[H] research
Can I assume that part of the xdsl install kit will be a sheet that lists the various IP addys for the servers I will need to use? Servers like POP, Mail, SMTP, Login(?), DNS, etc. I'm checking through my old Verizon credentials to see what I have/rcvd. If not, do I cause any trouble if I spend time with WhoIs and/or my Trace Route proggy to try and find out what I think I need? Alternately, I suppose I could call the provider's Help Desk, but I am not multi-lingual! LOL! Thanks, Duncan This email scanned for Viruses and Spam by ZCloud.net
Re: [H] Making a second home PC quieter
I have an older WD drive that has that whining sound and I absolutely agree that it is noisy and irritating. I put that in an external case and only use it for backups... but even the 10-15 minutes that it is usually on, it grates at me. I have several of the newer 400GB and 500GB WD drives and trust me when I say I can barely hear them. Replace the drives and move onto the fan noise that will annoy you afterwards. :) On 10/1/07, Anthony Q. Martin [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: DHSinclair wrote: Anthony, Some simple justice here. Hard Drives- They make noise. Period. Some less than others. Choose accordingly; and spend the money :) You know...you're 100% correct about this Duncan. Sanity is worth it's weight in gold! After some time, the $$$ will be meaningless, but my attitude, well-being, and mood could be wrecked!
Re: [H] Making a second home PC quieter
Thanks, Richard. That's exactly what I did for that home machine. Just going to a slightly younger drive killed that high-pitched whine. I have a new CPU cooller (Nexus) and new case fans to put in this weekend. I made huge progress on my office PC. Took out the loud PS, replaced the CPU cooler, got a fan-less PCI-e video card that supports directx 10! I don't need fast for that, just need to drive two screens. This system is in an Antec P160 that I bought from a system house. Did even realize how nice a case it is on the inside until I decided to deal with the noise. It could use some sound proofing, but I don't need all that at workThis box is much, much better than it was...which was freight-train loud. I probably will upgrade the HDs in the work machine, though, as they are real noisy 250 GB WD HDs. Richard Kim [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: I have an older WD drive that has that whining sound and I absolutely agree that it is noisy and irritating. I put that in an external case and only use it for backups... but even the 10-15 minutes that it is usually on, it grates at me. I have several of the newer 400GB and 500GB WD drives and trust me when I say I can barely hear them. Replace the drives and move onto the fan noise that will annoy you afterwards. :) On 10/1/07, Anthony Q. Martin [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: DHSinclair wrote: Anthony, Some simple justice here. Hard Drives- They make noise. Period. Some less than others. Choose accordingly; and spend the money :) You know...you're 100% correct about this Duncan. Sanity is worth it's weight in gold! After some time, the $$$ will be meaningless, but my attitude, well-being, and mood could be wrecked!
RE: [H] research
If you use a gateway router you only need one address. Also, Network will be semi secured :) But if you decide to go the way your thinking, they give you a list of addresses you can use. You can use those addresses anyway you like. Regards, Tim The Beave Lider E-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] MSN: [EMAIL PROTECTED] -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of DHSinclair Sent: Thursday, October 11, 2007 10:41 AM To: Hardware Group Subject: [H] research Can I assume that part of the xdsl install kit will be a sheet that lists the various IP addys for the servers I will need to use? Servers like POP, Mail, SMTP, Login(?), DNS, etc. I'm checking through my old Verizon credentials to see what I have/rcvd. If not, do I cause any trouble if I spend time with WhoIs and/or my Trace Route proggy to try and find out what I think I need? Alternately, I suppose I could call the provider's Help Desk, but I am not multi-lingual! LOL! Thanks, Duncan This email scanned for Viruses and Spam by ZCloud.net
Re: [H] research
You should get either an email or a sheet with that info. Alternately, they probably have a website with that information, or you could ask someone on DSLReports.com. DHSinclair wrote: Can I assume that part of the xdsl install kit will be a sheet that lists the various IP addys for the servers I will need to use? Servers like POP, Mail, SMTP, Login(?), DNS, etc. I'm checking through my old Verizon credentials to see what I have/rcvd. If not, do I cause any trouble if I spend time with WhoIs and/or my Trace Route proggy to try and find out what I think I need? Alternately, I suppose I could call the provider's Help Desk, but I am not multi-lingual! LOL! Thanks, Duncan This email scanned for Viruses and Spam by ZCloud.net
Re: [H] research
