[plug] eee pc 4G and Netgear DG834G ADSL Wireless Modem/router

[Richard Meyer]

BTW, I offered Dave a "far superior" Nvidia card. I now open the offer
to others.

I have 2 x 440's and a something else (6600?) - all AGP - the price is
you have to talk Linux to me for about 20 mins ..... (and, NO, I don't
like to hear people talk dirty) - it's common courtesy - you take it,
you tell me what you do with Linux, and OSS. I work from home and seldom
leave except for the gym and every 3rd weekend to the pub.

And I can't guarantee that they work, the machine they were in stopped
displaying anything, and swapping video cards didn't improve matters, so
MAYBE there is a a hardware virus that destroys cards and then
piggybacks on them to destroy the further machines that they get placed
into .......

Talk to me off-list ....

On Sun, 2008-11-16 at 21:46 +0900, Richard Meyer wrote:
> On Sun, 2008-11-16 at 21:10 +0900, David Dartnall wrote:
> > Hi everybody,
> > It's a bit sad, I bought an eee 4G (701) at Arrow for 300 bucks just 
> > before seeing on Friday the  8G (702) advertised for 330 odd.
> > Ah well...
> 
> It really is not great to be you, is it?  I'm looking at the Acer Aspire
> One, but the Asus was the FIRST.
> 
> > Anyway following recent discussion on the list I also bought a DG834G 
> > under the impression that it could be connected to one of my existing 
> > Netgear ADSL modem's RJ-45 ports to provide wireless to my eee (without 
> > using the modem section of the DG834G).
> > The idea was that because the routers with or without modems are 
> > similarly priced, if the original modem died I'd have a replacement.
> > My question now is, how should they be connected up? I'm not really 
> > fussy about replacing the original modem/router - not really sure of 
> > setting it up - and it works!
> 
> Well here we get to by "deep understanding" of ethernet, and in my case
> I'd try a cable from my modem to one of the (4) outward ports of the
> wireless modem. If that didn't work, I'd try a "cross-over" cable in the
> same port. After that I'd have another drink and go to bed and think it
> over.  ;-)
> 
> In my case the Netgear AP I have is NOT an ADSL modem, but merely a
> wireless switch.
> 
> > But that's obviously what I'll do if I've misunderstood how it's done. 
> > Maybe I should use a phone line splitter and use the new unit as it was 
> > designed?
> > I know it sounds silly, I could have hard wired the eee but (a) what's a 
> > laptop without mobility, and (b) son-in-law and daughter will be with us 
> > soon for a month, both with laptops and business to conduct, and they'll 
> > need wireless.
> > And I'll need to upgrade my isp a/c to accomodate them!
> 
> That's what I'd try first, and then give the Netgear a go as the modem
> (if you are with Westnet, they really try hard to help) - I AM with
> them, but receive no money from them.
> 
> 
> > 
> > Regards to all, and thanks for any help
> > Dave Dartnall
> > 
> > 
> > 
> > 
> > 
> > 
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-- 
Richard Meyer
Necessity is the plea for every infringement of human freedom.
It is the argument of tyrants; it is the creed of slaves. 
William Pitt, 1783

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