Just to let you know her wireless has now been sorted. It turned out
that her Windows laptop was not configured to connect to the wireless,
but rather connect via a virtual private network, which shouldn't have
been the case. So far it seems to be quite reliable. Thanks all for the
help regarding VPN's and macs. I greatly appreciated it. Thanks again.
On Fri, 19 Jan 2007 17:10:45 +0000, "Christopher Hallsworth"
<[EMAIL PROTECTED]> said:
> Thank you very much for the help. By the way, she's not on this list
> yet, and she won't be until both her internet's working and I ask her if
> she'd be interested. Thanks again for the help.
> On Fri, 19 Jan 2007 10:08:07 -0700, "Greg Kearney" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
> said:
> > Yes and a whole lot of other issues as well.
> >
> > Greg
> > On Jan 19, 2007, at 10:04 , Christopher Hallsworth wrote:
> >
> > > So, in short, you're saying the speed depends on which VPN client
> > > they're using? Thanks.
> > > On Fri, 19 Jan 2007 09:51:15 -0700, "Greg Kearney"
> > > <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
> > > said:
> > >> VPN are tricky business on any platform Mac included. The Mac has a
> > >> built in VPN client but some VPN require their own. I'm on a VP to my
> > >> workplace from home and have never found it to be slow. There are so
> > >> many variables with VPN that it is just not possible to answer the
> > >> question one way or the other.
> > >>
> > >> Greg Kearney
> > >> On Jan 19, 2007, at 09:44 , Christopher Hallsworth wrote:
> > >>
> > >>> Thanks. I've also been told by my girlfriend, whose name is Hannah,
> > >>> that
> > >>> one of her lecturers owns a mac and apparently the VPN client is
> > >>> slow;
> > >>> is that true, or is it because this particular lecturer may own an
> > >>> earlier Mac as I suggested to her. Thanks again.
> > >>> On Fri, 19 Jan 2007 08:41:22 -0500, "Harry/ Linda Bates"
> > >>> <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> said:
> > >>>> At first I used Linksys wireless system, but continually had
> > >>>> problems
> > >>>> with
> > >>>> the connection dropping. Now I use D-link system for my wireless,
> > >>>> and do
> > >>>> not have problems any more with the connection dropping.
> > >>>> ----- Original Message -----
> > >>>> From: "Christopher Hallsworth" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
> > >>>> To: <[email protected]>
> > >>>> Sent: Friday, January 19, 2007 3:21 AM
> > >>>> Subject: Wireless networking
> > >>>>
> > >>>>
> > >>>>> Hi all,
> > >>>>> My girlfriend, who's not on this list, uses a Windows laptop. Her
> > >>>>> college has implemented wireless networking, using a VPN client to
> > >>>>> authenticate the connection. However, she is having terrible
> > >>>>> problems
> > >>>>> with the network, and she's having to take her laptop to the
> > >>>>> college's
> > >>>>> technical support office to get the wireless issues fixed. On a
> > >>>>> mac,
> > >>>>> what problems, if any, would she have in terms of wireless
> > >>>>> networking,
> > >>>>> or airport, as the mac would call it, using a VPN client? I
> > >>>>> know my
> > >>>>> friend, who's on this list, will be using a VPN client to connect
> > >>>>> to his
> > >>>>> wireless in France, but I was wondering in general that's all.
> > >>>>> If you have any more queries on this matter, I will greatly
> > >>>>> receive
> > >>>>> them. Thanks, and I look forward to hearing from you.
> > >>>>> Christopher Hallsworth
> > >>>>> Skype name chrishallsworth7266
> > >>>>>
> > >>>>
> > >>>>
> > >>> Christopher Hallsworth
> > >>> Skype name chrishallsworth7266
> > >>>
> > >>>
> > >>
> > >>
> > > Christopher Hallsworth
> > > Skype name chrishallsworth7266
> > >
> > >
> >
> >
> Christopher Hallsworth
> Skype name chrishallsworth7266
>
>
Christopher Hallsworth
Skype name chrishallsworth7266
