Re: Vintage Mac

2011-01-18 Thread Michael Bradley
Hi Kurt, did you find any machines cos I think I may have some in the shed! let me know Mike On 17/01/2011 6:52 PM, kurt mihaljevich wrote: Hi, I have recently come accross a Macintosh 128k/512k/Plus keyboard and mouse. I am in the situation of having 'the steering wheel but no car', if you

Internet frustration

2011-01-18 Thread Adrian Skehan
Good morning all, Having had an intermittent but ongoing internet problem and been totally frustrated with bigpond it appears that my next course of action is to try another modem. Th background of the problem is that I frequently (during any given day) the internet drops out for 30 seconds

Re: Internet frustration

2011-01-18 Thread cm
Hi Adrian, If you want to eliminate the modem as a problem and potentially save some money, you could look to borrow one for a time. If you get the same problem with a different modem then it is likely the fault of the ISP or the phone cable leading to your house. You could also check for

ipad and tethering

2011-01-18 Thread Hugh Griffiths
Hi, I have used my iphone to connect my laptop to the internet where I don't have wireless access, is it possible to do this also with an ipad? Best Regards Hugh Griffiths mobile +61 407 477 311 office +61 (0) 8 6424 4801 Any commercial terms stated or implied are subject to final approval and

Re: Internet frustration

2011-01-18 Thread Glenn Nicholas
Adrian, Swapping the modem out to see if that is the cause is a good idea to start with. We had a similar issue (ie. symptoms pretty much as you describe) last year with iiNet, and switched out several modems/wireless hubs to no effect. Eventually the problem was resolved when a line technician

Re: ipad and tethering

2011-01-18 Thread cm
Hi Hugh, The as yet unreleased version of iOS, version 4.3, has a new personal hotspot feature. This will allow one to turn their iPhone into a five node wifi hub with password security. The new feature may or may not be blocked by your service provider, and may incur an extra charge. You

Re: Internet frustration

2011-01-18 Thread Vladimir James
On 19/01/2011, at 12:15 PM, Adrian Skehan wrote: Good morning all, Having had an intermittent but ongoing internet problem and been totally frustrated with bigpond it appears that my next course of action is to try another modem. Th background of the problem is that I frequently (during

Re: Internet frustration

2011-01-18 Thread David Noel
Hi Adrian -- -- Just a thought, a few years back I had a similar problem, which turned out due to inefficient phone line filters. Of course this could only apply if you have phone lines connected to the same line as your router. One giveaway is, that the internet drops out when a phone call is

Re: Vintage Mac

2011-01-18 Thread kurt mihaljevich
Hey Mike, I haven't managed to find a suitable machine yet, but if you could dig up an old 128k/512k/Plus that still boots, then that would be great! Cheers, Kurt On Wed, Jan 19, 2011 at 10:13 AM, Michael Bradley mb...@icenet.com.auwrote: Hi Kurt, did you find any machines cos I think I may

Re: Internet frustration

2011-01-18 Thread Adrian Skehan
Thanks to all for the advice etc. I have dug up my old EtherNet NetComm NB1300 Plus 4 and connected to that. I was hoping that I could have them both connected to the internet at the same time (with the computers AirPort turned off) to see what happened but the Thompson would not connect at

Re: Internet frustration

2011-01-18 Thread James / Hans Kunz
first you must make sure your phone lines inside the house are ok, do you have a friend who knows how to use a multimeter or better if he/ she is an electrician unplug the modem plugin a phone: now can you make/receive calls (w/o funny noise), do you have a dc voltage in the range of 48 to

Re: Internet frustration

2011-01-18 Thread Justin Davies
Adrian, I've got exactly the same issue. I've been with bigpond for several years, and this has happened since changing modem and upgrading to tbox, thub setup. My experience with telstra is that they could learn from the ATO how to provide service - and that is saying something Best

Re: Internet frustration

2011-01-18 Thread Dark1
Yes you are correct in believing that you may only have one modem/router connected to a specific ISP account at one time. Sometimes (by coincidence) the fault might not occur after you've swapped equipment around so you should try and test it for a few days if possible to see if your dropouts