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Two changes to BT ADSL Products announced
Posted on January 21st, 2004 | 0 Comments

1. It looks like BT Wholesale will be introducing the option of "usage charging" for ISP's as opposed to the current "capacity charging" method they use - which I guess could lead to lower prices...

EasyNet SureStream ... any comments?
Posted on January 21st, 2004 | 4 Comments

Looking at getting a 4mbit SureStream line from EasyNet. Does anyone have any experience with either the company or ideally the product? Thanks, Gerard

Netgear WG602v2 SSID broadcast
Posted on January 21st, 2004 | 2 Comments

I have a Netgear WG602v2 WAP running firmware version 2.0rc5. I've disabled SSID broadcast through its config. screen, yet the SSID is still visible to my PC using a WG 511. Anyone know how to turn...

dns probs
Posted on January 21st, 2004 | 4 Comments

Is anyone on nildram here been having problems with dns?? me and my mate who is also on nildram cannot connect to certain websites eg www.hp.com and http://www.firmware-flash.com/ + others it is...

Microfilters - surge protectors?
Posted on January 20th, 2004 | 10 Comments

A friend of mine says that microfilters not only separate the digital signal from the voice signal (but everyone knows that already), they also act as a pseudo surge protector to stop your ADSL modem...

Netgear WG121 wireless USB2 connection problem resolved
Posted on January 20th, 2004 | 0 Comments

I bought a Netgear WG121 wireless (802.11g) USB2 access point last week and was having a number of problems getting it to connect to my Linksys 54g wireless router. I kept having to disable and...

Get out of BT BRoadband contract with out paying?
Posted on January 20th, 2004 | 12 Comments

I am a BT broadband custumer with a 512k asdl connection. However BT do not offer an upgrade to 1mb is there anyway that I could terminate the contract without haveing to pay the remaining 7 months...

Anyone Using 'Twintalk'?
Posted on January 20th, 2004 | 9 Comments

Could anyone advise me on this please? I very much doubt if I would get anywhere with BT Sales! .... BT sell a system called 'Twintalk' which allows incoming calls to ring different phones - it...

line sharing device (dacs) and broadband
Posted on January 20th, 2004 | 4 Comments

Morning punters, Sorry if this may have been asked before but the online bt broadband checker returns my home line as having a line sharing device fitted and further checks would be necessarry to...

PIPEX & NAT
Posted on January 20th, 2004 | 2 Comments

Does pipex use NAT? and if so/not how do you know? I ask because I am trying to setup a VPN connection to work using IPSEC and I am aware that the 2 are not compatible. Has anyone else had any...

advice needed
Posted on January 20th, 2004 | 6 Comments

Hi I tried setting up a BT voyager wireless network at home, major problems, couldn't connect etc. Many pounds spent talking to BT "helpline" who couldn't "help" each different phone call blamed each...

Was the install incorrect
Posted on January 19th, 2004 | 2 Comments

Could anyone be of any help, had a supposedly wires only install last June(ISDN to PSTN conversion), BT bloke had a spare v 1.0 faceplate with him and i thought he was doing me a favour by fitting...

Allocating bandwidth?
Posted on January 19th, 2004 | 4 Comments

Is there an app (a firewall app, possibly) that you can assign different running tasks a different share of bandwidth. eg, 3 programs A, B and C, where A & B get 40% each and C get 20% Thanks

Fast24 anyone on this?
Posted on January 19th, 2004 | 1 Comments

Hi, is anyone using http://www2.fast24.net/ broadband or had any experience of them? They are offering 1MB for £27.50/month and 2MB for £37.49 at a 50:1 contention ratio. Thanks in advance.

Help withXP setup to use Solwise SA110 router please
Posted on January 19th, 2004 | 13 Comments

I have set the network card address to 192.168.7.2 as per the instructions. If I type this address into my browser it tries to dial out on my ordinary modem. I am sure I am doing something obviously...

Best place to situate micro-filters
Posted on January 19th, 2004 | 13 Comments

Hi, I wonder if anyone could give advice on where to place my microfilters. At the present time, my phone line comes into the house through the front, with a single phone socket on the wall. Out of...

AWR-7210 any good
Posted on January 19th, 2004 | 2 Comments

Do any of you use the AWR-7210 from Ebuyer it is a adsl modem/wireless router and seams great value at £56.64 . Would like to know if 1 they are ok and 2 can I connect to my works VPN server with it...

Dilema
Posted on January 19th, 2004 | 17 Comments

Hi please dont send me to net4nowt or adsl guide I been looking at them non stop for weeks...and this is why. I have been with NTL for donkeys years and dont like to keep changing - but NTL...

OT (?) HP Ipaq / PDA / Pcket PC 2003 query
Posted on January 19th, 2004 | 3 Comments

I know very little about these PDA's. Are you able to browse with IE etc view / listen streaming video / radio etc on the PDA if you are obviously conected wirelessly to your main pc in the same way...

Spam filtering
Posted on January 19th, 2004 | 10 Comments

My exchange is being enabled in April. So I'm currently trying to figure out a decent supplier to go with. With reliability being the biggest criteria I'm looking for, the next on the list is SPAM...