posts about

Re: [CGUYS] DOS system Help

2008-06-19 Thread Fred Holmes
If you are running DOS as the operating system on the laptop, I don't think there is any solution but to 1. replace the A: drive in the laptop 2. Move the whole operation to another DOS machine, preferably a desktop or tower (for maintainability). USB floppies and other such all require Windo

Re: [CGUYS] DOS system Help

2008-06-19 Thread gerald
i still have an addonics external CD reader. think it is a 1 speed. it connects through the parallel or serial port. i forgot which. i do not know if i threw the interconnect cable away or not. i used it in the past to load operating systems on laptops that did not have a floppy drive. you

Re: [CGUYS] current support for Eudora ... user groups?? versions??

2008-06-19 Thread Sue Cubic
At 04:09 PM 06/19/2008 -0400, Kyle R. Graybeal wrote My version says 7.1.09 That is the final version of "real" Eudora, available for free at: http://www.eudora.com/download/ It is stable. They are also offering an older version that was stable: 6.2.4 There were many problems with V7.0, and

Re: [CGUYS] current support for Eudora ... user groups?? versions??

2008-06-19 Thread mike
Some have said one of their issues with Thunderbird is that attachments can't be saved auto to folders you specify, this is incorrect and can be done easily. As well as customizing certain types of files that are attachments to go into any number of folders automatically. Since eudora is clearly

Re: [CGUYS] T1 vs DSL?

2008-06-19 Thread Michel Lowe
A very nice solution for a small office (30 users) is Cisco Call Manager Express. It runs on a Cisco router, even their smallest ISR platform, the 1800 series. You can run it on a Cisco 2811, put a PRI interface in it if you need that many PSTN connections (23) or a four port FXO card and connect

Re: [CGUYS] DOS system Help

2008-06-19 Thread John DeCarlo
On Thu, Jun 19, 2008 at 2:22 PM, Michael Drabick <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > So I would find the autoexec.bat file on the mounted hard drive and find > out which DOS sofrtware is being run at startup, then drag that file(and > associated files) over to the working computer and run it in DOS mode?

Re: [CGUYS] AVG dissatisfaction

2008-06-19 Thread mike
Am I mistaken or is there only free antivirus from AVG? That doesn't seem to cover most of the problems out there depending on how AVG classifies problems. I haven't seen many true viruses in years. One of the reasons I switched to the free avast when I installed vista 64. I hadn't run antiviru

Re: [CGUYS] AVG dissatisfaction

2008-06-19 Thread Richard P.
AVG Free 8.x does have an Anti-Spyware component with its Anti-Virus. I don't don't how comprehensive it is as I supplement my system with Webroot's Spy Sweeper. I do know that AVG 8.x scans for and finds a lot more things than 7.x. Richard P. mike wrote: Am I mistaken or is there only free

Re: [CGUYS] T1 vs DSL?

2008-06-19 Thread Robert Dana
> A a 64K data stream would consume less than 1% of a slow Ethernet (10 > Mbps) LAN. So providing good VIOP in house would be no problem. The > capacity problem only happens on the WAN. Not necessarily... any two modern computers copying a large file over a LAN can easily saturate a 10 or 100Mbp

[CGUYS] Speed Test Map

2008-06-19 Thread Richard P.
Virginia Tech has been putting together a map which shows/compares Internet Speed Tests for different regions, which is enhanced through users entering their own data. Probably worth a look: http://www.ecorridors.vt.edu/maps/broadbandmap.php Richard P. ***

Re: [CGUYS] T1 vs DSL?

2008-06-19 Thread Michel Lowe
When I wrote about Cisco Call Manager Express earlier I completely blanked on Asterisk! Asterisk is a GNU OpenBSD IP PBX application. It's a free download and supports all the popular VoIP protocols (SCCP, MGCP, H.323 and SIP) plus it claims to support Cisco phones. From Asterisk's website i