Hi Sue and list, I'm writing from Denver Colorado. The hotel where we are staying has an unsecure linksys network. We need to be in their restaurant for the network to work properly in the BN. I was able to download 149 messages before the BN quit downloading mail. I tried a couple of standard resets and it wouldn't work, kept getting some error message so did a 4 5 6 reset and everything was fine again. I received 256 messages. It does slow down usually for me around 200 to 300 messages. I love wireless networks! I wouldn't go back to phone lines unless I absolutely had to do so. Sometimes, I noticed the downloads might slow a bit when others were using the network. When not many were on the network, the message downloads were much better and faster, that's the way it seems here. I don't have many problems at home unless I'm outside and my neighbor has his network going! I sometimes tangle up with his system. One time I actually downloaded messages from his network. When inside the house, the network is flawless I'd say! That's how I see it!
Jim Aldrich > ----- Original Message ----- >From: "Sue Mangis" <[EMAIL PROTECTED] >To: "Braillenote List" <[email protected] >Date: Fri, 01 Jul 2005 20:18:28 -0700 >Subject: [Braillenote] observations on using wireless connection >Good Friday Evening, > I have had the ability to connect to the internet and download e-mail using > my wireless ambicom card for a month. I have a few observations and possible > questions. >Sometimes downloading e-mail is fast with 1 or 2 peeps per message sometimes >there are 3 or 4 beeps. It doesn't seem to matter how large the message is. >When the Braille Note is in a fast mode it works fine for about 60 e-mails. >After that it takes quite awhile to download each message no matter how small. >Sometimes it isn't any faster than using dial-up. Yesterday I began >downloading 84 e-mails and it hung on the first message and wouldn't do >anything. Then I used a reset and downloading proceeded. It got stuck again >around message 70. I gave up read the messages and moved the majority to the >trash. When I attempted to download again it hung at message 15 which was >still in the trash. I finally used the computer. >I can't figure out when it will be slow or fast. Any thoughts? I am >connecting via the comcast router, but the e-mail service to which I connect >is earthlink. >Also sometimes it is faster when deleting e-mail but today it was slow and >would take several seconds for the next message to come up in the list after >deleting. I emptied the trash and freed database space prior to the e-mail >session. >I do find the internet much faster. I had to copy several parts of an article >to review for a class. Although it took time to accomplish the task, I >managed to block and copy about 150 pages for a keysoft document. >Sue Mangis >___ >To leave the BrailleNote list, send a blank message to >[EMAIL PROTECTED] >To view the list archives or change your preferences, visit >http://list.humanware.com/mailman/listinfo/braillenote
