Re: [WISPA] Sometimes you just need to know you know
In-Reply-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1; format=flowed Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-RBL-Warning: SPAMHEADERS: This E-mail has headers consistent with spam [480e]. X-Declude-Sender: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [66.232.162.254] X-Declude-Spoolname: Da3b364a000325f45.SMD X-Note: This email scanned for spam and viruses by Declude. X-ISP: Mount Vernon Net (mvn.net) X-Sender: 66.232.162.254 I have a friend with an old Win 98 machine with the exact same problem. Sadly they do not believe me that their computer is a POS. I feel your pain! :-) Scriv Mark Koskenmaki wrote: I did an install up on the mountains today... It's just about a half hour's drive from my workshop, almost an hour's drive from home... Although this is a very remote AP, there ARE a few homes nearby. And one of those had called and we're doing the install. So, we get her IMAC hooked up and viola! It works. But, my speed test was chugging along at only .9 to 1.5Mbit - it's a web based script that estimates download speed. So, I downloaded a file. Sure enough... It starts about 175KB/sec, and after about 5 megs go by, it's crawling along at 80KB. I log into the cpe and try adjusting every stinking thing I can, making sure we have great RSSI at both ends (ap and cpe). Still, the data flow is not good at all. Well, I had forgotten the switch so we could get her husband's machine on as well. So, later in the day I returned and we put in the switch. Well, I ran the speed test again... 1.2MEGABYTES PER SECOND download speed. I had set it up with what I thought were really good settings... I THOUGHT it was right. I just didn't realize that her old IMAC couldn't sustain more than 80KB/sec downloads.No kidding. The hard drive thrashed visciously and that's all it could do. Sometimes I forget... I know what I know, I know what I'm doing... Or, I should. Man, trust what you know you know, self-doubt can really mess ya up and waste your time. -- WISPA Wireless List: wireless@wispa.org Subscribe/Unsubscribe: http://lists.wispa.org/mailman/listinfo/wireless Archives: http://lists.wispa.org/pipermail/wireless/
Re: [WISPA] Sometimes you just need to know you know
Back in our dialup days, one way to help speed up those connections was to limit their temp Internet files to 1mb and upgrade one or more of the following; memory, video card, especially if it was shared memory, HDD and obviously the modem. Other things such as HDD fragmentation and adware/viruses are much more prevalent these days as in the past. Don't forget to have customer do the basics of house cleaning, or at least offer a service for it. I used to carry an assortment of the above mentioned in my service vehicle and would show the customer just how much the upgrades would help their service. The same goes for Broadband, but a much greater need for capacity and performance from the computer. In one of my clients shops, I had them set up a broadband connection with a few different machine configurations, e.g., good, better best etc., and also a gaming machine. It has been a great selling tool for them to up-sell to better machines and added value services. Frank Muto Co-founder - Washington Bureau for ISP Advocacy - WBIA - Original Message - From: John Scrivner [EMAIL PROTECTED] I have a friend with an old Win 98 machine with the exact same problem. Sadly they do not believe me that their computer is a POS. I feel your pain! :-) Scriv Mark Koskenmaki wrote: I did an install up on the mountains today... It's just about a half hour's drive from my workshop, almost an hour's drive from home... Although this is a very remote AP, there ARE a few homes nearby. And one of those had called and we're doing the install. So, we get her IMAC hooked up and viola! It works. But, my speed test was chugging along at only .9 to 1.5Mbit - it's a web based script that estimates download speed. So, I downloaded a file. Sure enough... It starts about 175KB/sec, and after about 5 megs go by, it's crawling along at 80KB. I log into the cpe and try adjusting every stinking thing I can, making sure we have great RSSI at both ends (ap and cpe). Still, the data flow is not good at all. Well, I had forgotten the switch so we could get her husband's machine on as well. So, later in the day I returned and we put in the switch. Well, I ran the speed test again... 1.2MEGABYTES PER SECOND download speed. I had set it up with what I thought were really good settings... I THOUGHT it was right. I just didn't realize that her old IMAC couldn't sustain more than 80KB/sec downloads.No kidding. The hard drive thrashed visciously and that's all it could do. Sometimes I forget... I know what I know, I know what I'm doing... Or, I should. Man, trust what you know you know, self-doubt can really mess ya up and waste your time. -- WISPA Wireless List: wireless@wispa.org Subscribe/Unsubscribe: http://lists.wispa.org/mailman/listinfo/wireless Archives: http://lists.wispa.org/pipermail/wireless/
Re: [WISPA] Sometimes you just need to know you know
I just didn't realize that her old IMAC couldn't sustain more than 80KB/sec downloads.No kidding. The hard drive thrashed visciously and that's all it could do. No, you see, the problem isn't that it's an iMac, the problem is that it's still running MacOS. I've got an old Revision A (the very first one, 1998 vintage) at home, and by wiping it and installing Linux, it can chug along at almost twice that speed. :) David Smith MVN.net -- WISPA Wireless List: wireless@wispa.org Subscribe/Unsubscribe: http://lists.wispa.org/mailman/listinfo/wireless Archives: http://lists.wispa.org/pipermail/wireless/
Re: [WISPA] Sometimes you just need to know you know
The 4800 or 5400 RPM 5-10[minute] seek times on the old drives in those does not help either! :) I had several labs of those things when I was managing school districts. They are great machines. You can call thank apple for driving the cost of USB, and in some cases wireless, down to affordable levels. ryan David E. Smith wrote: I just didn't realize that her old IMAC couldn't sustain more than 80KB/sec downloads.No kidding. The hard drive thrashed visciously and that's all it could do. No, you see, the problem isn't that it's an iMac, the problem is that it's still running MacOS. I've got an old Revision A (the very first one, 1998 vintage) at home, and by wiping it and installing Linux, it can chug along at almost twice that speed. :) David Smith MVN.net -- WISPA Wireless List: wireless@wispa.org Subscribe/Unsubscribe: http://lists.wispa.org/mailman/listinfo/wireless Archives: http://lists.wispa.org/pipermail/wireless/
