Re: Wireless Routers

2010-05-12 Thread Len Hammond
m:* John Aldrich [mailto:jaldr...@blueridgecarpet.com] > *Sent:* Wednesday, May 12, 2010 12:16 PM > > *To:* NT System Admin Issues > *Subject:* RE: Wireless Routers > > > > What’s a good source for refurbed routers? > > > > [image: John-Aldrich][image: Tile-Tools]

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2010-05-12 Thread Carl Houseman
Newegg.com has a bunch of recertified routers listed right now, including several Linksys. Carl From: John Aldrich [mailto:jaldr...@blueridgecarpet.com] Sent: Wednesday, May 12, 2010 12:16 PM To: NT System Admin Issues Subject: RE: Wireless Routers What's a good source for ref

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2010-05-12 Thread John Aldrich
What's a good source for refurbed routers? John-AldrichTile-Tools From: Len Hammond [mailto:lenhammo...@gmail.com] Sent: Wednesday, May 12, 2010 12:11 PM To: NT System Admin Issues Subject: Re: Wireless Routers +1 on the Netgear refurbs. I have installed about a dozen of them

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2010-05-12 Thread Len Hammond
> > > > Regarding troubleshooting, a factory reset (using the pushbutton) followed > by firmware upgrade should be attempted before tossing them in the trash. > > > > Carl > > > > *From:* Roger Wright [mailto:rhw...@gmail.com] > *Sent:* Monday, May 10, 2010 12:01 P

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2010-05-11 Thread RM
My Blackberry WiFi is flaky when used with my Netgear and it won't work at all with my old D-Link. One more data point. No, I haven't tried it with a Linksys. RM On Mon, 10 May 2010 10:31 -0400, "John Aldrich" wrote: I’m pretty sure the Netgear was an 802.11G router. The Dell laptop has a D

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2010-05-11 Thread Ken Hoegeman
Thanks, I looked at that article, but the DHCP server is Win2003 Ken On Mon, May 10, 2010 at 11:04 PM, Angus Scott-Fleming wrote: > On 10 May 2010 at 21:25, Ken Hoegeman wrote: > > > > > FYI - I have 4 year old laptop with Windows 7 & Nod 4 security suite. > > At some of my clients I can connec

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2010-05-11 Thread John Aldrich
es Subject: Re: Wireless Routers On 10 May 2010 at 21:25, Ken Hoegeman wrote: > > FYI - I have 4 year old laptop with Windows 7 & Nod 4 security suite. > At some of my clients I can connect to their secure WAP (not Netgear), > but don't get an IP thru DHCP. Connecting

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2010-05-11 Thread John Aldrich
Windows firewall was not enabled on my laptop or the client's desktop. John-AldrichTile-Tools From: Ken Hoegeman [mailto:ken.hoege...@gmail.com] Sent: Monday, May 10, 2010 9:25 PM To: NT System Admin Issues Subject: Re: Wireless Routers FYI - I have 4 year old laptop with Wind

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2010-05-10 Thread Angus Scott-Fleming
On 10 May 2010 at 21:25, Ken Hoegeman wrote: > > FYI - I have 4 year old laptop with Windows 7 & Nod 4 security suite. > At some of my clients I can connect to their secure WAP (not Netgear), > but don't get an IP thru DHCP. Connecting with ethernet cable is never a > problem. > I just disabl

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2010-05-10 Thread Ken Hoegeman
FYI - I have 4 year old laptop with Windows 7 & Nod 4 security suite. At some of my clients I can connect to their secure WAP (not Netgear), but don't get an IP thru DHCP. Connecting with ethernet cable is never a problem. I just disable the firewall get the IP address and then turn the firewall b

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2010-05-10 Thread Steven M. Caesare
2010 4:33 PM To: NT System Admin Issues Subject: RE: Wireless Routers Yeah, I hate to admit it, but with OpenWRT on a 54, small offices and employee homes where I don't have literally 10k to spend, the things I do with that firmware are crazy. Iptables and OpenVPN + bash permit some pret

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2010-05-10 Thread Joseph L. Casale
. At one location, I bridged a port with the wan so the "kid" at their home could still use his own stuff and I had my own lan to permit the business needs end... From: James Kerr [mailto:cluster...@gmail.com] Sent: Monday, May 10, 2010 2:27 PM To: NT System Admin Issues Subject: Re: Wire

