Info needed about Wireless Routers - Page 2

danielsun · #21 23-11-2010, 10:12 PM

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Originally Posted by ballaratdragons

and I totally believed you coz I know exactly what I am like with computers

So do some others in here

I am what you would call 'totally computer illiterate'

Even PHD doesn't like me.
I 'Push Here Dummy' and it yells back "NOOO, not there!!!!!!"

erick (Eric) · #22 23-11-2010, 10:18 PM

Must remember to pull up outside your place Ken and steal a bit of internet bandwidth!

alistairsam · #23 23-11-2010, 10:48 PM

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Originally Posted by ballaratdragons

5 minutes my R's.
After pulling my hair out and kicking my dogs and yelling at my son (poor bloke), 4 friggin hours later I rang the company only to be told there is a credit card charge of $40 for 'over-the-phone' technical assistance!

Bloody computers!

Ken
love your story. was laughing MAO...
i'm a computer engg and can totally see where you're coming from.
well , important thing is "YOU" fixed it. well done.

alistairsam · #24 23-11-2010, 10:52 PM

Ken

I suggest you get someone else to have a look at what encryption you're using. wep, wpa or wpa2.
sorry about the jargon, but its important to use wpa or wpa2 as a minimum.
it'll take all of 5 minutes to hack into a wep wlan. more jargon, sorry mate.

ballaratdragons (Ken) · #25 23-11-2010, 10:53 PM

Well that was an exciting few hours!

Yep, that's all this piece of crap lasted!!!

It was playing up, then would drop out. Then connect again. This went on several times during the afternoon. Tonight it was running ok then just died!

Yep, died! No power, no nothing.
I connected the internet cable to this computer and went Googling and found that this seems to happen all over the world with this model.

How do they sell these products when they just die on people.

I will be taking this piece of rubbish back to Officeworks tomorrow (another $20 in petrol) and getting either a refund or a different Router.

Might try this one this time: http://www.officeworks.com.au/retail...ss-N/SYWNR2000

It's over my budget but I need one that works, not a paperweight.

erick (Eric) · #26 24-11-2010, 08:59 AM

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Originally Posted by alistairsam

Ken

I suggest you get someone else to have a look at what encryption you're using. wep, wpa or wpa2.
sorry about the jargon, but its important to use wpa or wpa2 as a minimum.
it'll take all of 5 minutes to hack into a wep wlan. more jargon, sorry mate.

A secret Alistair - they don't seem to worry about securing their wireless internet out there in Snake Valley.

ps. someone parked for five minutes outside someone's place sitting in the car playing with a laptop will have the whole town coming for a look.

GrampianStars (Rob) · #27 24-11-2010, 12:22 PM

Ah! Ken
you need to hook up the lan cable (cat 5) to the router when setting up

ballaratdragons (Ken) · #28 24-11-2010, 03:52 PM

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Originally Posted by GrampianStars

Ah! Ken
you need to hook up the lan cable (cat 5) to the router when setting up

Huh? It was connected.

Anyway, I went to Officeworks and replaced the D-link piece of crap with a Netgear N300 WNR2000 Router.

Installation was a piece of pearce.
Unlike the D-link, the instructions were very clear and simple.
The wizard was very basic and designed for twits like me

I even put security on it to keep Alistair happy

All working and all is good.

It even works faster than the old Buffalo, and the D-link (while it was working for its few hours

)
It's like I just got superfast internet