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msnews.microsoft.com
Hehehe don't ask me, I just hit reply group like I always have done, it took
me by surprise when I saw the name and found it was me <g>
My router is wireless and wired always has been, I first connected via wire
with my XP machine and the other XP and WinME machines were via wireless,
now I have a new machine with Vista that is connected with the ethernet
cable and my old XP and the WinME via wireless. The other XP bit the dust,
it was my husbands so he got my XP. <g>
--
Joan Archer
http://www.freewebs.com/crossstitcher
http://lachsoft.com/photogallery
"Dr Archibald Crumpenshtumpa" <dracrumpen@rrrripfarten.net> wrote in message
news:uVEb6bZ8IHA.4140@TK2MSFTNGP02.phx.gbl...
> Is the fact you're now on NT6 why you're posting as 'msnews', Joan?
>
> I'd like to add that many people think a wireless router *only* works as a
> wireless router, or that even if you can plug into via cable also, the
> wireless is always on, and that wireless is very insecure. So I want to
> make
> the point that you can get a wireless router and use it solely as a wired
> router with the wireless disabled and that anyway while wireless *used to
> be* really insecure, now the favoured encryption is much stronger.
>
> Archie
>
>
>
>
> msnews.microsoft.com wrote:
>> I'll second that and can vouch for the fact they work well.
>> I have a Wireless 4 Port ADSL router that I've had working since
>> getting broadband late 2004, it had a Windows XP and WinME machine
>> connected to it via wireless and the other XP was wired to the
>> router, that was me <g>
>> I am now using a Vista Home Premium machine and just connected the
>> cable from the router to the back of it and it works and my old XP
>> now connects via wireless to the router plus the old WinME machine is
>> still going strong and in use <g>
>>
>>
>> "Mike M" <No_Spam@Corned_Beef.Only> wrote in message
>> news:#QRqrFY8IHA.4140@TK2MSFTNGP02.phx.gbl...
>>> DSL doesn't need a "newer" OS however if one is using a USB ADSL
>>> modem then yes, newer modems are unlikely to come with Win Me
>>> compatible drivers. However I would very strongly advise anyone
>>> using or considering using a usb ADSL modem to head for the nearest
>>> waste bin and consign their usb modem to history and then buy
>>> themselves a combined adsl modem/router. These are not expensive and
>>> require no drivers on any connected PC or MAC, allow more than one
>>> PC or MAC to access the internet without the needs for any other
>>> machine other than the router to be on, and, best of all, will come
>>> with a NAT and perhaps also SPI (stateful packet inspection)
>>> firewall with even the more basic NAT (network address translation)
>>> providing vastly greater protection against unwanted intrusions than
>>> any software firewall a user might have installed. --
>>> Mike Maltby
>>> mike.maltby@gmail.com
>>>
>>>
>>> SSJ04 Mewtwo <ssj04mewtwo@yahoo.com> wrote:
>>>
>>>> Mart <mart(NoSpam)@nospam.nospam>
>>>>
>>>> Ah! .. From here, it sounds like you've got (at least) a couple of
>>>> drivers 'installed' for the same modem. So yes, 'Remove' any/all
>>>> modem drivers in Dev Man in Safe Mode.
>>>>
>>>> Off out - won't be able to continue till late tonight.
>>>>
>>>>
>>>> Thanks Mart. Unfortunate, as someone else pointed out, DSL now
>>>> needs a newer OS, and I've just upgraded this machine to XP Home.
>>>>
>>>> To Mart, Mike, and Loom, I thank you for all the help and slaps to
>>>> the head you've given me.
>>>>
>>>> And yes, I'm enjoying my 12 mbps connection.
>
>
me by surprise when I saw the name and found it was me <g>
My router is wireless and wired always has been, I first connected via wire
with my XP machine and the other XP and WinME machines were via wireless,
now I have a new machine with Vista that is connected with the ethernet
cable and my old XP and the WinME via wireless. The other XP bit the dust,
it was my husbands so he got my XP. <g>
--
Joan Archer
http://www.freewebs.com/crossstitcher
http://lachsoft.com/photogallery
"Dr Archibald Crumpenshtumpa" <dracrumpen@rrrripfarten.net> wrote in message
news:uVEb6bZ8IHA.4140@TK2MSFTNGP02.phx.gbl...
> Is the fact you're now on NT6 why you're posting as 'msnews', Joan?
>
> I'd like to add that many people think a wireless router *only* works as a
> wireless router, or that even if you can plug into via cable also, the
> wireless is always on, and that wireless is very insecure. So I want to
> make
> the point that you can get a wireless router and use it solely as a wired
> router with the wireless disabled and that anyway while wireless *used to
> be* really insecure, now the favoured encryption is much stronger.
>
> Archie
>
>
>
>
> msnews.microsoft.com wrote:
>> I'll second that and can vouch for the fact they work well.
>> I have a Wireless 4 Port ADSL router that I've had working since
>> getting broadband late 2004, it had a Windows XP and WinME machine
>> connected to it via wireless and the other XP was wired to the
>> router, that was me <g>
>> I am now using a Vista Home Premium machine and just connected the
>> cable from the router to the back of it and it works and my old XP
>> now connects via wireless to the router plus the old WinME machine is
>> still going strong and in use <g>
>>
>>
>> "Mike M" <No_Spam@Corned_Beef.Only> wrote in message
>> news:#QRqrFY8IHA.4140@TK2MSFTNGP02.phx.gbl...
>>> DSL doesn't need a "newer" OS however if one is using a USB ADSL
>>> modem then yes, newer modems are unlikely to come with Win Me
>>> compatible drivers. However I would very strongly advise anyone
>>> using or considering using a usb ADSL modem to head for the nearest
>>> waste bin and consign their usb modem to history and then buy
>>> themselves a combined adsl modem/router. These are not expensive and
>>> require no drivers on any connected PC or MAC, allow more than one
>>> PC or MAC to access the internet without the needs for any other
>>> machine other than the router to be on, and, best of all, will come
>>> with a NAT and perhaps also SPI (stateful packet inspection)
>>> firewall with even the more basic NAT (network address translation)
>>> providing vastly greater protection against unwanted intrusions than
>>> any software firewall a user might have installed. --
>>> Mike Maltby
>>> mike.maltby@gmail.com
>>>
>>>
>>> SSJ04 Mewtwo <ssj04mewtwo@yahoo.com> wrote:
>>>
>>>> Mart <mart(NoSpam)@nospam.nospam>
>>>>
>>>> Ah! .. From here, it sounds like you've got (at least) a couple of
>>>> drivers 'installed' for the same modem. So yes, 'Remove' any/all
>>>> modem drivers in Dev Man in Safe Mode.
>>>>
>>>> Off out - won't be able to continue till late tonight.
>>>>
>>>>
>>>> Thanks Mart. Unfortunate, as someone else pointed out, DSL now
>>>> needs a newer OS, and I've just upgraded this machine to XP Home.
>>>>
>>>> To Mart, Mike, and Loom, I thank you for all the help and slaps to
>>>> the head you've given me.
>>>>
>>>> And yes, I'm enjoying my 12 mbps connection.
>
>