... to have a play around when I get back. My initial thoughts would be updates to SW on his computer (specifically the SW firewall) which may have been done behind his back. It sounds more like an IP conflict to me. I'd wonder whether his PC is Could be. <snip> If all else fails, tell him it's punishment from glod for inappropriate removal of plugs! ;) Always an...
....com> wrote: On Apr 14, 9:06 pm, JJ <use...@crydee.co.uk> wrote: It sounds more like an IP conflict to me. I'd wonder whether his PC is configured to use a ...'s own. I are bloody annoyed. Must be gremlins. Still, thanks for trying to help. Disremembers me of our "IT consultants" mindlessly dumping Windows "updates" to our development computers. I've made ...
On Mon, 14 Apr 2008, Mrs Lumpless wrote: On Apr 14, 9:06 pm, JJ <use...@crydee.co.uk> wrote: It sounds more like an IP conflict to me. I'd wonder whether his PC is configured to use a static IP address that's already in ..." who'd set it up a shpxgneq. :o) I are bloody annoyed. Must be gremlins. Evil buggers they are. Still, thanks for trying to help. No worries. :) JJ
On Apr 14, 9:06 pm, JJ <use...@crydee.co.uk> wrote: It sounds more like an IP conflict to me. I'd wonder whether his PC is configured to use a static IP address that's already in use by someone else ... his pooter has connected. No sign of a problem. It's just bloody well gone and connected. On it's own. I are bloody annoyed. Must be gremlins. Still, thanks for trying to help.
On Mon, 14 Apr 2008 14:24:21 -0700 (PDT), Mrs Lumpless <lisa.curry@gmail.com> wrote: He's using XP Pro. I'm using Vista. He's been connecting faultlessly for the past few months, then got up yesterday morning and couldn't maintain a connection. There are pills for that. Oh.... *connection*.
...<no...@merida.demon.co.uk> wrote: Firewall seems the most likely cause. Is he using the dreaded Norton Internet Security? If so, he should ditch it. Nothing but trouble, IME. No, we use AVG. It's what we've always used with no problems. Bugger, I didn't mean AVG, that's me antivirus. Oh sod it. I've had too much champagne. Not wise to try to think when you're drinking.
... on his computer (specifically the SW firewall) which may have been done behind his back. It sounds more like an IP conflict to me. I'd wonder whether his PC is configured to use a ... listed for the IP addresses with the "Physical Address" shown by the ipconfig command you've run. More questions... - is the wireless network set to broadcast its SSID? - has the SSID been changed from the...
... it here on the off chance it might be helpful }Here is a Windows Knowledge Base article that might help: }Network Map in Windows Vista does not display computers that...in Network Map on Windows Vista-based }computers. For more information about how to set up or to ... between Windows Vista and Windows XP, see the "More }Information" section. }Back to the top } }CAUSE ...
...the other hand, if he's also not getting through on wired ethernet, I'm stumped, unless it's a firewall problem on his machine. :-( Well, we'll see. He's taken it to work so we'll see if he can connect at all using the business broadband connection. See if it's a firewall problem I don't understand how his pooter can detect everyone else's network in the area but not our own. Oh well.
"Ben newsam" <ben.newsam.remove.this@gmail.com> wrote in message news:muh804d5uripd5gtj6mmnuir6d75adnej1@4ax.com... On Tue, 15 Apr 2008 02:03:46 GMT, Odd <n@n.com> wrote: Then he tells his boss. He gets kudos for finding the cause of the uproar, and I get a working computer. It's a win-win ... And you get to spend half the day poking.... I'll get me coat. Heheh...
