[dba-Tech] SOLVED!! Not Sure Quite What I'm Dealing With Here -Update 4

Tina Norris Fields tinanfields at torchlake.com
Sat May 14 15:24:33 CDT 2011


Hi Jim,

Thanks for the compliment - but, aren't you the one who pointed me in 
the right direction to begin with?

Good idea to save a complete image.  I've been meaning to learn about 
that.  I guess this is the time.  I do have all the router and network 
settings recorded.

Student computer:  yes, my home business is Tall Pines Computer 
Training.  I also make house calls.

T

Jim Lawrence wrote:
> Impressive and now I know where to come if I ever get in a sticky router and
> network problems.
>
> I have one suggestion, words of wisdom (which I have rarely followed...
> except in with businesses) and that is to create a complete image of NEW
> perfect computer and store it. In theory when the computer fails, and it
> will; it should be easy to re-install. Also save the router setting as that
> sure makes it easy to recover from a hardware failure. 
>
> "Student Computer"; are you doing onsite training at your home?
>
> Jim
>
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>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: dba-tech-bounces at databaseadvisors.com
> [mailto:dba-tech-bounces at databaseadvisors.com] On Behalf Of Tina Norris
> Fields
> Sent: Saturday, May 14, 2011 7:17 AM
> To: Discussion of Hardware and Software issues
> Subject: Re: [dba-Tech] SOLVED!! Not Sure Quite What I'm Dealing With Here -
> Update 4
>
> Hello All,
>  
> I thought I would finish the story.  The Fields-Family computer has been 
> completely re-established.  It took doing the reformatting and 
> reinstallation sequence twice - not sure why, but there were other 
> details going wrong, too, that may have had an impact.  Anyway, first I 
> copied all the data files, documents, photos, music, videos, etc. from 
> the Fields-Family computer to an external hard drive.  Then, I did the 
> complete re-installation of WinXP-SP2, with full reformat of the hard 
> drive.  Then, I did the SP3 update.  I re-established drivers for the 
> peripheral equipment.  I set up the Admin account separate from the 
> Family account.  I got Vipre installed, running, and regular scans 
> scheduled.  Their copy of Office 2003 was not their original disk set 
> and they had no idea where the original set was.  I had a spare set, so 
> I used that.
>
> Along the way, I noticed that the wireless network connection kept 
> dropping.  You already know that my DL-415 router at the POE was failing 
> and I replaced it with a NetGear WNDR3400 router.  Well, the DL-415 in 
> my office was also dropping the signal - I watched my link status 
> monitor and saw the signal drop out, then come back, repeatedly.  So, 
> there is now a new WNDR3400 in my office, too.  Also, I noted that the 
> USB wireless adapter on the Fields-Family computer wasn't functioning.  
> I replaced that with another new NetGear adapter.  While I was buying 
> that, the store manager asked me if I wanted to invest $7 for a 
> three-year replacement guarantee, in case anything went wrong, or the 
> USB connector broke - and I burst out laughing, because that was exactly 
> what had happened to the old one.  It had apparently been bumped - no 
> surprise there, with active kids and the adapter sticking out from the 
> front of the computer - and the connector had a nice slope to it at 
> about a 5-degree angle, rather than parallel to the rest of the body of 
> the device.  So, yes, I bought the additional guarantee.  This new 
> adapter came with a cradle, so, I used a USB port in the back of the 
> tower and placed the adapter in its cradle on a shelf above the 
> work-station.
>
> With all this new equipment, I reconstructed the entire wireless network 
> - starting with the router at the POE.  With my new computer in my lap 
> and both new WNDR3400 routers sitting on the floor, I set the first one 
> up, named it, and created a new SSID name - made note of all the 
> settings.  Then, I set the second one up, named it, and joined it to the 
> new SSID - made note of all the settings.  This router is 
> cable-connected to the first router, no placed back in my office where 
> it belongs.  The DL-415 router in the garage apartment is still working 
> fine.  All the IP addresses are as they should be, and the 128-bit 
> security key is established for the whole network.  It's working 
> beautifully, now.
>
> I've almost finished transferring the files and programs that I use all 
> the time to my new computer.  This five-year-old one will probably 
> become one of my student computers here in the little classroom I have 
> in my home office, or maybe it will serve as a sort of backup machine to 
> use when I don't want to risk harm to the new computer - haven't 
> decided, yet.
>
> Just wanted to let you know I got it all working again, and corrected 
> some errors along the way - such as making sure the girls are not 
> working in an administrator level user profile, and their wireless 
> adapter is out of harm's way - things like that.  Larry is working on 
> the bookcase and work station construction for the library in their 
> house.  When that is completed, the Fields-Family computer will go home, 
> and I will have room for one more student computer here.
>
> Best regards,
> T
>
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