[jhb] Re: IT Guru There?
- From: "Fossil" <fossil@xxxxxxx>
- To: <jhb@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- Date: Wed, 12 Jan 2011 22:36:15 -0000
That will explain why her PC is hunting for other networks - it is doing a
wireless sweep to see what it can find.
I don't know much about Netgear but is it happy when you try a wireless
connection with the two PC's also running on Ethernet? I know I had to
fiddle with my router settings to get Jen on Wireless at the same time as I
had the PC and laptop on Ethernet.
bones
bones@xxxxxxx
-----Original Message-----
From: jhb-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx [mailto:jhb-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf
Of Gerry Winskill
Sent: 12 January 2011 12:14
To: jhb@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
Subject: [jhb] Re: IT Guru There?
Wireless. Sorry, forgot to add that.
Gerry Winskill
On 12/01/2011 11:52, Fossil wrote:
> Is the Mac connecting via Ethernet or Wireless?
>
> bones
> bones@xxxxxxx
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: jhb-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx [mailto:jhb-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf
> Of Gerry Winskill
> Sent: 12 January 2011 11:19
> To: JHB Restricted
> Subject: [jhb] IT Guru There?
>
> This machine and my FSX machine are wire plugged into my Netgear router.
> My laptop can also automatically access the internet, via the router,
> from anywhere in the house.
>
> One of my daughters is with us at present. Her laptop is an Apple Mac.
> When the two machines in here are running, her Mac has difficulty in
> accessing the network. The first difference is that she has to select
> from other networks in the area, whilst my laptop doesn't. When my two
> desktops are running she can't join, when she selects my network.
>
> When in NZ, her friend's husband, who works for HP, found that if he was
> on a network and my daughter hooked into the same one, then he was
> thrown off.
>
> All of which seems to point to her Mac and exonerate my network. Beyond
> that I haven't a clue. Others might?
>
> Gerry Winskill
>
>
>
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