Update - just finished upgrading my firmware, whatever that is. Usual (for me anyway) hitches although DSL telephone support was not as painful as many of these option ridden lines can be. Turns out the blinking staus light is normal operation!

I am looking to get a ASDL wireless USB modem Network router card etc, looking at the Netgear range, which one should I buy?

Richgit, DG834GT is the best I think at the moment. I have it. It is a modem/router though which is much better than a USB modem. You plug it into a network port. You may already have a network port and otherwise a network card is only a few pounds.

Kayak, thanks ;-)

so it will replace me Alcatel ASDL and network my pc in another room ;-)

checked dixons website and they have it for 129 other sites have it for 60 - 129, anyone now why what am I missing???

yes it will... you will need a wireless card for the other PC obviously. The WG511T is a PC card thingy if it's a laptop.

Help required please.

I am setting up a email address using outlook express as i usually use yahoo i have forgotten how to set it up :-)

I have come to the section incoming mail POP3 and Outgoing mail.

I have been sent 2 set of info from the website that i have setup.
pop3 server....i take that is the info that goes in the 1st box
smtp server....i take that is the ino that goes in the 2nd box

Also i have to turn on My outgoing server requires authentication in order to send from the account !!!

This is all irish to me,can some one help please :-)

Mega...

Forgot to say using xp home and outlook 2000

Mega - assuming you can access this, here's a Wanadoo Help Page on the subject:

http://www.wanadoo.co.uk/help/email/freeserveemailsettings/outlooksettings.htm

Will be different for you, of course, but might give you a few clues.

SB,thanks for the link,at the moment i am with ntl 10mb broadband and would normally have a email like ******@ntlworld.com but am hoping to use my website email address from my home pc is this possible ????????????

Mega...

Sorry Mega - don't know.

Mega,

Try pop.ntlworld.com in the box for your incoming (pop3) server and smtp.ntlworld.com in the box for your outgoing (smtp) server.

Mega you need to look at the info from whoever hosts your website as to how you can use your website email address.

Thanks folks,with all your help we have sorted it,a very happy camper here :-))))

Mega...

Can anyone recommend an online backup service, which I can use to backup about 2GB of data?

For instance, I found http://www.perfectbackup.co.uk and who would charge me about 7.50 pm for this amount of storage.

Oh joy! I've upgraded my modem today and the internet connection hasn't dropped once. Now on a router ....(apparently!)

Don't know Doc but bear in mind that the backup to the backup service will count against your monthly bandwidth allowance given by your ISP.

Sound problems - still !!!!

You may remember some time ago I was saying how I had only my front 2 speakers & woofer working out of my 5.1 system.

I have finally installed a Soundblaster card (I had sound from my motherboard originally). Daft question I know but ..... should you get 5.1 sound from music CD's?

Is there a demo web page to test 5.1 output does anyone know?

Thanks in advance.

Kayak

"....the backup service will count against your monthly bandwidth allowance given by your ISP."

Thanks!

I hadn't thought of that.

Hi all, just setting up a spare PC after earlier problems but seem to have lost link to AVG virus software, could someone post the link please.
TIA.

http://www.computeractive.co.uk/vnunet/downloads/2129071/avg-antivirus-free-edition

MegaBucks, many thanks