Re: security re: file sharing/networks

2006-01-15 Thread Brian McEwen
On Jan 14, 2006, at 11:41 PM, Amber R. wrote: I have a D-Link wireless router - there are options to change from the WEP 128 bit encryption to WPA personal.Would doing this create enough of a wall for most people trying to hack in ? Just turning on one of the 2 built-in restrictions

cheap wireless cards

2006-01-15 Thread Tom and Lisa P
Continuing our discussion on cheap wireless cards, I see that CompUSA is blowing out Linksys WPC11 wireless cards (store ID 279434) for $5 after rebates. Linksys has no mac driver listed, but I cant find any information on the chipset. Does anyone know which chipset this card uses ? Mad

Re: security re: file sharing/networks

2006-01-15 Thread Howard Katz
Amber-- It also sounds like a story you could sell to a TV writer. Keep us informed as to what happens. It DOES sound like they want your connection for something more than just checking their email and surfing once in a while! LaterHoward -- G-Books is sponsored by

Re: security re: file sharing/networks

2006-01-15 Thread Howard Katz
I think the bottom line is: Whether or not you thinks laws are good or not, or protect people or not, or are in favor of anarchy or not, laws do exist, usually for a purpose. If you feel it's ok to share YOUR wireless connection with someone else, that's your choice. If you feel it;s NOT ok to

Re: cheap wireless cards

2006-01-15 Thread Fabian Fang
On Jan 15, 2006, at 6:53 AM, Tom and Lisa P wrote: Continuing our discussion on cheap wireless cards, I see that CompUSA is blowing out Linksys WPC11 wireless cards (store ID 279434) for $5 after rebates. Linksys has no mac driver listed, but I cant find any information on the chipset.

Re: cheap wireless cards

2006-01-15 Thread Tom and Lisa Peters
On Jan 15, 2006, at 6:53 AM, Tom and Lisa P wrote: Continuing our discussion on cheap wireless cards, I see that CompUSA is blowing out Linksys WPC11 wireless cards (store ID 279434) for $5 after rebates. Linksys has no mac driver listed, but I cant find any information on the chipset. Does

Re: wireless router security

2006-01-15 Thread Andrew in Ann Arbor
I have a D-Link wireless router - there are options to change from the WEP 128 bit encryption to WPA personal.Would doing this create enough of a wall for most people trying to hack in ? I think I'd be prefer MAC address filtering, as I understand it both WEP and WPA require some CPU time

Re: cheap wireless cards

2006-01-15 Thread Fabian Fang
On Jan 15, 2006, at 7:28 AM, Tom and Lisa Peters wrote: Continuing our discussion on cheap wireless cards, I see that CompUSA is blowing out Linksys WPC11 wireless cards (store ID 279434) for $5 after rebates. Linksys has no mac driver listed, but I cant find any information on the

Re: system backups/copies

2006-01-15 Thread Laurent Daudelin
on 14/01/06 18:29, Paul Stamsen at [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Is there a way to back up or copy using CCC on my network? Nope, the disk has to be local. -Laurent. -- Laurent Daudelin AIM/iChat: LaurentDaudelin

Re: security re: file sharing/networks

2006-01-15 Thread bobgir2004
Brian - Thanks so much for the feedback and guidance. You said: Setting a password, turning off remote admin, and making sure you check for firmware updates once in a while (you are current at the moment for a v3 BEFSR41) are the important things for your setup, as I see it. Password is

Re: security re: file sharing/networks

2006-01-15 Thread darm0k
At 8:41 PM -0800 01/14/2006, Amber R. wrote: I have a D-Link wireless router - there are options to change from the WEP 128 bit encryption to WPA personal.Would doing this create enough of a wall for most people trying to hack in ? WEP will lock out 99.9%. WPA is better (but pls remember

Re: system backups/copies

2006-01-15 Thread darm0k
At 4:29 PM -0700 01/14/2006, Paul Stamsen wrote: Is there a way to back up or copy using CCC on my network? I don't beleive CCC supports network operations. - Dan. -- G-Books is sponsored by http://lowendmac.com/ and... Small Dog Electronicshttp://www.smalldog.com | Refurbished Drives

OT JCL (was Re: system backups/copies)

2006-01-15 Thread darm0k
At 1:00 PM -0500 01/15/2006, Laurent Daudelin's sig said: JCL: /J-C-L/ n. 1. IBM's supremely rude Job Control Language. JCL is the script language used to control the execution of programs in IBM's batch systems. JCL has a very fascist syntax, and some versions will, for example, barf if two

Battery Time Left

2006-01-15 Thread Daniel Colwell
For some reason I can no longer get info on how long my battery has left in hours and minutes. I can get the info in percentage, but if I ask for it to be shown as time left, it says calculating... or is just a blank, depending on which program I use to measure it. I have show battery

Kanga Logic board

2006-01-15 Thread Mark
Looking for a used working Kanga logic board. Anyone have one or know where to get one? -- G-Books is sponsored by http://lowendmac.com/ and... Small Dog Electronicshttp://www.smalldog.com | Refurbished Drives | -- Check our web site for refurbished PowerBooks | CDRWs on Sale! |

Interchanging iBook G3 G4 keyboards

2006-01-15 Thread Ruffin Bailey
I'm afraid I've mostly lurked on this list for a while and I apologize if the subject has been covered before, but just in case it's helpful... I certainly didn't find anyone who seemed to have done the deed when I Googled this up a few times over the last year. Short answers: * You

