Hi Syndi, Alex and others. I have been at TAFE three years and, not being that technically-minded, as far as the Internet is concerned, have no idea if it's possible to connect to the TAFE (college of technical and further education), network. I use wireless internet with a WIFI card, but they don't use telephone lines. If I want to search the Net or the TAFE intranet, I have to use a PC with Jaws, when using my BN would be much simpler where possible.
Is there a way around this problem? Cheers! Michele -----Original Message----- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Alex Parks Sent: Wednesday, 24 January 2007 12:39 PM To: Braillenote List; [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: RE: Re[2]: [Braillenote] college network Sorry to jump in here, but the UMaine college system claims to require any machine on their network to have Norton. However, I was visiting my sister one day and took the settings off her laptop, manually entered them into my BN, and was online with no problem. I am not sure what security they have, but if all you need is a good IP, DNS, default gateway, and subnet mask then I have to wonder... The only problem is that if one of these four is not recognized, you are out of luck. Have a great day, Alex > ----- Original Message ----- >From: "slery" <[EMAIL PROTECTED] >To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>, "Braillenote List" <[email protected] >Date sent: Tue, 23 Jan 2007 18:56:11 -0500 >Subject: RE: Re[2]: [Braillenote] college network >Don, >How recent is your experience? >Talk among students within the last year is that a lot of universities are >upping the security and have gone the route of requiring students to install >software in order to be able to use their network unless you are in a dorm. >I'm not trying to be facetious, I genuinely want to know about your >experiences because this could be brought up to universities as an example >of what other universities have done that does not exclude blind people >using adaptive technology. It wouldn't be an immediate fix but the next >time they are upgrading things they might take it into consideration. >Cindy >-----Original Message----- >From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] >[mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Behalf Of don bishop >Sent: Tuesday, January 23, 2007 1:56 PM >To: braillenote >Subject: Re[2]: [Braillenote] college network >I can only speak for the college networks I've personally >experienced. >It's easy to connect to them using the braillenote. Just do a >scan for network and probably accept all the default settings along >with giving the configuration a unique name. >Next, once you're connected, you have to open your browser and go >to a page of your choosing. >Your request will be intercepted by a page from the network which >asks you to sign on to the network using your user name and >password. These should be provided to you by the appropriate >person at your college. >In other words, you can connect to the network, but you cannot do >anything with that connection until you log in properly. >There may be other networks which operate in a different way, but I >can only speak for those >with which I have experience. >Since connecting wirelessly is now such a popular connection type, >I suspect most networks now operate pretty much in this way. >So, get your username and password from the appropriate people at >your college and give it a try. >Don >___ >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 >___ >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 ___ 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 -- No virus found in this incoming message. Checked by AVG Free Edition. Version: 7.5.432 / Virus Database: 268.17.8/649 - Release Date: 23/01/2007 8:40 PM -- No virus found in this outgoing message. Checked by AVG Free Edition. Version: 7.5.432 / Virus Database: 268.17.8/649 - Release Date: 23/01/2007 8:40 PM ___ 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
