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I'm not sure of the distance, but as I said, the laptop works fine everywhere, including in the same position the desktop is in. So distance 'shouldn't' be what's causing the problem. the router is a linksys wireless G, & the desktop network card is a D-Link wireless G card. Dialogue/commentary between Divot, Twardo & myself - "from your first Oshkosh when the three of us were riding to or from one of

Are you sure it's not connected? Open a command prompt and type 'ipconfig /all' and post the results. hint - pipe the results to a text file using 'ipconfig /all >network.txt', then open the text file and cut and paste the results here... I would, except I don't know how I would post it without being able to connect to the net. My CD burner is broken & I don't have any flash drives to get it onto the laptop. I should really buy a flash drive tomorrow.. When I ran ipconfig though, it did show an ip address, subnet mask & default gateway. However, I could swear the subnet mask or default gateway # were the ones from my old DSL modem... How is that possible? Dialogue/commentary between Divot, Twardo & myself - "from your first Oshkosh when the three of us were riding to or from one of

I'm sorry, you're right - the cable is connected to a modem, & than a ethernet cable runs from that modem to the router. I often make the mistake of assuming that people know what I'm talking about (which you obviously did, but nevertheless I should have articulated myself much more clearly). I'll give what you said a try...no matter what the problem is, I'm sure there is a way to fix it. Anything can be worked out when it comes to computers. I'm a little hesitant to reset it to factory settings - only because when I first got the network up & running by myself, I just ran the automatic setup, & at that point, the problem with my computer was the same, the laptop browsing speeds we're very slow & the host computer wasn't able to run certain software & games. I had to friend come over to tweak it; whatever he did got the host computer & laptop to run fine. I don't want to mess that up. Oddly enough, my desktop was able to connect today, but only 2 times, & for 30 seconds at a time.... And it would only connect for those few seconds when the signal was very low - as soon as it would read as "excellent" it would disconnect. Now I can't even get it to indicate that it's connected to the network. I would say it's a distance issue - except how come I can take the laptop in that bedroom, put it in the same position as the desktop & it runs fine...? Said desktop by the way is on the downstairs floor, directly bellow the router. Dialogue/commentary between Divot, Twardo & myself - "from your first Oshkosh when the three of us were riding to or from one of

I don't know, I never met Slappie....at least not yet. Dialogue/commentary between Divot, Twardo & myself - "from your first Oshkosh when the three of us were riding to or from one of

Yes, and the reverse should be true also: "You must dial a '1' in front of the phone number. Please hang up and try again."Well, if they know I need a "1", why not just add it themselves and go ahead and put my call through? Oddly enough, you never need a 1 when dialing from a vell phone. Go figure that 1 out... Dialogue/commentary between Divot, Twardo & myself - "from your first Oshkosh when the three of us were riding to or from one of

I'm fortunate enough to finally rid myself of the PIECE OF CRAP AT&T DSL (HORRIBLE service & constant problems), & instead go cable. I hooked up the router upstairs to the computer that the cable is wired to - that computer runs fine. Likewise, the laptop downstairs runs great, however, my desktop seems to be a problem... Both the laptop that connects & my desktop that doesn't show the signal strength as either "excellent" or "very good"; nevertheless, my desktop isn't actually connected & even opening the browser is much slower than normal. The error that comes up is: "connection interrupted (?) while negotiating with server", or something like that. Things I've done in an attempt to fix the problem: 1) Make sure the wireless card, its drivers & software are properly installed on said desktop. 2) Ran Ad-ware to remove any spyware that may be causing the problem. 3) decompressed critical windows files on the hard drive. A friend of mine who is a programmer told me that running the "disk cleanup" option compresses windows files that the computer needs in order to run efficiently. Any ideas? Dialogue/commentary between Divot, Twardo & myself - "from your first Oshkosh when the three of us were riding to or from one of

I had a great time!

What does that stand for? Thank you for the b-day wishes, Turtle!

I LOVE cheesecake! I had no idea that National Cheesecake Day also landed on my birthday! Dialogue/commentary between Divot, Twardo & myself - "from your first Oshkosh when the three of us were riding to or from one of

What does that stand for? Thank you for the b-day wishes, Turtle!

A BIG THANK YOU to all of you for the wonderful b-day wishes!!

Hmmm, I had no idea that could be the case, would of never thought that 1 & the same input use different connectors. Thanks for your insight!

I did - made no difference. Thanks for the suggestion though.

