Re: [GTALUG] (question) TP-Link TL-WR802N 300Mbps Wireless-N Nano Router

2016-08-12 Thread Peter Renzland via talk
Depending on your intended use, there is also this: https://www.amazon.ca/dp/B01CVOLGOG/ref=pe_386430_202053160_TE_item TP-Link TL-WR810N 300 Mbps Wireless N Mini Router $35 It has a built-in power supply, 2 ethernet ports, and a USB port. It can operate in several modes: 1. Router 2.

Re: [GTALUG] (answer) TP-Link TL-WR802N 300Mbps Wireless-N Nano Router

2016-08-12 Thread Scott Sullivan via talk
On 08/11/2016 11:52 PM, William Park via talk wrote: Anyone have this one? http://www.canadacomputers.com/product_info.php?cPath=27_1046_365_id=087761 http://www.tplink.ca/en/products/details/TL-WR802N.html If so, have you ever used its "Client Mode" and can you confirm that it works?

Re: [GTALUG] (question) TP-Link TL-WR802N 300Mbps Wireless-N Nano Router

2016-08-12 Thread William Park via talk
On Fri, Aug 12, 2016 at 08:59:46PM -0400, James Knott via talk wrote: > That is exactly what that D-Link will do in Client mode. It will > connect one or more Ethernet devices via WiFi to the router. James, since you have this DAP-1350... Suppose Device-A is connected to your DAP, which is in

Re: [GTALUG] (question) TP-Link TL-WR802N 300Mbps Wireless-N Nano Router

2016-08-12 Thread Scott Allen via talk
On 12 August 2016 at 20:48, William Park via talk wrote: > Yes, scenario 1 is what I meant and want. Correct term (and operation) > is "client bridge". It looks like there isn't just one standard for connecting two routers via a wireless link and creating a single bridged

Re: [GTALUG] (question) TP-Link TL-WR802N 300Mbps Wireless-N Nano Router

2016-08-12 Thread James Knott via talk
On 08/12/2016 08:48 PM, William Park via talk wrote: >> From what I understand so far, William can correct me, he wants Scenario 1, >> > where its a transparent bridge. I've been re-acquainting myself with this >> > all morning. > Yes, scenario 1 is what I meant and want. Correct term (and

Re: [GTALUG] (question) TP-Link TL-WR802N 300Mbps Wireless-N Nano Router

2016-08-12 Thread William Park via talk
On Fri, Aug 12, 2016 at 09:46:10AM -0400, Scott Sullivan via talk wrote: > William, is correct in that 'client mode' is not what he's seeking, although > he's not hit on the correct term yet. > > From what I understand so far, William can correct me, he wants Scenario 1, > where its a transparent

Re: [GTALUG] better than average article on why the federal payroll system is a mess

2016-08-12 Thread David Collier-Brown via talk
On 12/08/16 12:34 PM, Christopher Browne via talk wrote: On 12 August 2016 at 11:49, o1bigtenor via talk wrote: On Fri, Aug 12, 2016 at 10:41 AM, Alvin Starr via talk wrote: On 08/12/2016 11:13 AM, D. Hugh Redelmeier via talk wrote: There have been a bunch

Re: [GTALUG] better than average article on why the federal payroll system is a mess

2016-08-12 Thread D. Hugh Redelmeier via talk
| From: Peter Renzland via talk | 1. I don't like the literary form of this article. Too much theatre. |I prefer non-fiction, not info-fiction. Even the URL misleads. Each to his own taste. I thought it was fine but I didn't think of it as a tour de force | 2. (Why)

Re: [GTALUG] better than average article on why the federal payroll system is a mess

2016-08-12 Thread Alvin Starr via talk
On 08/12/2016 12:34 PM, Christopher Browne via talk wrote: On 12 August 2016 at 11:49, o1bigtenor via talk wrote: On Fri, Aug 12, 2016 at 10:41 AM, Alvin Starr via talk wrote: On 08/12/2016 11:13 AM, D. Hugh Redelmeier via talk wrote: There have been a

