Re: [Hampshire] Hex dump

2008-11-24 Thread john lewis
On Sun, 23 Nov 2008 21:52:28 - Rob Malpass [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: - Original Message - From: Hugo Mills [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: Hampshire LUG Discussion List hampshire@mailman.lug.org.uk Sent: Sunday, November 23, 2008 9:48 PM Subject: Re: [Hampshire] Hex dump $ hd

[Hampshire] [OT] Extending Wireless Range

2008-11-24 Thread Philip Stubbs
Hi, My Mother-in-law as asked me to help her get onto the internet. Her brother has bought her a new laptop and I need to set it up. My Sister-in-law lives just nearby, and visitors to the Mother-in-law have been able to connect to the wireless router in the sister-in-law's house. Unfortunately,

Re: [Hampshire] [OT] Extending Wireless Range

2008-11-24 Thread Bob Dunlop
Hi, On Mon, Nov 24 at 10:30, Philip Stubbs wrote: ... The router is a speedtouch 585v6. It is on a desk by a window in site of the Mother-in-law's house. The laptop is on a desk by a window in site of the window that the router is behind. The distance between the windows is (according to

Re: [Hampshire] digital cameras

2008-11-24 Thread Peter Alefounder
Gordon Scott [EMAIL PROTECTED] said: FWIW, I'm a huge fan of Olympus. They're great cameras, mount as USB mass storage and have always been very reliable. I was looking at some Olympus cameras on Saturday. The one with a proper zoom lens was certainly better than the compact. I have to decide

Re: [Hampshire] Hex dump

2008-11-24 Thread Rob Malpass
- Original Message - From: john lewis [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: hampshire@mailman.lug.org.uk Sent: Monday, November 24, 2008 9:29 AM Subject: Re: [Hampshire] Hex dump On Sun, 23 Nov 2008 21:52:28 - Rob Malpass [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: - Original Message - From: Hugo

Re: [Hampshire] [OT] Extending Wireless Range

2008-11-24 Thread Alex Phillips
Philip Stubbs wrote: Hi, The router is a speedtouch 585v6. It is on a desk by a window in site of the Mother-in-law's house. The laptop is on a desk by a window in site of the window that the router is behind. The distance between the windows is (according to google maps) about 31 meters.

Re: [Hampshire] [OT] Extending Wireless Range

2008-11-24 Thread Paul Stimpson
Hi, As someone said you could use cat5 cable at this distance (make sure it is exterior grade or it won't survive the elements outside) I recently bought one of these http://www.kenable.co.uk/product_info.php/products_id/1387 it works well with Ubuntu and Windows but FC9's faulty