Billy, although I'm having issues now, I would still recommend a BB curve over anything on the market, It should be noted that I've had this phone for 11 months, & in that time it has been dropped quite a few times. I'd like to sit here & think that is not the cause of my problems, but I'd probably only be lying to myself. So, if you're thinking of upgrading, take a look at this: http://na.blackberry.com/eng/devices/blackberrycurve8900/ Dialogue/commentary between Divot, Twardo & myself - "from your first Oshkosh when the three of us were riding to or from one of

Ok, so a couple of weeks ago I noticed that my blackerry curve wasn't charging via the wall outlet charger - you have to fiddle with it in order to connect it, & as soon as you move the cord in the slightest way it disconnects... Naturally, I thought either my phone or charger is broken - BUT - when I connect it to my computer via the USB cable it charges just fine you can fiddle with it all you want & it'll stay connected solid. So than I thought that just the charger was broken, as a result I bought a new one. To my surprise, however, I'm having the same problem; I also checked the phone on my mom's charger; yu have to play with it some, but it does connect & stay connected. How probable is it that my original wall charger broke & the replacement I just bought is also defective?... I mean, I can't figure out for the life of me why it connects & charges via a USB cable with no issue at all, but not the wall charger(s). Oh yeah, it also connects fine in the car. Any ideas? Dialogue/commentary between Divot, Twardo & myself - "from your first Oshkosh when the three of us were riding to or from one of

Don't feel bad Twardo, I jumped the airshow with the Freedom Fliers for many years before you guys took over. Us old farts can just ignore these punk, brat, kids!! It's all good... ~when these young punks get outta line, I just just whack 'em with my cane! If anything, I have a pair of crutches to assist with. Dialogue/commentary between Divot, Twardo & myself - "from your first Oshkosh when the three of us were riding to or from one of

To anyone who is interested...I created Skyventure a wind tunnel POI file that can be loaded into Garmin GPS units. The file contains all 9 U.S. tunnel locations. This may work with units other than Garmin, but I haven't been able to test that, since a Garmin is all I own. Here's the link: http://www.dropzone.com/cgi-bin/forum/gforum.cgi?post=3623316#3623316 Cheers! Dialogue/commentary between Divot, Twardo & myself - "from your first Oshkosh when the three of us were riding to or from one of

Crap, I didn't know this thread was replied to (didn't get the e-mail notifications for some reason ) until I logged in just now...thanks guys!

That's deep... Dialogue/commentary between Divot, Twardo & myself - "from your first Oshkosh when the three of us were riding to or from one of

would someone please be so kind as to tell me how I go about making a POI file for a Garmin GPS? I want to create a file containing all the U.S. wind tunnels. Thanks!

[I]ouch! Dialogue/commentary between Divot, Twardo & myself - "from your first Oshkosh when the three of us were riding to or from one of

We talkin' about in the air or at the bar?! Has to be AIR, Divot doesn't go to the bar. He dragged the pillow biter in there last yet, tried to get him drunk and take advantage! We talkin' about in the air or at the bar?! Has to be AIR, Divot doesn't go to the bar. He dragged the pillow biter in there last yet, tried to get him drunk and take advantage! Can't rape the willing! Yup...here he is drinking Coke waitin' for the pillow boy to get wasted! Thanks! Notice the time on my watch...we were waiting to see if ole Ralffers would really turn into a pumpkin at midnight! I feel so loved... No, really, I do.

Some of us from Texas have no problem driving up there. Yes, they do have runaway ramps on I-70, BUT...if you use them, I hear it screws up your car/truck pretty good. Well, actually it's semis that get damaged when they go up those things, so I assume cars/trucks do as well...? Now that was stupid I bet them brakes were hot as hell! At least they have runaway ramps on I 70. Dialogue/commentary between Divot, Twardo & myself - "from your first Oshkosh when the three of us were riding to or from one of

That's true - 70, 80 is the norm here. You go any slower & you're going to gret honked at hardcore. All my friends that live out of state think you have to be a crazy & aggressive driver in order to live here... I always get asked by out of towners why I drive "so fast" - to us, 70,80 is not fast, it's normal every day driving. Dialogue/commentary between Divot, Twardo & myself - "from your first Oshkosh when the three of us were riding to or from one of

very sorry to hear about all this. Thoughts & prayers go out to all that knew them. Dialogue/commentary between Divot, Twardo & myself - "from your first Oshkosh when the three of us were riding to or from one of