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 isnot 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 packagesSorry but this is not the experience I have had with my wirelessconnection,admittably at the back of my garden in the summer house I have to ensurethemac 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 moderntimberframe with metal foil insulation, I can only guess at what is causingothersproblems 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 BehalfOfWendy 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 thebestplace in the house for tuning. Even then, many of the stations grumblewhenyou try to play them. All these new ideas are very well, but some of themdon'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 BehalfOfCatherine 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 tohaveand 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 youhavethe router positioned, what other activity's going on in the area, how faraway you try to use it etc. I have my router pretty high up and havefoundthe connection much improved since then. But sometimes I still do get problems like the signal dropping all together every few minutes and thisiswithout moving the router or the computer. But at other times it's usablefor 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 fewminutes>> 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 longerto>> send/receive or even have problems connecting to the server in thefirst>> place, and things like that. This is what my friend has beenexperiencing> 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-viruspackages>> >> >> > 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, thismay>> >> 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 >> >> Why not join my Blind Hobbyist mailing list! 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