[access-uk] Re: Router Query

  • From: <jim.taggart@xxxxxxxxxxxx>
  • To: <access-uk@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
  • Date: Wed, 15 Aug 2007 17:52:59 +0100

what has wandering about avg got to do with the threads on this email?
----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Chris Hallsworth" <christopherhallsworth71@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
To: <access-uk@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Sent: Wednesday, August 15, 2007 4:23 PM
Subject: [access-uk] Re: Router Query


No, we're all allowed to change subject lines, and we're also allowed to
remind folks sometimes.
Chris Hallsworth
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----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Gordon Keen" <gordon.keen@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
To: <access-uk@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Sent: Wednesday, August 15, 2007 4:04 PM
Subject: [access-uk] Re: Router Query


> 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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