[access-uk] Re: Router Query
- From: "Gordon Keen" <gordon.keen@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- To: <access-uk@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- Date: Wed, 15 Aug 2007 16:04:20 +0100
Have you been appointed moderator for this group then?
Regards
Gordon
From glorious Devon, England
-----Original Message-----
From: access-uk@xxxxxxxxxxxxx [mailto:access-uk@xxxxxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf Of
Chris Hallsworth
Sent: 15 August 2007 15:12
To: access-uk@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
Subject: [access-uk] Router Query
Hi all, just changed the subject line here to reflect this thread. Please
try to remember to do this. Thanks.
Chris Hallsworth
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----- Original Message -----
From: "Catherine Turner" <catherineturner2000@xxxxxxxxxxx>
To: <access-uk@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Sent: Wednesday, August 15, 2007 1:22 PM
Subject: [access-uk] Re: Warning about AVG and other Anti-virus packages
> Hi Husna,
>
> Re setting it up yourself - I think in general you should be able to, or
> possibly with sighted assistance, but certainly professional assistance
> shouldn't be required.
>
> Re a good router - I have no recommendations there. I use this "live box"
> from Orange, or Wanadoo as they were when I got it, and I wouldn't
> recommend it as far as ease of use. Perhaps the problems I had have
> changed in more recent live boxes but I don't know.
>
> I know my brother got one from www.netgear.com which he found easy to set
> up and manage, but I can't remember which one it was - if you want I'll
> find out as I think he bought other stuff from there too.
>
> Catherine
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "Husna Begum" <mail@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> To: <access-uk@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> Sent: Wednesday, August 15, 2007 12:46 AM
> Subject: [access-uk] Re: Warning about AVG and other Anti-virus packages
>
>
>> but can't you just set it up yourself, that's what i was going to do,
>> where
>> are you going to find a professional person to do it and how much would
>> that
>> cost? also i guess it's best to have wired pcs where possible but if this
>> is
>> not then to get wireless, what is the best router combination for this
>> i.e
>> you can use both wired and wirless pcs on it to connect to the internet?
>>
>> thanks,
>> Husna
>>
>> ----- Original Message -----
>> From: "Gordon Keen" <gordon.keen@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
>> To: <access-uk@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
>> Sent: Tuesday, August 14, 2007 11:41 AM
>> Subject: [access-uk] Re: Warning about AVG and other Anti-virus packages
>>
>>
>>> Sorry but this is not the experience I have had with my wireless
>> connection,
>>> admittably at the back of my garden in the summer house I have to ensure
>> the
>>> mac book is pointed at the house but within the house it's fine even
>>> when
>>> streaming audio.
>>> Oh yes and my house is a four bedroom detached construction of modern
>> timber
>>> frame with metal foil insulation, I can only guess at what is causing
>> others
>>> problems but I suspect they have not gone for the latest iteration of
>>> the
>>> standard or have not had the equipment set up by a competent person.
>>>
>>> Regards
>>> Gordon
>>> From glorious Devon, England
>>> -----Original Message-----
>>> From: access-uk@xxxxxxxxxxxxx [mailto:access-uk@xxxxxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf
>> Of
>>> Wendy Sharpe
>>> Sent: 14 August 2007 09:47
>>> To: access-uk@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
>>> Subject: [access-uk] Re: Warning about AVG and other Anti-virus packages
>>>
>>> All this sounds rather like DAB radio, and the way you have to find the
>> best
>>> place in the house for tuning. Even then, many of the stations grumble
>> when
>>> you try to play them. All these new ideas are very well, but some of
>>> them
>>> don't seem to be working very well. I think for now I'll stick to my
>>> old-fashioned wired PC and FM/AM radios.
>>>
>>> Wendy
>>>
>>> -----Original Message-----
>>> From: access-uk@xxxxxxxxxxxxx [mailto:access-uk@xxxxxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf
>> Of
>>> Catherine Turner
>>> Sent: 14 August 2007 08:15
>>> To: access-uk@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
>>> Subject: [access-uk] Re: Warning about AVG and other Anti-virus packages
>>>
>>> Hi Husna,
>>>
>>> Well speaking from my own experience, I'd sum it up as being useful to
>> have
>>> and sometimes stable, but not to be totally counted on, especially for
>>> listening to streams. I've found it ok for getting my e-mail most of
>>> the
>>> time, and usually ok for browsing, but have given up trying to listen to
>>> streams on it.
