Hi Russell, I have been in touch with my ISP and they seem to think there may will be a fault and are checking it out and will be getting back to me tomorrow. Peter.
On Jan 05, 2009, at 17:18, Russell Brown wrote: > Actually, you might need to, to get it to reset too. > > I don't know much about modems/routers, but I do know that macs > (generally) are much easier to configure on them than windows PCs > (from discussions I've seen elsewhere). > > Could you do a factory reset on the modem/router and then set up > from scratch (not forgetting to change any wifi passwords from the > default settings)? > > > ----------------------------------------------- > www.manorparksurgery.com > www.thebrownstuff.blogspot.com > > > 2009/1/5 Peter Clark <[email protected]> > > Hi Jason, > I ain't gonna switch it off! If it wasn't for a very knowledgeable > assistant at Solutions inc. I would never have got the blasted thing > going in the first place. and that was over 4 years at least ago. I > have become a little bit more conversant with the computer - but not > that much! > Everything else behaves as it should. > > On Jan 05, 2009, at 16:58, Jason Davies wrote: > > > > > Peter Clark wrote on 5/1/09 at 16:52 > > > >> I used the speedtest and Im eventually got a reading of 0.01 !? The > >> disk is 148.0GB with 40.9GB free and yes I have restarted several > >> times. What problems does restarting cause? I am not much of a > >> computer > >> aware bod so my restarts after doing updates etc. may have caused > > > > it doesn't cause them, it solves them by making the computer > > clear it's memory (a bit like a nap...). > > > > so is everything else working okay? does music play? do Word > > documents open? is typing slow? or is it ONLY download? > > > > I would switch everything off, and unplug it, inculding the > > modem. Unplug everything from the iMac. Leave it for 15 minutes. > > plug it all in and start again. > > > > BUT - do you know how to get your broadband working again? Or, > > do you ever switch the modem off and back on? the vast majority > > will simply reconnect but there's a tiny chance it won't and I > > guess you don't know how to get it started again! How did you > > get it working in the first place? > > > > > > > > > > > > > > --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Sussex Mac User Group" group. To post to this group, send email to [email protected] To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [email protected] For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/smug?hl=en-GB -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