Thanks Ben, Spent time at the bellsouth.net site and got some of the info. And some flakey news that I'll ask in a follow-on email. Best, Duncan At 14:52 10/11/2007 -0400, you wrote: You should get either an email or a sheet with that info. Alternately, they probably have a website with that information, or you could ask someone on DSLReports.com. DHSinclair wrote: Can I assume that part of the xdsl install kit will be a sheet that lists the various IP addys for the servers I will need to use? Servers like POP, Mail, SMTP, Login(?), DNS, etc. snip This email scanned for Viruses and Spam by ZCloud.net
RE: [H] research
Thanks Tim, Was hoping this was the case, but needed to ask the collective anyway. 73 faqs later I have some good and some notsogood info to ponder. More q's to come... LOL! Amazing how complex this stuff has gotten! Or, maybe it is just my AAADD (age-affected-attention-deficit-disorder)!! Best, Duncan At 14:59 10/11/2007 -0400, you wrote: If you use a gateway router you only need one address. Also, Network will be semi secured :) But if you decide to go the way your thinking, they give you a list of addresses you can use. You can use those addresses anyway you like. Regards, Tim The Beave Lider E-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] MSN: [EMAIL PROTECTED] snip This email scanned for Viruses and Spam by ZCloud.net
[H] research questions
OK Tim, Believe the router is a gateway router. Maybe not. How would I know? From my LAN's perspective, I am treating it as my gateway. All my clients have the router's IP addy as their gateway on the tcp/ip tab. In any case, I now have the IP addys I think I need. Some make sense, some do not. Q1: I use Eudora. BellSouth seems to be dead to Eudora. A faq lists these email clients: Netscape 4.0, 4.5 to 4.77, 6 or 7 Outlook Express Outlook 97/98/2K/2K2 Hmm. But, later on (more faqs) I find a setup procedure for Mozilla Thunderbird. So, all you TBird users, please advise. I do like/own Eudora (v5.1.1) and would like to continue unless it really is dead. Current plan is to use the Mozy setup once the channel goes hot and see what happens. Q2: Seems the Bellsouth blocks/filters port 25. Believe this is PoPmail port. Can I switch Eudora to IMAP and truck on with Bellsouth? Q3: Bellsouth uses the same server (mail.bellsouth.net) for both inbound and outbound mail. Is this normal? I do know that they seem to have extensive spam, junk, etc, filtering. Perhaps this is a good thing. :) So I check out the news server for Bellsouth and find that it is: (should I choose to do Opera or Agent!) nxdomain.guide.opendns.com 208.69.32.130 and the server is in San Francisco, CA. Q4: What's up with this? Are the news channels still as polluted as they were in 1999? So far, so good. Believe my due diligence is as complete as possible. For now. I'm off to check out Mozilla TBird.. Please accept my thanks to all who helped with replies and tips. Much appreciated. Now I just have to get hold of JE to change an addy and keep List mail flowing! Best, Duncan Netscape At 14:59 10/11/2007 -0400, you wrote: If you use a gateway router you only need one address. Also, Network will be semi secured :) But if you decide to go the way your thinking, they give you a list of addresses you can use. You can use those addresses anyway you like. Regards, Tim The Beave Lider E-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] MSN: [EMAIL PROTECTED] snip This email scanned for Viruses and Spam by ZCloud.net
[H] DDR Memory Prices, WTF
Pricing DDR pc3300 OMGoodness have prices jumped on other then ddr2. fp -- Tallyho ! ]:8) Taglines below ! -- A closed mouth gathers no flies.
Re: [H] research questions
Thanks Wayne, Sorry, Router is D-Link DGL-4300 (per Hayes recc). But, I will go look inside again tonight. Good, about Eudora/Netscape! OK, understand the other peep's mail server. Hmm..This will not affect List mail will it? Yes, will look at Agent 4.xI don't do much news anyway. I thought the name/addy was odd too. Good info, tnx! Best, Duncan At 17:39 10/11/2007 -0400, you wrote: At 17:13 10-11-2007, DHSinclair typed: Believe the router is a gateway router. Maybe not. How would I know? Under Advanced Routing under Setup for your Linksys Router you can set it to either Gateway or Router. If you're connected directly to a modem then you're probably using Gateway mode. From my LAN's perspective, I am treating it as my gateway. All my clients have the router's IP addy as their gateway on the tcp/ip tab. In any case, I now have the IP addys I think I need. Some make sense, some do not. Q1: I use Eudora. BellSouth seems to be dead to Eudora. No way. If you can setup Netscape then you can setup Eudora. Q2: Seems the Bellsouth blocks/filters port 25. Believe this is PoPmail port. Can I switch Eudora to IMAP and truck on with Bellsouth? Many ISPs block/filter the 1st 1000 ports but that doesn't mean you can't get your mail. It just means you can't use someone else's email server on port 25. Q3: Bellsouth uses the same server (mail.bellsouth.net) for both inbound and outbound mail. Is this normal? I do know that they seem to have extensive spam, junk, etc, filtering. Perhaps this is a good thing. :) Is it normal? It is for them. Some other ISPs may do this. Some use pop.isp.com while others use pop3.isp.com for incoming as it's just a matter of configuration on the ISPs end. So I check out the news server for Bellsouth and find that it is: (should I choose to do Opera or Agent!) nxdomain.guide.opendns.com 208.69.32.130 and the server is in San Francisco, CA. Q4: What's up with this? Are the news channels still as polluted as they were in 1999? That addy is NOT a UseNet server addy. Most of them are news.isp.com format I would use the new Agent 4.x ---+-- I'm a geek that loves to tweak. This email scanned for Viruses and Spam by ZCloud.net
