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03-12-2006, 08:58 AM
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WiFi from Telstra
I have a Speed Steam 6520 WiFi modem. I have two computer systems, one PC and one Mac Powerbook.(10.3.9)
I have installed the required software onto the PC as Big Pond doesn't support Mac. After installation the PC connects well with the 6520 (using the Netgear adaptor supplied by BigPond) but I have had many problems with the Mac. I can find the modem with my Mac through Airport and will get a strong signal. But it will dropout after being Online for a 10 to 15 minutes. Indeed it has hung since I started writing this. I have turn off the Airport and turn back on again to reconnect.
The Mac is in my office which is behind my home at a distance of approx. 12 to 15 metres from the SpeedStream.
Any advice would be gladly appreciated.
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04-12-2006, 07:10 AM
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Bigpond has Mac support, I've used it twice, the last time was several months agoask them to put you through to a mac technician
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05-12-2006, 05:41 AM
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Thanks jdagis,
Whenever I have spoken with Big Pond on the phone and said I had a Mac they asked me to contact Apple directly, that they couldn't help me.
I am now contemplating putting a CAT5 under the house and doing it all by cable.
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05-12-2006, 07:53 AM
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Still stuck in 1984
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That would be a wise solution, not only because Telstra are hopeless when it comes to Macs, but also for health reasons.
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05-12-2006, 09:24 PM
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Yep you're right. I have also heard that doing everything by cable is more stable. I do a lot of transfers by FTP, uploads and downloads of Quicktime files, and cable seems a better way to go. WiFi is not always the best option?
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05-12-2006, 10:43 PM
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WiFi is fine. Telstra are just staffed with idiots.
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05-12-2006, 10:47 PM
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Cable beats wifi easily, for stability, reliability, and speed.
And you obviously haven't read my signature, either 
B.
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05-12-2006, 10:49 PM
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Well I have a telstra account and have my ADSL modem hooked up to an Airport Express. I have no problems with it and it's no less reliable than if I had the cable plugged directly into my MacBook.
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05-12-2006, 11:02 PM
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Cable, wireless - it doesn't matter, it's Telstra that are unreliable - stay away from them.
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06-12-2006, 12:26 AM
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Does it have a NAT/NAPT option for the modem? 
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06-12-2006, 06:08 AM
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Quote:
Originally Posted by Brains
Cable beats wifi easily, for stability, reliability, and speed.
And you obviously haven't read my signature, either |
When the limiting factor is the speed of your connection to your ISP, Wifi is no slower or less stable than ethernet (assuming your router has recent firmware and you're not getting interference from other devices).
As for your signature, I hope you don't drink, smoke, eat red meat, live in a city or do anything else that could *potentially* damage your health.
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06-12-2006, 09:01 PM
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Unfortunately I am locked into Telstra having signed a contract a year ago.
Is adding a Airport Express going to help with my range issues? How would I physically set it up and what would you guess the cost differences would be? That is(as an alternative) if I put cable under the house to solve the problem.
Thanks.
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06-12-2006, 10:17 PM
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ptree, instead of getting more *shudder* wireless, for the same kind of money you could pay to have a licensed data-cabler come out and run some cat5 from one point to the other, or you could use a couple of Netcomm's ethernet over power adaptors. The Turbo HomePlug boxes work very very well.
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Originally Posted by Squozen
As for your signature, I hope you don't drink, smoke, eat red meat, live in a city or do anything else that could *potentially* damage your health. |
I do drink, smoke, and eat red meat, but only in extreme moderation, and I do so by choice (unlike wireless which is potentially hazardous, invisible and ubiquitous, polluting my environment whether I choose it to be there or not) ... and after having had wi-fi make me ill and essentially house-bound, I'm leaving the city completely for the clean Aussie bush in a couple of weeks! My new house:
Brains
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Last edited by Brains; 06-12-2006 at 10:26 PM.
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06-12-2006, 10:41 PM
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Location: Melbourne
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one thing i found, was if i increased/decreased the time of refreshing or something with the wireless router. i know thats not the same for you, but something similar might help with drop outs, i know it did when i was adding my dads laptop to the wireless network.
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07-12-2006, 08:03 AM
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Thanks for all the help.
I have checked out the Turbo Home Plug and understand that the plugs need to be on the same circuit.
I'm not an Electrician but I think that because my outside office is on a separate fuse to the rest of the house then this may preclude me from using this product.
Certainly at $228rrp it would be cheaper than installing a CT5 cable across the backyard.
Re the router I'm not sure how to reset the refresh time. It is a SpeedStream 6520.
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