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2010-05-10 Thread James Kerr
nksys WRT54G2 (I think that's the model) and its solid. James - Original Message - From: John Aldrich To: NT System Admin Issues Sent: Monday, May 10, 2010 11:05 AM Subject: RE: Wireless Routers Well, all I can do is tell you guys what *my* personal experience has b

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2010-05-10 Thread Kim Longenbaugh
What hasn't been answered is what exactly does "airspeed velocity" mean, since speed and velocity are actually two different things. From: Mike Gill [mailto:lis...@canbyfoursquare.com] Sent: Monday, May 10, 2010 12:43 PM To: NT System Admin Issues Subject: RE: Wireless Route

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2010-05-10 Thread Mike Gill
This has been answered J http://www.style.org/unladenswallow/ -- Mike Gill From: Andy Shook [mailto:andy.sh...@peak10.com] Sent: Monday, May 10, 2010 7:26 AM To: NT System Admin Issues Subject: RE: Wireless Routers Another silly question; What's the airspeed velocity

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2010-05-10 Thread John Aldrich
@gmail.com] Sent: Monday, May 10, 2010 12:18 PM To: NT System Admin Issues Subject: RE: Wireless Routers Buy factory refurbs. They've already been fixed.. J Seriously, I'm running DD-WRT on several Netgear refurbs, couldn't be happier. This particular model of Netgear had

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2010-05-10 Thread Carl Houseman
factory reset (using the pushbutton) followed by firmware upgrade should be attempted before tossing them in the trash. Carl From: Roger Wright [mailto:rhw...@gmail.com] Sent: Monday, May 10, 2010 12:01 PM To: NT System Admin Issues Subject: Re: Wireless Routers I've had is

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2010-05-10 Thread John Aldrich
Sent: Monday, May 10, 2010 12:01 PM To: NT System Admin Issues Subject: Re: Wireless Routers I've had issues with Netgear, D-Link, and Linksys/Cisco consumer routers. It seems most are only good for about 18-24 months and then need to be replaced. I do like the Linksys GUI best but that&#x

Re: Wireless Routers

2010-05-10 Thread Ben Scott
On Mon, May 10, 2010 at 11:13 AM, Murray Freeman wrote: > As to the channel in use, 1,6 & 11 are the recommended channels for all wifi > .. That's because they are the only three channels which allow for three channels with no overlap. Table here: http://www.moonblinkwifi.com/2point4freq.c

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2010-05-10 Thread Roger Wright
I've had issues with Netgear, D-Link, and Linksys/Cisco consumer routers. It seems most are only good for about 18-24 months and then need to be replaced. I do like the Linksys GUI best but that's probably just because I'm more familiar with it. But for $50, it's not worth the time to mess with

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2010-05-10 Thread Erik Goldoff
: Re: Wireless Routers IP over avian carrier? On Mon, May 10, 2010 at 08:22, Steven M. Caesare wrote: > 802.11sw > > > > -sc > > > > From: richardmccl...@aspca.org [mailto:richardmccl...@aspca.org] > Sent: Monday, May 10, 2010 10:28 AM > To: NT System Admin Issues >

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2010-05-10 Thread John Aldrich
System Admin Issues Subject: RE: Wireless Routers Time to update firmware on the wife. -sc From: John Aldrich [mailto:jaldr...@blueridgecarpet.com] Sent: Monday, May 10, 2010 11:36 AM To: NT System Admin Issues Subject: RE: Wireless Routers WRT54GS2 is supported by DD-WRT. However,

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2010-05-10 Thread Steven M. Caesare
Time to update firmware on the wife. -sc From: John Aldrich [mailto:jaldr...@blueridgecarpet.com] Sent: Monday, May 10, 2010 11:36 AM To: NT System Admin Issues Subject: RE: Wireless Routers WRT54GS2 is supported by DD-WRT. However, I knew my wife would be upset (she was) about how

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2010-05-10 Thread Jonathan Link
mailto:richardmccl...@aspca.org] > > Sent: Monday, May 10, 2010 10:28 AM > > To: NT System Admin Issues > > Subject: RE: Wireless Routers > > > > > > > > Would that be an African swallow or a European swallow? > > -- > > richard, from an autonomo

