Re: [H] access point

2008-11-18 Thread Robert Martin Jr.
most newer switches are auto-configuring for standard or crossover. You don't even have to mess with it. Plug and play baby lopaka --- On Tue, 11/18/08, Harvey Best <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: From: Harvey Best <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Subject: Re: [H] access point To: "Alt Cpu" Date: Tuesday, Novemb

Re: [H] access point

2008-11-18 Thread Robert Martin Jr.
get 4-8 port gigabit switch and you'll be ready for any other peripherals that may come down the road. No worries --- On Tue, 11/18/08, Harvey Best <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: From: Harvey Best <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Subject: [H] access point To: "Alt Cpu" Date: Tuesday, November 18, 2008, 4:24 PM

Re: [H] access point

2008-11-18 Thread Harvey Best
Will I need a cross over cable for that? I am not a network guy either and I don't really want to run any more cable. Where I need this new connection I have a network cable run through the wall. If I don't need a crossover cable I could put the switch on that one. But I have a feeling I will

Re: [H] access point

2008-11-18 Thread Bobby Heid
Harvey, Not being a network guy, there might be a better solution, but I'd probably hook up a 4-port switch (pretty cheap) to one of the router ports and then plug some of the other items into the switch. Bobby -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behal

[H] access point

2008-11-18 Thread Harvey Best
Have a Linksys Wireless Router WRT 310 it has 4 wired ports. I use the wireless part for my laptop and the 2 DVR are wireless. I have my wireless printer hooked up with a network cable as when I connect wireless it keeps dropping connection and I have to reinstall over and over. I have 1 DVR w

Re: [H] Video card question

2008-11-18 Thread DHSinclair
Stan, Well, yes and no. Yes, I have a new/replacement PC built; a C2D/P45/DDR3 that is just missing a video card. I do have 3 PCI cards that I can try, but I have to take another PC down to try. ATM, my spare G200-PCI may be bad. I will confirm this tonight. And, no, you missed nothing. I di

Re: [H] Video card question

2008-11-18 Thread Stan Zaske
quote: But, I have this brandy, spanking, new set of toys that need a video card just to see if it even works.. :) Did I misunderstand something? DHSinclair wrote: J/Stan, Hey! Hey! It is a Guinea Pig; not a hamster. Yes, I may be 1 or 2 generations behind. I use AMD Barton 2500+'s, an A

Re: [H] Video card question

2008-11-18 Thread DHSinclair
J/Stan, Hey! Hey! It is a Guinea Pig; not a hamster. Yes, I may be 1 or 2 generations behind. I use AMD Barton 2500+'s, an AMD TBird 1400M, and some Intel P3's. Most of my video cards are nVidia GeForce 4's or nVidia FX5500's. Yes, not top drawer, but it all seems to do OK for my needs. I am

Re: [H] Not yet

2008-11-18 Thread mark.dodge
Thank you for this, there they are, although a little bit harder to get to what I want. -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of maccrawj Sent: Friday, November 14, 2008 9:10 PM To: hardware@hardwaregroup.com Subject: Re: [H] Not yet http://www.tom

Re: [H] Most recent Vista annoyance - power settings won't stay put

2008-11-18 Thread FORC5
this is just a guess that it might have something to do with the administrator on vista does not have the same authority it used to. On mine the user is admin but for some duties I have to right click and use run as administrator for it to work. For some installs and such. Not sure if this is

Re: [H] Video card question

2008-11-18 Thread maccrawj
Given what he's been running on, I'm sure a hamster on a wheel is faster! ;) A review on Anandtech for it: http://www.anandtech.com/video/showdoc.aspx?i=3444 Stan Zaske wrote: Duncan just wanted to have a video card that was competent for web based video and this card is obviously overkill for