Re: [GTALUG] better than average article on why the federal payroll system is a mess

2016-08-12 Thread Peter Renzland via talk
> On Aug 12, 2016, at 11:13, D. Hugh Redelmeier via talk > wrote: > Some of my thoughts: 1. I don't like the literary form of this article. Too much theatre. I

Re: [GTALUG] better than average article on why the federal payroll system is a mess

2016-08-12 Thread Gary via talk
Chris, I think you're on to something here. Its the execs who are the problem. The fundamental problem is that the current crop of executives have no understanding of technology and yet technology is a key driver of productivity. These people are well versed in accounting principles and know

Re: [GTALUG] better than average article on why the federal payroll system is a mess

2016-08-12 Thread James Knott via talk
On 08/12/2016 12:34 PM, Christopher Browne via talk wrote: > Cats are carnivores, and we know to call those that have the delusion that > it is a good idea to make them into vegetarians delusional fools. My cat *LOVES* peanut butter! --- Talk Mailing List talk@gtalug.org

Re: [GTALUG] better than average article on why the federal payroll system is a mess

2016-08-12 Thread Christopher Browne via talk
On 12 August 2016 at 11:49, o1bigtenor via talk wrote: > On Fri, Aug 12, 2016 at 10:41 AM, Alvin Starr via talk > wrote: >> On 08/12/2016 11:13 AM, D. Hugh Redelmeier via talk wrote: >> >> There have been a bunch of headlines about the new federal payroll >>

Re: [GTALUG] better than average article on why the federal payroll system is a mess

2016-08-12 Thread Christopher Browne via talk
On 12 August 2016 at 11:13, D. Hugh Redelmeier via talk wrote: > There have been a bunch of headlines about the new federal payroll > system "Phoenix" is screwing up a lot. This article does a reasonable > job of describing how the problems happened. > >

Re: [GTALUG] better than average article on why the federal payroll system is a mess

2016-08-12 Thread o1bigtenor via talk
On Fri, Aug 12, 2016 at 10:41 AM, Alvin Starr via talk wrote: > On 08/12/2016 11:13 AM, D. Hugh Redelmeier via talk wrote: > > There have been a bunch of headlines about the new federal payroll > system "Phoenix" is screwing up a lot. This article does a reasonable > job of

Re: [GTALUG] better than average article on why the federal payroll system is a mess

2016-08-12 Thread Alvin Starr via talk
On 08/12/2016 11:13 AM, D. Hugh Redelmeier via talk wrote: There have been a bunch of headlines about the new federal payroll system "Phoenix" is screwing up a lot. This article does a reasonable job of describing how the problems happened.

[GTALUG] better than average article on why the federal payroll system is a mess

2016-08-12 Thread D. Hugh Redelmeier via talk
There have been a bunch of headlines about the new federal payroll system "Phoenix" is screwing up a lot. This article does a reasonable job of describing how the problems happened.

Re: [GTALUG] Debian postgresql security advisory

2016-08-12 Thread Giles Orr via talk
On 11 August 2016 at 17:27, Giles Orr wrote: > Debian issued a security advisory for postgresql today: > https://www.debian.org/security/2016/dsa-3646 . So I want to upgrade > my pgsql install on stable. The advisory says "these problems have > been fixed in version

[GTALUG] TL-MR3020

2016-08-12 Thread Scott Sullivan via talk
Just out of the recent thread "TP-Link TL-WR802N 300Mbps Wireless-N Nano Router", wanted to pull together useful links on one of my favorite pieces of travel kit. It's aged very well, still doing what every random job I throw at it 4 years on. The most recent triumph, involved using as it as

Re: [GTALUG] (question) TP-Link TL-WR802N 300Mbps Wireless-N Nano Router

2016-08-12 Thread James Knott via talk
On 08/12/2016 09:46 AM, Scott Sullivan via talk wrote: > From what I understand so far, William can correct me, he wants > Scenario 1, where its a transparent bridge. I've been re-acquainting > myself with this all morning. > > While it can still be called confusingly 'bridged client mode', the >

