Comments on: More PC support…

By: Scott Wesley

Scott Wesley — Tue, 24 Aug 2010 04:44:17 +0000

I think that every time I get an issue with Windows 7. Most of the described solutions are to a level of detail that sometimes even I’m hesitant to inflict.

Must. Learn. Ubuntu.

By: Tim...

Tim... — Mon, 23 Aug 2010 09:18:20 +0000

Hi.

I agree it’s not an ideal situation, but it’s the only one I could get working with the kit they’ve got.

I was able to connect using WPA from my laptop, but their card only supports WEP. When I tried to use WEP it wouldn’t work with their laptop. I suspect the issue is with the wireless card on the laptop, but there was no new firmware available. Trying to tell regular folk they need to spend money on new kit when they have something that works is kinda difficult. and the lack of broadcasting stops the casual piggy-backer, like neighbours…

Cheers

Tim…

By: Gary

Gary — Sun, 22 Aug 2010 22:55:05 +0000

You go to a computer shop and, if they are decent, they sell you a wireless router (without a built-in modem) to plug in the working modem. If they are not decent, they’ll sell you a new combined modem/router.

Personally I wouldn’t go without WPA encryption. Even if a router isn’t broadcasting its SSID, it can be trivially determined if you ‘listen’ in while a device is connected.

PS. My router and desktop had problems connecting if I used a mixed case keyword, but it was fine for lowercase. Or maybe it was just objecting to some passwords.