Re: [PLUG] [OT?] Do functional cell phones exist?

2015-12-23 Thread Rich Shepard
On Tue, 22 Dec 2015, Richard Owlett wrote: > I'm a senior citizen who has been referred to as living "out past > Estacada, even." As a convert from Windoz(tm) to *nix I presume "do 1 > thing. Do it well." Elderly relatives demand that I obtain cell > connectivity. I will cave in to their demands

Re: [PLUG] [OT?] Do functional cell phones exist?

2015-12-23 Thread David Fleck
On Tue, 2015-12-22 at 23:45 -0800, King Beowulf wrote: > On 12/22/2015 11:03 PM, Richard Owlett wrote: > > On 12/22/2015 11:57 PM, wes wrote: > >> I'll mail you my Samsung SGH-A107 if you want it. > >> > >> http://www.amazon.com/dp/B003MW0OIQ > >> > >> -wes > > > > Thanks for the reply. > >

Re: [PLUG] [OT?] Do functional cell phones exist?

2015-12-23 Thread Chuck Hast
As others have pointed out I do not think you are going to find exactly what you need as far as no cpu. All of the analog stuff is gone. And the more the providers digitize the more customers they can get into a given BW so they are not going to go the backwards. In order to process those complex

Re: [PLUG] Survey: what make/model router do you use at home?

2015-12-23 Thread Randy Stapilus
On Wed, Dec 23, 2015 at 9:17 AM, Paul Heinlein wrote: > 1) what is the make/model of the wifi device that you use in your >>house? none is an acceptable answer. >> > > Netgear - I think the model is WINR 1000, though I may be reading that > wrong. > > 2) about how old

Re: [PLUG] Survey: what make/model router do you use at home?

2015-12-23 Thread Neal
1) TP-Link Archer C7 (v2) as per TheWireCutter.com recommendation. 2a) Three months. 2b) Mfr. firmware. 3) 027/O in grade school, HO in jr/sr high, been missing it for ages. NealS ___ PLUG mailing

Re: [PLUG] Survey: what make/model router do you use at home?

2015-12-23 Thread Josiah Luscher
1) DLink DIR-655 2) Was a new model when I bought it, so about 7 or 8 years old. 2 again) Manufacturers updated firmware. 3) No interest. Unless you count sentient trains that don't need rails, eat steel, and can control magnetic fields around them; then I'm a huge fan! On December 22, 2015

Re: [PLUG] Survey: what make/model router do you use at home?

2015-12-23 Thread Paul Heinlein
On Tue, 22 Dec 2015, Russell Senior wrote: Please answer the following questions to the best of your ability: 1) what is the make/model of the wifi device that you use in your house? none is an acceptable answer. Netgear R6900 2) about how old is it (rough guess is fine)? Three

Re: [PLUG] Survey: what make/model router do you use at home?

2015-12-23 Thread Denis Heidtmann
On Tue, Dec 22, 2015 at 6:40 PM, Russell Senior wrote: > > Galen Seitz and I are working on a project where we encountered a "bug" > in our hardware/software when connecting to certain off-the-shelf wifi > routers, involving the 4way handshake associated with RSN/WPA2.

Re: [PLUG] Survey: what make/model router do you use at home?

2015-12-23 Thread Chuck Hast
On Tue, Dec 22, 2015 at 6:40 PM, Russell Senior wrote: > > Galen Seitz and I are working on a project where we encountered a "bug" > in our hardware/software when connecting to certain off-the-shelf wifi > routers, involving the 4way handshake associated with RSN/WPA2.

Re: [PLUG] [OT?] Do functional cell phones exist?

2015-12-23 Thread Denis Heidtmann
On Tue, 22 Dec 2015, Richard Owlett wrote: > > > I'm a senior citizen who has been referred to as living "out past > > Estacada, even." As a convert from Windoz(tm) to *nix I presume "do 1 > > thing. Do it well." Elderly relatives demand that I obtain cell > > connectivity. I will cave in to their

Re: [PLUG] Survey: what make/model router do you use at home?

2015-12-23 Thread Pete Lancashire
1) what is the make/model of the wifi device that you use in your house? none is an acceptable answer. What ever is on the telco provided, it is disabled 2) about how old is it (rough guess is fine)? About 3 years old. My old Cisco Speedrunner finally died 2) is it running firmware from

Re: [PLUG] Survey: what make/model router do you use at home?

2015-12-23 Thread Michael Rasmussen
On Tue, Dec 22, 2015 at 06:40:03PM -0800, Russell Senior wrote: > 1) what is the make/model of the wifi device that you use in your > house? none is an acceptable answer. Buffalo WZR-HP-AG300H/WZR-600DHP > 2) about how old is it (rough guess is fine)? two or three years > 2) is it

Re: [PLUG] Survey: what make/model router do you use at home?

2015-12-23 Thread Bill Barry
On Tue, Dec 22, 2015 at 6:40 PM, Russell Senior wrote: > > Galen Seitz and I are working on a project where we encountered a "bug" > in our hardware/software when connecting to certain off-the-shelf wifi > routers, involving the 4way handshake associated with RSN/WPA2.

Re: [PLUG] Survey: what make/model router do you use at home?

2015-12-23 Thread Louis Kowolowski
On Dec 22, 2015, at 6:40 PM, Russell Senior wrote: > > > Galen Seitz and I are working on a project where we encountered a "bug" > in our hardware/software when connecting to certain off-the-shelf wifi > routers, involving the 4way handshake associated with RSN/WPA2.

