Completely off-topic... but where do you play CS David? When i get the chance (not often) I usually play on the Demon public servers... despite all the kids (cheats) the speeds are v.good... sub-30 -> 40 pings.
.b > -----Original Message----- > From: David Precious [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > Sent: 26 March 2003 13:17 > To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > Subject: [wdvltalk] Re: Qiuet list > > > On Wednesday 26 March 2003 10:04 am, Dianne Reuby wrote: > > > Dave P wrote: > > > If my net access is still like this tomorrow, maybe I'll > get hold > > > of NTL. > > Diane R wrote: > > Good luck Dave! If we never hear from you again, we'll know > you're out > > there "where technology is tamed" and the muzak isn't! > > Hehe :o) > > I'm back. Cable modem seemed to be working better last > night, downloaded lots > at pretty good speeds. > > Will try CounterStrike later and see if it's any better. I > was dreading > calling NTL since I've heard their tech support isn't up to > much. Mind you, > when I first had it installed, I called them because it > didn't seem to be > working. I was answered immediately by a friendly, > apparently knowledgeable > bloke. It started working just after that, seems it took a > while after > registration to activate. > > Also, I had no end of problems until I found out that the > cable modem (or > their service) remembers the MAC address of the first > computer connected to > it, and then doesn't want to speak to another one. I > registered with it > connected to a Windoze box, then connected it to my Linux > gateway/firewall. > It point blank refused to speak to the Linux box. Once I > found out about the > MAC address issue, I swapped the NIC cards between the > Windoze + Linux boxes > (they had identical Linksys cards anyway, which was handy) > and all was well. > > > > Never mind, we're getting your e-mails, we want to talk to you. > > Thanks Diane - much appreciated! :o) > > > Regards > > Dave P > > > > -- > David Precious > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > http://www.preshweb.co.uk/ > > > ____ . The WDVL Discussion List from WDVL.COM . ____ > To Join wdvltalk, Send An Email To: > mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > Send Your Posts > To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > To change subscription settings to the wdvltalk digest version: > http://wdvl.internet.com/WDVL/Forum/#sub > > ________________ http://www.wdvl.com _______________________ > > You are currently subscribed to wdvltalk as: > [EMAIL PROTECTED] To unsubscribe send a blank email to > %%email.unsub%% > ____ • The WDVL Discussion List from WDVL.COM • ____ To Join wdvltalk, Send An Email To: mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Send Your Posts To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] To change subscription settings to the wdvltalk digest version: http://wdvl.internet.com/WDVL/Forum/#sub ________________ http://www.wdvl.com _______________________ You are currently subscribed to wdvltalk as: [EMAIL PROTECTED] To unsubscribe send a blank email to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
