[iyonix-support] Re: Iyonix poor at connecting to internet.

In article <660e77f44f.MThompson@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>,
   Matthew Thompson <mt@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> In message <4ff4760f1ccharles@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
>           charles <charles@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:

> > In article <a92875f44f.MThompson@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>,
> >    Matthew Thompson <mt@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> >> Hi.

> >> Does anyone know why my Iyonix is so poor at connecting to the
> >> internet, yet the PC connected to the same router works fine without
> >> any problems at all?

> > [Snip]

> >> Maybe it's hardware related and the PC just does a better job of it,
> >> or maybe there is something I could do with the Iyonix to make it work
> >> better at connections?

> >> Any suggestions/help on this greatly appreciated as it's becoming
> >> increasingly annoying.

> > try checking the voltages on the power supply.

> Thanks for replying.

> What should the voltage be? as I don't really understand this sort of 
> thing, and what would this tell me about the problem ? As the machine 
> is working fine, just struggles to connect to the internet.

The 5v rail should be at least 5.05v.  One of the supplies (the negative
one) is only used by the network chip (as I understand it).  This chip
seems to be very sensitive to low voltage.  That is the problem I had 4
years ago, but many others have had since.

-- 
From KT24 - in "Leafy Surrey"

Using a RISC OS computer running v5.11 

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