Re: Battery Time Left

2006-01-15 Thread Van Snyder
Dan - I have suffered this exact issue on my Pismo. Haven't figured out how to fix it either - my next stop? Start from scratch. Also - I believe my battery doesn't last as long under Tiger.. but that is just a sense. Please let me know if you remedy this - I'd be very interested to learn

Re: security re: file sharing/networks

2006-01-15 Thread Brian McEwen
On Jan 15, 2006, at 1:14 PM, bobgir2004 wrote: I did not provide sufficient info on my setup. Here it is. DSL modem connected to the wired Linksys router. Linksys connected to my G5 iMac via ethernet cable AND connected to my ancient Graphite Apple Base Station which in turns

Re: security re: file sharing/networks

2006-01-15 Thread John Siple
Indeed. Aber's neighbor seems to think she's entitled to use the connection. That's rude. There might be other options though. I heard a friend mention that he had some router setting that allowed him to not broadcast the SSID. I wasn't too interested at the time so I didn't ask what brand

New iLife 06

2006-01-15 Thread Amber R.
Good Afternoon everybody, I received my copy of iLife 06 on Friday and have been checking it out since then. I have to say that so far, the changes to iPhoto are pretty interesting and useful. - Faster initial loading of your photos - Full screen editing - Multi-photo comparisons -

Ibook G4 1GHz malfunctioning motherboard any value?

2006-01-15 Thread Laurent Daudelin
A few months ago, I did replace the motherboard in my daughter's iBook G4 at 1GHz. She had spilled water on the keyboard and it found its way to damage the motherboard. Only the video was affected, though, the computer seemed to be working fine except for the video. So, that motherboard has been

Re: no Battery Time Left on Pismo

2006-01-15 Thread Andrew in Ann Arbor
For some reason I can no longer get info on how long my battery has left in hours and minutes. I can get the info in percentage, but if I ask for it to be shown as time left, it says calculating... or is just a blank, depending on which program I use to measure it. I have show battery status in

Re: Ibook G4 1GHz malfunctioning motherboard any value?

2006-01-15 Thread sandra ragan
Does this work in the G3 dual USB? Mine still has the flaky power connector. Sandra Ragan www.plumdigital.com On Jan 15, 2006, at 3:39 PM, Laurent Daudelin wrote: A few months ago, I did replace the motherboard in my daughter's iBook G4 at 1GHz. She had spilled water on the keyboard and it

Re: New iLife 06

2006-01-15 Thread [EMAIL PROTECTED]
On 1/15/06 6:36 PM, Amber R. [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: iWeb itself is a pretty cool little application. I was able to set up a basic website with all kinds of hyperlinks, photos etc in less than 10 minutes. Very intuitive ! It does not look like a custom job but is great for those just

Re: no Battery Time Left on Pismo

2006-01-15 Thread John McGibney
Various upgrades to Tiger screwed up Apple's battery monitor software. Try using one of the freebee aftermarket ones found at versiontracker.com. They seem immune to the upgrade bug. John On Jan 15, 2006, at 6:42 PM, Andrew in Ann Arbor wrote: For some reason I can no longer get info on

Re: Battery Time Left

2006-01-15 Thread Frank Cornew
Dan Van: Me too...Pismo with Newertech high cap battery. Tiger upgrade, not clean install. Many full cycles on battery, PRAM reset, power mgr reset, utilities, Macaroni type maintenance, full sotware updates. Thought it had to do either with the battery not being from apple or that the

Re: Battery Time Left

2006-01-15 Thread Alan Miller
My Pismo, w/ clean install of OS X.4, original apple batteries, and the computer always says Calculating. too. -- Alan Miller Underwater Photographer °°.°.°.°. http://home.earthlink.net/~uwphoto/ Pismo400, 1G RAM, OS X.4.3 eBay ID uwphotoer Live each day like it is your last

Re: security re: file sharing/networks

2006-01-15 Thread Brian McEwen
On Jan 15, 2006, at 6:24 PM, John Siple wrote: broadcast the SSID. I wasn't too interested at the time so I didn't ask what brand of router he was using. But this capability would be a clean solution to the nosey neighbor and still allow Amber to use her own wireless systems, which she

Pink Hue on Pismo display

2006-01-15 Thread James Sanderson
I am wondering if anyone here can remind me what causes the above symptom. It goes away after a few seconds and the colour is fine. The pink colour returns after waking the comp from sleep. The colour always goes away. Is this something to be very concerned about, somewhat concerned

Re: Pink Hue on Pismo display

2006-01-15 Thread Tom and Lisa Peters
I am wondering if anyone here can remind me what causes the above symptom. It goes away after a few seconds and the colour is fine. The pink colour returns after waking the comp from sleep. The colour always goes away. Is this something to be very concerned about, somewhat concerned about

Re: Battery Time Left

2006-01-15 Thread mike kochkodin
My Pismo, w/ clean install of OS X.4, original apple batteries, and the computer always says Calculating. too. Stupid question/comment for you all...I had this happen once with Panther...It seemed to correct itself by running a combo of DiskWarrior and also simply repairing

Re: Battery Time Left

2006-01-15 Thread mike kochkodin
My Pismo, w/ clean install of OS X.4, original apple batteries, and the computer always says Calculating. too. Stupid question/comment for you all...I had this happen once with Panther...It seemed to correct itself by running a combo of DiskWarrior and also simply repairing

Flickering Pismo screen

2006-01-15 Thread Mark Philip
Hi all, my trusty 400MHz Pismo is now flickering. Is there something I can do about this? Is it a display ribbon cable issue? Thanks... -- Best, Mark. -- G-Books is sponsored by http://lowendmac.com/ and... Small Dog Electronicshttp://www.smalldog.com | Refurbished Drives | -- Check our