Re: [H] research questions
Eudora should work with your provider, they just do not support it but settings are settings in any email program AFAIK. Or at least I can not imagine it not working. Using Eudora 7.1.0.9. My only complaint is it is slow to load 1st thing in the morning for some reason. Rest of the day OK fp At 03:38 PM 10/11/2007, DHSinclair Poked the stick with: Thanks Wayne, Sorry, Router is D-Link DGL-4300 (per Hayes recc). But, I will go look inside again tonight. Good, about Eudora/Netscape! OK, understand the other peep's mail server. Hmm..This will not affect List mail will it? Yes, will look at Agent 4.xI don't do much news anyway. I thought the name/addy was odd too. Good info, tnx! Best, Duncan At 17:39 10/11/2007 -0400, you wrote: At 17:13 10-11-2007, DHSinclair typed: Believe the router is a gateway router. Maybe not. How would I know? Under Advanced Routing under Setup for your Linksys Router you can set it to either Gateway or Router. If you're connected directly to a modem then you're probably using Gateway mode. From my LAN's perspective, I am treating it as my gateway. All my clients have the router's IP addy as their gateway on the tcp/ip tab. In any case, I now have the IP addys I think I need. Some make sense, some do not. Q1: I use Eudora. BellSouth seems to be dead to Eudora. No way. If you can setup Netscape then you can setup Eudora. Q2: Seems the Bellsouth blocks/filters port 25. Believe this is PoPmail port. Can I switch Eudora to IMAP and truck on with Bellsouth? Many ISPs block/filter the 1st 1000 ports but that doesn't mean you can't get your mail. It just means you can't use someone else's email server on port 25. Q3: Bellsouth uses the same server (mail.bellsouth.net) for both inbound and outbound mail. Is this normal? I do know that they seem to have extensive spam, junk, etc, filtering. Perhaps this is a good thing. :) Is it normal? It is for them. Some other ISPs may do this. Some use pop.isp.com while others use pop3.isp.com for incoming as it's just a matter of configuration on the ISPs end. So I check out the news server for Bellsouth and find that it is: (should I choose to do Opera or Agent!) nxdomain.guide.opendns.com 208.69.32.130 and the server is in San Francisco, CA. Q4: What's up with this? Are the news channels still as polluted as they were in 1999? That addy is NOT a UseNet server addy. Most of them are news.isp.com format I would use the new Agent 4.x ---+-- I'm a geek that loves to tweak. This email scanned for Viruses and Spam by ZCloud.net -- Tallyho ! ]:8) Taglines below ! -- Buddhist to hotdog vendor: Make me One with everything
RE: [H] research
Well it is quite simple. After you select your DSL modem and Gate Router. I myself use Linksys Cable Modem, Linksys 4 Port/Wireless-N Router and a 8 port 1GB Switch. The 1GB switch is for the high speed transferring and streaming data off of itunes server. Good luck in the setup, Tim The Beave Lider E-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] MSN: [EMAIL PROTECTED] -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of DHSinclair Sent: Thursday, October 11, 2007 12:49 PM To: The Hardware List Subject: RE: [H] research Thanks Tim, Was hoping this was the case, but needed to ask the collective anyway. 73 faqs later I have some good and some notsogood info to ponder. More q's to come... LOL! Amazing how complex this stuff has gotten! Or, maybe it is just my AAADD (age-affected-attention-deficit-disorder)!! Best, Duncan At 14:59 10/11/2007 -0400, you wrote: If you use a gateway router you only need one address. Also, Network will be semi secured :) But if you decide to go the way your thinking, they give you a list of addresses you can use. You can use those addresses anyway you like. Regards, Tim The Beave Lider E-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] MSN: [EMAIL PROTECTED] snip This email scanned for Viruses and Spam by ZCloud.net
RE: [H] DDR Memory Prices, WTF
Just like SD-RAM did after DDR become the norm, and FP/EDO when SD-RAM became the norm...old mem tech gets priced up pretty fast. :) Greg -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:hardware- [EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of FORC5 Sent: Thursday, October 11, 2007 4:29 PM To: hardware@hardwaregroup.com Subject: [H] DDR Memory Prices, WTF Pricing DDR pc3300 OMGoodness have prices jumped on other then ddr2. fp -- Tallyho ! ]:8) Taglines below ! -- A closed mouth gathers no flies.
