Configuring a wireless network. Gahh! Thud.

[James Deuce]

There's a Tui ad in there.

[The Stranger:Me]

Would you like some help?

How could he possibly need help, he has sooo much of it already in this thread.

[Gremlin]

How could he possibly need help, he has sooo much of it already in this thread.

Well, y'know... its been a while, and not solved yet... thought he could use just a bit more

edit: the fish aren't biting

[scracha]

Cue pointless Vista bashing. Since Master Deuce gets upset when peeps offer him genuine help, I thought I'd hijack the thread.

Heres news for ya fellahs.

Iche liebe Vista. It's miles better than XP.

[Anarkist]

Why not upgrade to Windows 7?

The release candidate is out at the moment.

Microsoft Windows 7 Build 7100 (x86)

This is the long awaited Release Candidate 1
http://www.neowin.net/news/main/09/0...ted-build-7100

Release name: Microsoft.Windows.7.RC1.Build.7100.x86.DVD
Release date: 2009-04-24

[James Deuce]

Cue pointless Vista bashing. Since Master Deuce gets upset when peeps offer him genuine help, I thought I'd hijack the thread.

Heres news for ya fellahs.

Iche liebe Vista. It's miles better than XP.

You might want to work on your "help" schpiel. It sounds like derision.

[Brian d marge]

well if we are thread hijacking ,,,Im saying nowt

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eKG08z85DtY



Stephen

[jonbuoy]

Not at all. I was pointing out that there is a fault fixing process to go through and I am still going through it. It is a process. Some people seem to think that every idea that rushes into their head is exactly the right one and all things IT should be fixed instantaneously because it's the computer age.

I will sort it and Mr & Mrs Hitcher won't need to spend money on a new router either.

Well thats great, don´t think anyone was suggesting their idea was the solution just offering previous experience/ideas. If someone elses findings can help me solve a problem I have no problem in accepting their ideas. No one knows everything about everything, even experts take ideas onboard.

[jrandom]

Iche liebe Vista.

Because it can take a perfectly decent computer that used to do something when you clicked on things, and turn it into an whirring, grinding excuse for unproductivity?

[The Stranger:Me]

Well thats great, don´t think anyone was suggesting their idea was the solution just offering previous experience/ideas. If someone elses findings can help me solve a problem I have no problem in accepting their ideas. No one knows everything about everything, even experts take ideas onboard.

You know the old saying mate - when the student is ready the teacher will appear.
Be patient, give him time and he'll come back ready and willing to learn.

[James Deuce]

Well thats great, don´t think anyone was suggesting their idea was the solution just offering previous experience/ideas. If someone elses findings can help me solve a problem I have no problem in accepting their ideas. No one knows everything about everything, even experts take ideas onboard.

I understand that. No one came up with anything I hadn't already done, because as I said, it isn't rocket science, but the cause of the problem needs to be deduced by a process of elimination, not guesswork.

I posted what I'd done, simply to show that I'm not a n00b, and yes, I had considered the stuff people had posted. People didn't read it, thus was born a sense of frustration on my part.

As is the case when diagnosing a mechanical issue with a motorcycle, advice given on the Internet to experienced mechanics isn't always appreciated or even in the ballpark. Some suggestions (like scracha's one to STFU and let him fix it) are just insulting.

The laptop is now functioning perfectly and the built-in wireless works fine on my DLINK wireless router. It just so happens that my router doesn't even entertain 802.11n because it's a couple of years old. It's wireless adapter isn't dropping out from time to time either.

So now that the laptop is running XP (and I'm no Vista hater, but the laptop is running vastly better than it was, but then that is usually the case with an O/S refresh), and talking consistently using no encryption, or WEP or WPA cyphers I reckon I can confidently say it was IBM's OEM Vista driver was causing the problem. I'm sure Hitcher will let me know when he hooks the laptop into his router as to the status of it's wireless capability on his router. If it still doesn't work on his router, then back to shop with the new router to swap it with something less "featured".

[scracha]

You might want to work on your "help" schpiel. It sounds like derision.

After 5 pages of mostly stupid suggestions, my "help" was a geniune offer to get things up and running but as you're such a fuckin prima donna towards myself or anyone else trying to assist, I'll leave you to it.

Changing an operating system to fix a wifi conflict seems like overkill to me, but what do I know...I've only done this every working day for umpteen years..

[pzkpfw]

Have you tried re-booting?

[Hitcher]

Have you tried re-booting?

Please bend over.

[James Deuce]

After 5 pages of mostly stupid suggestions, my "help" was a geniune offer to get things up and running but as you're such a fuckin prima donna towards myself or anyone else trying to assist, I'll leave you to it.

Changing an operating system to fix a wifi conflict seems like overkill to me, but what do I know...I've only done this every working day for umpteen years..

I didn't change the OS to fix the WiFI problem.

Your Prima Donna is leaking btw.