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Hayden Clark
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05-23-2007 06:23 AM ET (US)
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Edited by author 05-23-2007 06:24 AM
Re: Vista wireless woes.
I found the problem was a DHCP failure. For some reason Vista miunderstands the DNS server option values that come back from your wireless router, and assumes they are an IPV6 address. Result? "yes I have a wireless connection" but "no, I can't see microsoft.com".
Opening a command window and typing "ipconfig /renew" fixes it. I put a shortcut to this on the desktop, and the owner now clicks on this when he sees the problem.
Sheesh.
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| Guy Kewney
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01-10-2007 01:44 PM ET (US)
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| raddedas
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01-10-2007 05:40 AM ET (US)
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I have to agree, it's an interesting nice-looking niche phone with a few major issues - aimed at serious data users, but only really offering GPRS for most European users, and not available to most US users. I think Apple have proved that to the faithful, the pricepoint doesn't matter, but it is steep... |
| Guy Kewney
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12-03-2006 12:26 PM ET (US)
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Personal Coffee Dispensor patent next?It is yet another "reality distortion field" triumph for Steve Jobs: serious writers claiming that a combination of phone and music player can be patented... |
| lucysherriff
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12-03-2006 11:23 AM ET (US)
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| Guy Kewney
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11-17-2006 11:44 AM ET (US)
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| Guy Kewney
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11-12-2006 05:43 AM ET (US)
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You too, huh...Reader Adrian James has been trying to set up WiFi on the new Vista operating system... He's one ahead of me. Even with the power plugged into my Centrino Tablet (no problem with the battery!) I can't get the WiFi LAN connection to work. Connect? yes, it will do that! - but while every other wireless PC in the house is working happily, the Vista machine gets an IP address, and then sulks about "the Internet cannot be found." |
| Mike DiS
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11-02-2006 08:42 AM ET (US)
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Good morning Guy,
I just wanted to comment on your wireless hex conversion nightmare that you wrote about. I also deal with converting ASCII to HEX on a regular basis- I am the go-to person for all of my friends and family when setting up their wireless security for all of their pc's.
After many tries, i found a little Palm program that I loaded on my PDA. It is a basic converter that works one character at a time- yes it would have been great to find a program that would convert a full string, but I can't be too choosy. Using the small program, it allows me to set up numerous routers and access points without referring to a table.
-Mike
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| Guy Kewney
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10-28-2006 07:11 AM ET (US)
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Munich, Thanks for passing that on. I've looked into the folding plug, and here is what I've found: it's not being made, and apparently, never was. More details when I find out more... |
| Munich Ratforth
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10-28-2006 07:08 AM ET (US)
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Folding plug... Hi Guy, I was Googled to your page: http://www.newswireless.net/index.cfm/article/1322 when I went looking for a folding mains plug which someone had mentioned to me. Unfortunately I can't find any reference to this product at the link on your page: http://www.teleadapt.com/ Is there anything you can do to help me find this product? It seems like such a good idea! Regards, |
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