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2010-05-10 Thread John Aldrich
10, 2010 11:25 AM To: NT System Admin Issues Subject: RE: Wireless Routers Whatever you buy, make sure it will run DD-WRT (or Tomato). -sc From: John Aldrich [mailto:jaldr...@blueridgecarpet.com] Sent: Monday, May 10, 2010 10:17 AM To: NT System Admin Issues Subject: Wireless Routers

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2010-05-10 Thread Steven M. Caesare
Wireless IP over CP. -sc > -Original Message- > From: Kurt Buff [mailto:kurt.b...@gmail.com] > Sent: Monday, May 10, 2010 11:31 AM > To: NT System Admin Issues > Subject: Re: Wireless Routers > > IP over avian carrier? > > On Mon, May 10, 2010 at 08:22,

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2010-05-10 Thread Kurt Buff
IP over avian carrier? On Mon, May 10, 2010 at 08:22, Steven M. Caesare wrote: > 802.11sw > > > > -sc > > > > From: richardmccl...@aspca.org [mailto:richardmccl...@aspca.org] > Sent: Monday, May 10, 2010 10:28 AM > To: NT System Admin Issues > Subject: RE: Wi

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2010-05-10 Thread Sean Rector
I've used many Netgear wireless routers with no problems. Of course, YMMV. Sean Rector, MCSE From: John Aldrich [mailto:jaldr...@blueridgecarpet.com] Sent: Monday, May 10, 2010 10:17 AM To: NT System Admin Issues Subject: Wireless Routers This weekend, I spent about 4 hours working at

RE: Wireless Routers

2010-05-10 Thread Steven M. Caesare
Whatever you buy, make sure it will run DD-WRT (or Tomato). -sc From: John Aldrich [mailto:jaldr...@blueridgecarpet.com] Sent: Monday, May 10, 2010 10:17 AM To: NT System Admin Issues Subject: Wireless Routers This weekend, I spent about 4 hours working at a client's site (side job) tr

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2010-05-10 Thread Steven M. Caesare
802.11sw -sc From: richardmccl...@aspca.org [mailto:richardmccl...@aspca.org] Sent: Monday, May 10, 2010 10:28 AM To: NT System Admin Issues Subject: RE: Wireless Routers Would that be an African swallow or a European swallow? -- richard, from an autonomous collective Andy Shook

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2010-05-10 Thread Kurt Buff
So, I'm really late on this... On Mon, May 10, 2010 at 07:36, Maglinger, Paul wrote: > > An African or European Swallow? > > > > From: Andy Shook [mailto:andy.sh...@peak10.com] > Sent: Monday, May 10, 2010 9:26 AM > To: NT System Admin Issues > Subject: RE: Wirele

Re: Wireless Routers

2010-05-10 Thread Kurt Buff
0, 2010 10:20 AM > To: NT System Admin Issues > Subject: Re: Wireless Routers > > > > Silly question, but did you try resetting the original one back to factory > specs? > > On Mon, May 10, 2010 at 10:17 AM, John Aldrich > wrote: > > This weekend, I spent abou

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2010-05-10 Thread Murray Freeman
fer to be alone on a channel. Murray From: Erik Goldoff [mailto:egold...@gmail.com] Sent: Monday, May 10, 2010 9:48 AM To: NT System Admin Issues Subject: RE: Wireless Routers Actually this reminded me, I did have a client a year or so ago with a similar problem, and changing

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2010-05-10 Thread John Aldrich
Nahh. that's all good. J John-AldrichTile-Tools From: Erik Goldoff [mailto:egold...@gmail.com] Sent: Monday, May 10, 2010 10:47 AM To: NT System Admin Issues Subject: RE: Wireless Routers Understood, but had to make sure it wasn't an incompatibility between 802.11A ro

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2010-05-10 Thread John Aldrich
Well, all I can do is tell you guys what *my* personal experience has been. YMMV and quite possibly does. J John-AldrichTile-Tools From: richardmccl...@aspca.org [mailto:richardmccl...@aspca.org] Sent: Monday, May 10, 2010 10:43 AM To: NT System Admin Issues Subject: RE: Wireless Routers

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2010-05-10 Thread Erik Goldoff
2010 10:50 AM To: NT System Admin Issues Subject: RE: Wireless Routers Sweet…they go to 11 (name that movie J ) I’m on a roll today, baby. Shook From: Erik Goldoff [mailto:egold...@gmail.com] Sent: Monday, May 10, 2010 10:48 AM To: NT System Admin Issues Subject: RE: Wireless Router

