Frank Tanner III
pctech at mybellybutton.com
Fri Oct 31 08:51:01 CST 2003
My home LAN is a mish-mash of OSes. Win2k Pro. Win2k Server. WinXP Pro. Linux. FreeBSD. Soon I will be adding PS2 Linux (Linux for the Playstation 2) to it....hehehe Keeping them all playing nice together gets ugly sometimes....hehehe --- John Colby <jcolby at colbyconsulting.com> wrote: > Win2K Pro all the way. > > John W. Colby > www.colbyconsulting.com > > -----Original Message----- > From: accessd-bounces at databaseadvisors.com > [mailto:accessd-bounces at databaseadvisors.com]On > Behalf Of Frank Tanner > III > Sent: Friday, October 31, 2003 8:47 AM > To: Access Developers discussion and problem solving > Subject: Re: [AccessD] OT: Wireless network (sort > of) > > > If any of your other devices are running Windows 95, > Windows 98, or Windows NT (server or workstation) it > can, theoretically, take up to 45 minutes for them > to > show up on the network. I say theoretically because > they rarely take that long to show up but that is > the > timeout for Microsoft's "LAN Manager" browser > elections to trickle down. > > --- Rocky Smolin - Beach Access Software > <bchacc at san.rr.com> wrote: > > John: > > > > I heard that you can daisy chain hubs off one of > the > > ports on your router to > > get more ports and that you can go up to 255 > devices > > from one router this > > way. Seems to easy and cheap, though. > > > > I've also found that when creating a new network > it > > sometimes takes a few > > minutes for the different shared devices to 'see' > > each other - especially on > > the wireless. So I'll whang around frustrated > > trying to get the network to > > work and then have the same experience you had - > > after a few minutes, > > suddenly the other machines are in my network > > neighborhood. Go figure. > > > > Rocky > > > > ----- Original Message ----- > > From: "John Colby" <jcolby at colbyconsulting.com> > > To: "Database Advisors Inc. (Tech)" > > <Dba-Tech at databaseadvisors.com>; > > "AccessD" <AccessD at databaseadvisors.com> > > Sent: Thursday, October 30, 2003 5:39 PM > > Subject: [AccessD] OT: Wireless network (sort of) > > > > > > > I ordered a Netgear MR814v2 Wireless router a > > couple of weeks ago. I > > needed > > > to expand my 4 port router (I had 5 things I > kept > > needing to plug in) and > > > the Netgear was on sale at www.Newegg.com at the > > time. I then tried and > > > failed to install a linksys WPC11v2.5 I had > laying > > around, so I ordered a > > > dlink dwl-650 that was on sale (rebate) at > > www.newegg.com. Long story > > > short, it didn't work. Long story a little > > longer, a very long call to > > > dlink tech support, did not solve the problem. > > > > > > Or maaaaaybe it did. After failing to figure > > anything out, they > > recommended > > > that I upgrade my laptop bios. It's an ancient > > (now) 233mhz PII Toshiba > > > Satellite 4000 that I bought with my first > > paycheck from my trip to work > > for > > > Mr. Breen in Dublin Ireland back in hmmm..... > > November 1997? Getting a > > bit > > > long in the tooth, truth be told. > > > > > > The bios upgrade and also the old "turn off NAV > > before installing etc. > > And > > > "oh by the way, our card requires at least a 300 > > mhz processor. So I > > > uninstalled, upgraded to the latest bios (May > > 2000?), turned off NAV, > > > reinstalled the drivers and re-installed the > card. > > Still no joy. The > > site > > > survey showed no transmitters, and dlink tech > > support assured me that if > > > there was a transmitter I would see it > regardless. > > > > > > Ignorant liars! > > > > > > Went back in and reconfigured the card in the > > laptop for channel 11 (it > > > defaulted to 3 and the router was on 11), played > > around with a couple of > > > other things and boom, I see a transmitter. > Went > > in to the router config > > > page and changed the SSID and sure enough the > > thing I'm seeing on the > > laptop > > > changes to match! Still no connection though. > > > > > > Rebooted, played around some more and suddenly > (no > > clear idea why) I have > > a > > > wireless connection, can browse my network and > see > > the web. Yeaaaaa. > > > > > > Moral of the story, tech support generally > sucks, > > play around, don't quit, > > > and eventually the gods will reward you. Or > not. > > > > > > Now, I need to know what to do to tighten this > > thing up so that others > > can't > > > see my network. I'm a bit afraid to touch > > anything since I don't really > > > know what I did to finally get it running. > > > > > > Can anyone walk me through tightening this up? > > > > > > John W. 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