Re: [GTALUG] (question) TP-Link TL-WR802N 300Mbps Wireless-N Nano Router

2016-08-12 Thread Scott Sullivan via talk
On 08/12/2016 09:09 AM, James Knott via talk wrote: On 08/12/2016 08:17 AM, William Park via talk wrote: I downloaded user's manual for this one also. It talks about DHCP in "Client Mode", which means it's client NAT, not bridge. It has multiple modes, including "Wireless Client Mode". This

Re: [GTALUG] (question) TP-Link TL-WR802N 300Mbps Wireless-N Nano Router

2016-08-12 Thread James Knott via talk
On 08/12/2016 08:56 AM, Scott Sullivan via talk wrote: > Actually, forget manuals, let me give you screenshots. You might want to make it n only, instead of bgn. Having b in there can really slow things down. I don't know if that device supports gn or just n only. I have a TP-Link TL-WA901 and

Re: [GTALUG] (question) TP-Link TL-WR802N 300Mbps Wireless-N Nano Router

2016-08-12 Thread James Knott via talk
On 08/12/2016 08:17 AM, William Park via talk wrote: > I downloaded user's manual for this one also. It talks about DHCP in > "Client Mode", which means it's client NAT, not bridge. It has multiple modes, including "Wireless Client Mode". This is the Scenario 1 mentioned in another note that is

Re: [GTALUG] (question) TP-Link TL-WR802N 300Mbps Wireless-N Nano Router

2016-08-12 Thread Scott Sullivan via talk
On 08/12/2016 02:20 AM, William Park via talk wrote: They are lying, again. I downloaded the user's manual. In the feature section, they mention "bridge". But, in the Client Mode chapter, they talk about DHCP, which mean it's NAT. William, They are not lying. Wireless Bridge, and Client

Re: [GTALUG] (question) TP-Link TL-WR802N 300Mbps Wireless-N Nano Router

2016-08-12 Thread Scott Allen via talk
You could look at a GLi OpenWRT based mini router. They can probably be made to run in bridged mode. -- Scott --- Talk Mailing List talk@gtalug.org https://gtalug.org/mailman/listinfo/talk

Re: [GTALUG] (question) TP-Link TL-WR802N 300Mbps Wireless-N Nano Router

2016-08-12 Thread Alvin Starr via talk
I would +1 on Scott's suggestion of an MR3020. Openwrt installs quite nicely and Openwrt can do just about anything. On 08/12/2016 08:17 AM, William Park via talk wrote: On Fri, Aug 12, 2016 at 07:16:18AM -0400, James Knott via talk wrote: On 08/11/2016 11:52 PM, William Park via talk wrote:

Re: [GTALUG] (question) TP-Link TL-WR802N 300Mbps Wireless-N Nano Router

2016-08-12 Thread William Park via talk
On Fri, Aug 12, 2016 at 07:16:18AM -0400, James Knott via talk wrote: > On 08/11/2016 11:52 PM, William Park via talk wrote: > > Anyone have this one? > > > > http://www.canadacomputers.com/product_info.php?cPath=27_1046_365_id=087761 > >

Re: [GTALUG] (question) TP-Link TL-WR802N 300Mbps Wireless-N Nano Router

2016-08-12 Thread James Knott via talk
On 08/11/2016 11:52 PM, William Park via talk wrote: > Anyone have this one? > > http://www.canadacomputers.com/product_info.php?cPath=27_1046_365_id=087761 > http://www.tplink.ca/en/products/details/TL-WR802N.html > If so, have you ever used its "Client Mode" and can you confirm that it

Re: [GTALUG] (question) TP-Link TL-WR802N 300Mbps Wireless-N Nano Router

2016-08-12 Thread William Park via talk
They are lying, again. I downloaded the user's manual. In the feature section, they mention "bridge". But, in the Client Mode chapter, they talk about DHCP, which mean it's NAT. -- William On Fri, Aug 12, 2016 at 01:15:57AM -0400, William Park via talk wrote: > Thanks Scott. Scenerio 1