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2010-05-10 Thread Richard Stovall
May 10, 2010 10:48 AM > > *To:* NT System Admin Issues > *Subject:* RE: Wireless Routers > > > > Actually this reminded me, I did have a client a year or so ago with a > similar problem, and changing the channel the Netgear used solved the > connection issue for him. I

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2010-05-10 Thread Bill Lambert
by reply email and delete all copies of this message. Thank you. From: Maglinger, Paul [mailto:pmaglin...@scvl.com] Sent: Monday, May 10, 2010 9:36 AM To: NT System Admin Issues Subject: RE: Wireless Routers An African or European Swallow? From: Andy Shook [mailto:andy.sh...@peak10.com

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2010-05-10 Thread Andy Shook
Sweet...they go to 11 (name that movie :) ) I'm on a roll today, baby. Shook From: Erik Goldoff [mailto:egold...@gmail.com] Sent: Monday, May 10, 2010 10:48 AM To: NT System Admin Issues Subject: RE: Wireless Routers Actually this reminded me, I did have a client a year or so ago w

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2010-05-10 Thread Erik Goldoff
, Networks, & Security ' Security is an ongoing process, not a one time event ! ' From: Bill Lambert [mailto:blamb...@concuity.com] Sent: Monday, May 10, 2010 10:37 AM To: NT System Admin Issues Subject: RE: Wireless Routers I had a similar experience with trouble shooting a

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2010-05-10 Thread Erik Goldoff
idgecarpet.com] Sent: Monday, May 10, 2010 10:32 AM To: NT System Admin Issues Subject: RE: Wireless Routers I’m pretty sure the Netgear was an 802.11G router. The Dell laptop has a Dell Wireless Dual-Band WLAN card in it (on-board.) The Desktop machine had an Edimax EX-7128G 802.11 b/g card i

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2010-05-10 Thread John Aldrich
Tools From: richardmccl...@aspca.org [mailto:richardmccl...@aspca.org] Sent: Monday, May 10, 2010 10:38 AM To: NT System Admin Issues Subject: RE: Wireless Routers Geek Squad should not set these things up! If they do, they have no business leaving before confirming that the end user connect

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2010-05-10 Thread RichardMcClary
on 05/10/2010 09:28:17 AM: > > > Nope, but I did review the settings on it, and I had the paperwork > > from Geeksquad from when they originally set it up, which included > > the wireless password. It would ?connect? but it would never get an > > IP address. > &g

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2010-05-10 Thread John Aldrich
ay, May 10, 2010 10:26 AM To: NT System Admin Issues Subject: RE: Wireless Routers I usually have at least one employee a month telling me they can't get their new wireless router to work and if I have any advice. First question is if it's a Netgear. So far I'm batting 1000. Tell

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2010-05-10 Thread Jonathan Link
.org] > > Sent: Monday, May 10, 2010 10:28 AM > > > To: NT System Admin Issues > > Subject: RE: Wireless Routers > > > > > > Would that be an African swallow or a European swallow? > > -- > > richard, from an autonomous collective > > > >

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2010-05-10 Thread Andy Shook
It was just a flesh wound...I'm good. Shook From: richardmccl...@aspca.org [mailto:richardmccl...@aspca.org] Sent: Monday, May 10, 2010 10:39 AM To: NT System Admin Issues Subject: RE: Wireless Routers Well, there went Shook... Andy Shook wrote on 05/10/2010 09:29:33 AM: > Blue, no.

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2010-05-10 Thread RichardMcClary
Well, there went Shook... Andy Shook wrote on 05/10/2010 09:29:33 AM: > Blue, no?yellow > > Shook > > From: richardmccl...@aspca.org [mailto:richardmccl...@aspca.org] > Sent: Monday, May 10, 2010 10:28 AM > To: NT System Admin Issues > Subject: RE: Wireless Routers

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2010-05-10 Thread RichardMcClary
..@gmail.com] > Sent: Monday, May 10, 2010 10:20 AM > To: NT System Admin Issues > Subject: Re: Wireless Routers > > Silly question, but did you try resetting the original one back to > factory specs? > On Mon, May 10, 2010 at 10:17 AM, John Aldrich > wrote: > This

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2010-05-10 Thread Bill Lambert
lease contact the sender by reply email and delete all copies of this message. Thank you. From: John Aldrich [mailto:jaldr...@blueridgecarpet.com] Sent: Monday, May 10, 2010 9:32 AM To: NT System Admin Issues Subject: RE: Wireless Routers I'm pretty sure the Netgear was an 802.11G router