Re: [PLUG] What do you call a portable computer that ...

2015-12-23 Thread Dick Steffens
On 12/22/2015 12:37 PM, Chuck Hast wrote: > > > If you still want the "Tablet PC" here is the Thinkpad X201 tablet pc > version > of the X201. > > http://shop.lenovo.com/us/en/laptops/thinkpad/x-series-tablet/x201tablet/ Yeah. I see that they no longer sell it, but that there are a bunch

Re: [PLUG] What do you call a portable computer that ...

2015-12-23 Thread Russ Johnson
> > On Dec 23, 2015, at 18:06, Denis Heidtmann wrote: > > http://www.nsc.org/learn/NSC-Initiatives/Pages/distracted-driving-hands-free-is-not-risk-free-infographic.aspx And that's why I let Siri make my phone calls while driving. I just have to push one button.

Re: [PLUG] What do you call a portable computer that ...

2015-12-23 Thread Dick Steffens
On 12/22/2015 11:28 AM, Ronald Bynoe wrote: > They're called 2-in-1s, however, you don't need one for that. Why not use > an old Android Phone or even a tablet, that has a MicroSD card slot? An old > phone can be free if you already have it, or nearly free if you're getting > one used from

Re: [PLUG] What do you call a portable computer that ...

2015-12-23 Thread Dick Steffens
On 12/22/2015 12:45 PM, Chuck Hast wrote: > For Thinkpads just Google "thinkpad 12v power supply" they range from 65w > to 90w. I have a 90 watt one on my vehicle computer and I keep another one > for my X200/201 machines. > > Here is one on Amazone for $15.00 > >

Re: [PLUG] What do you call a portable computer that ...

2015-12-23 Thread Denis Heidtmann
http://www.nsc.org/learn/NSC-Initiatives/Pages/distracted-driving-hands-free-is-not-risk-free-infographic.aspx On Wed, Dec 23, 2015 at 5:38 PM, Dick Steffens wrote: > On 12/22/2015 12:11 PM, Michael Rasmussen wrote: > > On Tue, Dec 22, 2015 at 11:32:48AM -0800, Dick

Re: [PLUG] [OT?] Do functional cell phones exist?

2015-12-23 Thread Wayne E. Van Loon Sr.
I believe he's in the great state of Missouri, the "show me" state. On 12/23/2015 06:17 PM, Don Buchholz wrote: > On 12/22/2015 9:44 PM, Richard Owlett wrote: > > I'm a senior citizen who has been referred to as living "out past > > Estacada, even." As a convert from Windoz(tm) to *nix I

Re: [PLUG] [OT?] Do functional cell phones exist?

2015-12-23 Thread Chuck Hast
On Tue, Dec 22, 2015 at 11:03 PM, Richard Owlett wrote: > On 12/22/2015 11:57 PM, wes wrote: > > I'll mail you my Samsung SGH-A107 if you want it. > > > > http://www.amazon.com/dp/B003MW0OIQ > > > > -wes > > Thanks for the reply. > However <*GRIN*>, it has two down-checks: >

Re: [PLUG] [OT?] Do functional cell phones exist? - T-Mobile digression

2015-12-23 Thread Michael Rasmussen
On Wed, Dec 23, 2015 at 07:38:47PM -0800, Chuck Hast wrote: > I also had to use T-Mobile in the past, their international roaming was the > pits > and very expensive, also they (not sure now) started billing you as soon as > you hit the call button on your phone. Between then and a year or more

Re: [PLUG] [OT?] Do functional cell phones exist?

2015-12-23 Thread Don Buchholz
On 12/22/2015 9:44 PM, Richard Owlett wrote: > I'm a senior citizen who has been referred to as living "out past > Estacada, even." As a convert from Windoz(tm) to *nix I presume > "do 1 thing. Do it well." Elderly relatives demand that I obtain cell > connectivity. I will cave in to

Re: [PLUG] [OT?] Do functional cell phones exist?

2015-12-23 Thread Louis Kowolowski
On Dec 22, 2015, at 11:03 PM, Richard Owlett wrote: > > On 12/22/2015 11:57 PM, wes wrote: >> I'll mail you my Samsung SGH-A107 if you want it. >> >> http://www.amazon.com/dp/B003MW0OIQ >> >> -wes > > Thanks for the reply. > However

Re: [PLUG] Survey: what make/model router do you use at home?

2015-12-23 Thread Randall Gray
Please answer the following questions to the best of your ability: 1) what is the make/model of the wifi device that you use in your house? none is an acceptable answer. *Asus RT-N16* 2) about how old is it (rough guess is fine)? *Maybe 3 years -- possibly older* 2) is it running

Re: [PLUG] [OT?] Do functional cell phones exist?

2015-12-23 Thread Galen Seitz
On 12/23/15 16:37, Louis Kowolowski wrote: > On Dec 22, 2015, at 11:03 PM, Richard Owlett > wrote: >> >> On 12/22/2015 11:57 PM, wes wrote: >>> I'll mail you my Samsung SGH-A107 if you want it. >>> >>> http://www.amazon.com/dp/B003MW0OIQ >>>

Re: [PLUG] [OT?] Do functional cell phones exist? - T-Mobile digression

2015-12-23 Thread Chuck Hast
That is good. Looks like their data offering is good. On Wed, Dec 23, 2015 at 8:01 PM, Michael Rasmussen wrote: > On Wed, Dec 23, 2015 at 07:38:47PM -0800, Chuck Hast wrote: > > I also had to use T-Mobile in the past, their international roaming was > the > > pits > > and