RE: [H] research questions
OK Tim, Believe the router is a gateway router. Maybe not. How would I know? From my LAN's perspective, I am treating it as my gateway. All my clients have the router's IP addy as their gateway on the tcp/ip tab. It more than likely is a gateway router. Most are. Q1: I use Eudora. BellSouth seems to be dead to Eudora. A faq lists these email clients: Netscape 4.0, 4.5 to 4.77, 6 or 7 Outlook Express Outlook 97/98/2K/2K2 Hmm. But, later on (more faqs) I find a setup procedure for Mozilla Thunderbird. So, all you TBird users, please advise. I do like/own Eudora (v5.1.1) and would like to continue unless it really is dead. Current plan is to use the Mozy setup once the channel goes hot and see what happens. Easy to fix. Just use the Pop and SMPT information they use on Outlook to the other programs. I use Outlook now because I put client/friends info and make appointments within Outlook. Q2: Seems the Bellsouth blocks/filters port 25. Believe this is PoPmail port. Can I switch Eudora to IMAP and truck on with Bellsouth? Most Internet providers do this. I have problems sending mail via my work address. I just use my home address to send it with a reply-to my Work Address. Q3: Bellsouth uses the same server (mail.bellsouth.net) for both inbound and outbound mail. Is this normal? I do know that they seem to have extensive spam, junk, etc, filtering. Perhaps this is a good thing. :) In most cases it's the norm. I have seen it like a lot. So I check out the news server for Bellsouth and find that it is: (should I choose to do Opera or Agent!) nxdomain.guide.opendns.com 208.69.32.130 and the server is in San Francisco, CA. Q4: What's up with this? Are the news channels still as polluted as they were in 1999? Oh! Ya they are polluted with spam and pron like in those days. So far, so good. Believe my due diligence is as complete as possible. For now. I'm off to check out Mozilla TBird.. t-Bird is pretty good. I did not stick with it due to the fact the usage of Outlook in my work place.
Re: [H] research questions
tnx FORC5. Just concerned the provider is braindead to Windows/Netscape-centric. DSinc At 18:51 10/11/2007 -0400, you wrote: Eudora should work with your provider, they just do not support it but settings are settings in any email program AFAIK. Or at least I can not imagine it not working. Using Eudora 7.1.0.9. My only complaint is it is slow to load 1st thing in the morning for some reason. Rest of the day OK fp snip This email scanned for Viruses and Spam by ZCloud.net
RE: [H] DDR Memory Prices, WTF
Sad, but very true. My last buy of some old EDO RAM was painful. But, happy to even find it (probably pulls). No matter. My last pending painful buy will be the registered-EDO-buffered-ECC ram for my server. This will be fun and expensive! Only have to do it once though! LOL! Duncan At 19:09 10/11/2007 -0400, you wrote: Just like SD-RAM did after DDR become the norm, and FP/EDO when SD-RAM became the norm...old mem tech gets priced up pretty fast. :) Greg snip This email scanned for Viruses and Spam by ZCloud.net
Re: [H] research questions
thanks for the tip give it a shot At 07:56 PM 10/11/2007, Wayne Johnson Poked the stick with: At 18:51 10-11-2007, FORC5 typed: My only complaint is it is slow to load 1st thing in the morning for some reason. Do you keep the big 3 emptied? I'm talking about In, Out Trash as they are all loaded into ram when Eudora starts. If you filter everything to other folders it helps quite a bit as I have a Rec'd Sent mailbox I empty the trash on exit. ---+-- I'm a geek that loves to tweak. -- Tallyho ! ]:8) Taglines below ! -- That was a pointing device? My cat thought it was dinner.
Re: [H] New ATI drivers cause overheating?
All I know is when Steam bitched my X850XT's v7.6 driver was out of date I loaded Catalyst v7.9 which screwed HL2 so bad it would not run at all even though other games worked (after reconfiguring them, weird). Put v7.6 back on, no problems and I'm there for a while. Scott Sipe wrote: Not sure if this is new Catalyst drivers or something else--I started playing oblivion again a couple days ago (after a several month break) and updated my drivers for x1900xt to the most current Catalyst. I started getting graphical distortions almost immediately in Oblivion--messed up polygons, large miscolored blobs appearing, etc--the usual. Took me several hours to figure out (uninstalling oblivion+mods, checking system clock settings, etc) that the current fan settings seem to be WAY too conservative--I used ATI Tool to change the card's thermal settings--kicks the fan on earlier and harder, and it works absolutely fine now--in fact, I can overclock it. I DO have a custom fan--the Accelero x2--but never had this problem before the latest drivers. Anyone seen anything similar? Scott Shape Yahoo! in your own image. Join our Network Research Panel today! http://surveylink.yahoo.com/gmrs/yahoo_panel_invite.asp?a=7
