Here's a free password for you to use, Figgs! All you have to remember is
Kirk Douglas or that funny Oz guy.
n0_1_4mw417#er!8r3Nnan?
I've stopped using it.
As for Noel's doddle (sheep have them too, I gather), that assumes you do
port forwarding in the first 5 mins.
Possibly this was the site:
http://www.portforward.com/ It can certainly be
useful!
Some routers are easier than others - and some safer! I suggest everyone do
a search on their model, nowadays. Like on BT Home Hub for e.g, apparently
our most popular! Cheez!
Shane
Heather wrote:
OK, but will have to do it later. April 1st is allegedly bringing the
"mother of all viruses", cough. Not bloody likely.
What's a "doddle"......an easy thing? They don't have a Welsh
dictionary that I can find, snicker.
Heather
Super Moderator (woo hoo)
"Noel Paton" wrote in message
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Ah - you have more than a wizard...... (by email)
OMG - ISP's offering Norton? bleuch!
You and drivers.... nah - don't wanna go there! g
routers are a doddle, though - after the first five minutes 
--
Noel Paton
CrashFixPC
Nil Carborundum Illegitemi
www.crashfixpc.co.uk
"Heather" wrote in message
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Hi Puss......or should that be "furball"?? (G)
I have the same old DLink one sitting on the desk which has been
there for 2 years? I don't rely on ANYTHING my ISP offers.....they
offer Norton Av for starters, does that tell you??
I will look up the model and I do have the latest patch on my
desktop. Oh, it is DI-784 and I did have winME hooked up to it, but
the main reason I bought it was so Elayne could play Pogo on her Mac
laptop downstairs, using that for a connection. We sorta managed
OK, but then I unplugged it.
But I will have another look at the instructions and write you.
Willy thinks I am slightly retarded cuz I can't deal with this damn
thing. It is right up there with DRIVERS!!!!
Kissies.......Figgs
"Noel Paton" wrote in message
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Figgs......
IMNHO, the worst possible thing you can do is use the ISP's
software (or any other) to try and connect a router to your home
network and the ISP itself.
ALL routers (that I've ever seen) come with an inbuilt web
interface - the trick is simply how to find and control it.
If you let me know the make/model of your router/modem, then I'll
try and guide you through the process.
(best send details off-list - including your login details for the
USB?? modem you currently use.... most of my old mail addies still
work g)
catch me if you can! VBEG
--
Noel Paton
CrashFixPC
Nil Carborundum Illegitemi
www.crashfixpc.co.uk
"Heather" wrote in message
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"Dapper Dan" wrote in message
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Heather
Are you confusing me with Mart, Mike or Noel??? (VBG). Sorry but
I know just enough about computers to get myself into trouble.
Nope....how could I confuse a "dapper dan" with a "furball"
(Noel)??? ((G)
And it WAS you that recommended the proggie.....I am going to try
it this week. I downloaded it a long time ago, but never opened
it. At that time I had WinME hooked up to it as well.
Cheers from Brampton.....Heather
If I recall, I downloaded and use Network Magic and it organized
the settings with the router for our 2 computers.
Hope things work out for you.
regards
"Heather" wrote in message
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OK, seeing as you are that close to me, do you want to come over
and set up my blasted router?? It has sat here for a year not
hooked up. Someone did give a name of a program that will help
me do it and I did download it. So, I guess I will give it a
shot once again.
Gave my computer a good going over today for the Conficker/April
1st alleged onslaught. Wanna bet it's another Y2K?? OTOH, I
used to watch just how fast real viruses moved across the world
from the antivirus news groups......it was quite fascinating.
That is when I met up with that "feisty redhead MVP", lol. Her
office got hit in Oz.
Cheers from Brampton......Figgs
"Dapper Dan" wrote in message
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I'm not understanding. To recap.....My internet service (and
email) is with a cable company (Cogeco) in Ontario, Canada. I
travel to Hilton Head and connect to the internet with a rental
condo's wireless connection. I can receive my email via my
Ontario cable company directly with Outlook even though I am
connecting with Hargray but I cannot send email directly
because Hargray's SMTP port is different from Cogeco's. Am I
right so far?
So is it being suggested that the next time I visit someplace
that won't allow me to send email that I should try Verizon's
SMTP port? Or if that won't work, am I supposed to call the
local cable company and ask what port is used for sending even
though my relationship is with a cable company back home?
Sorry to be a bit thick on this but I would be grateful for a
bit more clarification.
Thanks
Dan
"Corday" wrote in message
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Hilton Head is serviced by a local company called Hargray
Communications.
They screw everything up including cable TV. Your brief hookup
with Verizon
showed Hargray was blocking you.
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I mastered Wordstar graphics!
"Dapper Dan" wrote:
This is not an OS issue but given my experience with ME's
regulars, I
thought this would be an appropriate place to obtain a
resolution.
I have just returned from a 2 week vacation in Hilton Head. I
travelled with
our laptop and had no trouble accessing the web or using
Outlook while en
route. However once there, I could no longer send mail in
Outlook, although
I could receive. The only other issue I had was that for some
reason I could
not access a particular website (www.skygolf.com) in order to
download
specific golf courses to my skycaddie GPS system. I initially
thought that
the website was offline but after calling the support staff,
it was
suggested that the problem was firewall related. It was not
my firewall
software because I configured it to allow skygolf, so I am
assuming it was
the router firewall.
The villa/condo we rented had broadband wireless internet. On
one occasion I
was able to switch to another weaker wireless signal
(offsite) that allowed
access to skygolf and also to send mail via Outlook but I
could not find
that access again, which further reinforced the notion that
the problem was
related to the hardware firewall. Thus the question is what
are my options
if I should experience a similar problem in future travels?
Is there a
workaround?
Thanks in advance.
Dan