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Thread #110011   Message #2303604
Posted By: Joe Offer
01-Apr-08 - 03:27 PM
Thread Name: Tech: Blankety-Blank Wireless Networks!
Subject: RE: Tech: Blankety-Blank Wireless Networks!
But a firewall where?
I can connect to our wireless network with the XP computer and get Internet. With the Windows Wista computer, I can connect to an unsecured network and get Internet. The Vista computer sees our wireless network as "unidentified, even though it will connect with the network key and does see the name of our network.
So, Amos, what was it you were going to say, that if I had all Macs, I wouldn't have this problem, even if the Macs were ten years old? Or should I tell the interns to dump their boyfriends, brothers, or whatever?
One suspicion is that my wireless router is old, and may or may not work better with firmware updates. This page (click) shows there are several firmware upgrades for this Netgear router, although nothing recent. Do I need to run them all, or only the most recent one?
So, if I were to hire the Geek Squad or somebody else to fix this network and QuickBooks and whatnot, could they really do the job any better than I can? How?
-Joe-