>>>
>>> How good it is, apparently, depends on lots of factors, like where you
>> have
>>> the router positioned, what other activity's going on in the area, how
>>> far
>>> away you try to use it etc. I have my router pretty high up and have
>> found
>>> the connection much improved since then. But sometimes I still do get
>>> problems like the signal dropping all together every few minutes and
>>> this
>> is
>>>
>>> without moving the router or the computer. But at other times it's
>>> usable
>>> for getting my e-mail and browsing.
>>>
>>> Catherine
>>> ----- Original Message -----
>>> From: "Husna Begum" <mail@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
>>> To: <access-uk@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
>>> Sent: Tuesday, August 14, 2007 12:40 AM
>>> Subject: [access-uk] Re: Warning about AVG and other Anti-virus packages
>>>
>>>
>>> > Hi,
>>> >
>>> > i was thinking of upgrading to wireless internet, isn't it stable
>>> > then?
>>> >
>>> > Husna
>>> >
>>> > ----- Original Message -----
>>> > From: "Chris Hallsworth" <christopherhallsworth71@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
>>> > To: <access-uk@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
>>> > Sent: Sunday, August 12, 2007 9:48 PM
>>> > Subject: [access-uk] Re: Warning about AVG and other Anti-virus
>>> > packages
>>> >
>>> >
>>> >> Katherine, by an unstable internet connection I mean, say, you're on
>>> >> wireless, but it keeps dropping now and again, in fact every few
>> minutes
>>> >> I
>>> >> have to say, for no apparent reason. As a result web pages would
>>> >> either
>>> > load
>>> >> slowly or not at all, files would either be downloaded as a corrupted
>>> >> copy
>>> >> or download very slowly or even not at all, e-mails would take longer
>> to
>>> >> send/receive or even have problems connecting to the server in the
>> first
>>> >> place, and things like that. This is what my friend has been
>> experiencing
>>> > at
>>> >> college. Hope that helps.
>>> >> ----- Original Message -----
>>> >> From: "Catherine Turner" <catherineturner2000@xxxxxxxxxxx>
>>> >> To: <access-uk@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
>>> >> Sent: Sunday, August 12, 2007 9:44 PM
>>> >> Subject: [access-uk] Re: Warning about AVG and other Anti-virus
>> packages
>>> >>
>>> >>
>>> >> > Hello Chris,
>>> >> >
>>> >> > Thanks for the info/warning, but what do you mean by an unstable
>>> > internet
>>> >> > connection?
>>> >> >
>>> >> > Catherine
>>> >> > ----- Original Message -----
>>> >> > From: "Chris Hallsworth" <christopherhallsworth71@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
>>> >> > To: <access-uk@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>; <blind-computing@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>;
>>> >> > <blindtech@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
>>> >> > Sent: Sunday, August 12, 2007 3:07 PM
>>> >> > Subject: [access-uk] Warning about AVG and other Anti-virus
>>> >> > packages
>>> >> >
>>> >> >
>>> >> >> Hi all,
>>> >> >> I know this may sound blatently obvious, but I thought I'd warn
>>> >> >> you
>>> > all,
>>> >> >> thanks to a friend, that if your connection(s) are unstable, this
>> may
>>> >> >> cause
>>> >> >> whatever antivirus you're using to Fail. My friend had to do a
>>> > reinstall
>>> >> >> of
>>> >> >> AVG Free today after discovering that some of the components were
>>> >> >> in
>>> >> >> an
>>> >> >> undetermined state, and it turned out that she had lots of viruses
>>> > which
>>> >> >> AVG
>>> >> >> failed to pick up before the reinstall. I do not want this to
>>> >> >> happen
>>> >> >> to
>>> >> >> you,
>>> >> >> so this is why I'm sending the warning out. Thanks for reading!
>>> >> >> Chris Hallsworth
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