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2010-05-10 Thread Maglinger, Paul
An African or European Swallow? From: Andy Shook [mailto:andy.sh...@peak10.com] Sent: Monday, May 10, 2010 9:26 AM To: NT System Admin Issues Subject: RE: Wireless Routers Another silly question; What's the airspeed velocity of an un-laden swallow? Shook From: Ca

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2010-05-10 Thread John Aldrich
drichTile-Tools From: Erik Goldoff [mailto:egold...@gmail.com] Sent: Monday, May 10, 2010 10:24 AM To: NT System Admin Issues Subject: RE: Wireless Routers Could be a dumb question, but what was the Netgear, 802.11A, 802.11B, 802.11G, and what was the wireless adapter in the user systems ? E

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2010-05-10 Thread Andy Shook
Blue, no...yellow Shook From: richardmccl...@aspca.org [mailto:richardmccl...@aspca.org] Sent: Monday, May 10, 2010 10:28 AM To: NT System Admin Issues Subject: RE: Wireless Routers Would that be an African swallow or a European swallow? -- richard, from an autonomous collective Andy Shook

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2010-05-10 Thread David W. McSpadden
What do you mean, an African or European Swallow? _ From: Andy Shook [mailto:andy.sh...@peak10.com] Sent: Monday, May 10, 2010 10:26 AM To: NT System Admin Issues Subject: RE: Wireless Routers Another silly question; What's the airspeed velocity of an un-laden sw

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2010-05-10 Thread Richard Stovall
May 10, 2010 10:20 AM > > *To:* NT System Admin Issues > *Subject:* Re: Wireless Routers > > > > Silly question, but did you try resetting the original one back to factory > specs? > > On Mon, May 10, 2010 at 10:17 AM, John Aldrich < > jaldr...@blueridgecarpet.

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2010-05-10 Thread RichardMcClary
eron.orl...@gmail.com] > Sent: Monday, May 10, 2010 10:20 AM > To: NT System Admin Issues > Subject: Re: Wireless Routers > > Silly question, but did you try resetting the original one back to > factory specs? > On Mon, May 10, 2010 at 10:17 AM, John Aldrich > wrote: >

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2010-05-10 Thread John Aldrich
@gmail.com] Sent: Monday, May 10, 2010 10:20 AM To: NT System Admin Issues Subject: Re: Wireless Routers Silly question, but did you try resetting the original one back to factory specs? On Mon, May 10, 2010 at 10:17 AM, John Aldrich wrote: This weekend, I spent about 4 hours working at a cli

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2010-05-10 Thread N Parr
_ From: Cameron [mailto:cameron.orl...@gmail.com] Sent: Monday, May 10, 2010 9:20 AM To: NT System Admin Issues Subject: Re: Wireless Routers Silly question, but did you try resetting the original one back to factory specs? On Mon, May 10, 2010 at 10:17 AM, John Aldrich < jaldr...@b

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2010-05-10 Thread Murray Freeman
Just a quick response to your "Anti-Netgear" attitude. I've had 2 Netgear WIFI's and they both work just fine. When I moved up to a Rangemax, I gave my old one to a friend and he reports no problems. Oh, that was more than 2 years ago. I've worked on other brands at work, but I'm very happy with my

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2010-05-10 Thread Andy Shook
Another silly question; What's the airspeed velocity of an un-laden swallow? Shook From: Cameron [mailto:cameron.orl...@gmail.com] Sent: Monday, May 10, 2010 10:20 AM To: NT System Admin Issues Subject: Re: Wireless Routers Silly question, but did you try resetting the original one ba

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2010-05-10 Thread Erik Goldoff
Could be a dumb question, but what was the Netgear, 802.11A, 802.11B, 802.11G, and what was the wireless adapter in the user systems ? Erik Goldoff IT Consultant Systems, Networks, & Security ' Security is an ongoing process, not a one time event ! ' From: John Aldrich [mailto:jaldr...@b

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2010-05-10 Thread Cameron
Silly question, but did you try resetting the original one back to factory specs? On Mon, May 10, 2010 at 10:17 AM, John Aldrich wrote: > This weekend, I spent about 4 hours working at a client’s site (side job) > trying to get their desktop to link up to their existing wireless router > (Netge