Hi H
Saw that on the front of the newspaper here this morning. I dont have a blackberry so didnt really take much notice of it.

The underlying reason that BlackBerry is targetted by the UAE is that it uses triple-DES encryption for its email. So they just can't read it. It's got sod all to do with data being offshore.

The encryption scheme used for voice on GSM is deliberately weak (at the original insistance of the French, wouldn't you know) so eavesdropping over-the-air on voice is possible. But rarely bothered with when there are back-doors in at the cellular stations anyway.

Skype VoIP is encrypted but it is said that those who need to crack it have cracked it - or have been given access to the scheme.

It always makes me smile when you see the crap written by people trying to justify snooping, I don't see why they just cant be honest and say they want the ability to look at the data, everyone knows that's what they want and anyone who wants to avoid them looking knows how to stop them accessing the data, its a silly game.

Sometimes its not spying they want its just a blatant attempt to support a local PTT monopoly by trying to stop people using alternative and lower cost routes like VOIP. I have come across it a number of times in IT projects where all network equipment has to be checked by the government to ensure it cant be used for VoIP, again its a game because it can (technically but not legally) be used for VoIP.

Travelled on a US Airways internal flight the other day - they offer in-flight internet but also ban VOIP.

I have just added an Edimax Range Expander and set it up along with my Netgear ADSL
Modem/Router & all was working fine until the power tripped in the house.

Now the Router connection is fine & connects to the internet but the Edimax does not.

The router is identified as being in the home network, but the Edimax is now shown as connecting to an "unidentifed" public network & will not connect to the internet, whereas it was on the home network earlier.

How can I switch it back to the home network? I cannot find in the help how to do it.

I am on Win 7 home premium,

Thanks

Go to http://www.amazon.co.uk/Edimax-EW-7416APN-Wireless-802-11n-Access/dp/B001HW0JVU and look at the Reviews at the bottom of the page. Particularly the first one.

I'm getting a signal ok on both the router & the Edimax. It's just that the Edimax has dropped out of the home network & in to a public network which will not connect through the router to the internet. Everything was fine until the power loss.
It seems to me to be a Windows issue with the home/public conflict rather than one with the Edimax.

ChuffChuff, hasn't it just lost its setup? It is likely to be allocating itself IP addresses rather than asking the router via DHCP. Probably to do with not being in repeater mode or something similar (don't know much about repeaters).

"How can I switch it back to the home network? I cannot find in the help how to do it."

I don't know whether you thought I was just pointing you to a 'sales pitch' for the Edimax or not and that the said Reviews were thus just about selling/buying?

Neither do I know whether you bothered to read any of the 'Reviews'?

However, I just want to point out that the first 10 Customer Reviews or so on this particular link above are all to do with various connection/recognition tips and difficulties.

There are more reviews than just these first 10 but I didn't read any further to find out if all 96 Customer Reviews are about this aspect of usage. ie. various connection/recognition TIPS and difficulties.

I would be surprised if it had lost its setup, as I have powered it down & up again to try it in different parts of the house for the best signal w/o problems. However, you may be right as I cannot access the internet through the Edimax on my desktop (Win XP) & my internet radio, so it may not be a Win 7 matter

I read the reviews but they didn't seem relevant except for initial setup. When I did the initial setup I used a set of instructions I got from the edimax website on how to do it with the setup wizard, and it went pretty smoothly w/o difficulties.

FWIW, I've known routers lose their configuration for less dramatic events than a sudden power down.

I should factory reset it and start all over again.

MM - That's what I'm trying now. For some strange reason I can get on to the internet thro the router on my old laptop, but cannot, now, on my desktop or my new laptop!!!

Thanks

Thanks to Harrycat, iiwarm, Bolshi, ExecLine and anyone else I missed out re answers to Spybot and administrator problems.
Will first try re-installing then if still not working the other suggestions.
Your help is much appreciated.

Regards Greek.

Greekman,

I don't know the reason for your problem, but I do know that .NET installations create an additional user account that can cause some odd things to happen with other software. I believe the additional user account can be safely deleted unless you want to do some .NET development work.

It might be worth checking to see what user accounts you've got on your machine.

Have got that Router problem sorted. It was an issue in Win7, with the router showing up as being on a public rather than a home network in "Network & Sharing Centre" under "view your active networks". For some reason it is possible to change from home to public with ease on this screen by clicking on home network beneath you network name. This throws up a screen to change between the network types and defaults to "Public". If you cancel that screen your network then changes to public, and there seems to be no facility to change back to home by the same route.
Still not sure how I managed to get to be able to change back, but whatever it was, it works.

Glad you sorted it. I remember you initially saying you thought it was a Windows 7 difficulty.

I have 2 Viewsonic 19" Monitors which have excactly the same problem after a while I just get a flickering picture and then a few days later no picture at all, I have contacted the company to try and get them repaired, but they say they are both out of warrenty. since they are 3 years and over. Does anyone know what consumer rights I have if any, if not how much could I expect to pay to get them fixed??

RG: Are these flatscreens (I assume so). If both appear to have the same fault, have you eliminated any video card problems as being a possible cause?

I would hazard a guess that you're SoL on consumer rights/warranty at three years - computer equipment is oten amortised over three years on a company's books.

Given the price of a 19" monitor now (a 19" screen with LED backlighting is under 100) versus the cost of labour, I'd say it was technology upgrade time for you.

Go on, you know you want to!

Cheers,

MM

MightyMicro,

Thanks ;-)

Stupidly I have replaced them when they stopped working, with 2 Viewsonic 24" HDMI and 1 19" Viewsonic so got 3 contected to the PC, since the 2 old monitors were just lying around I thought I see what the company could do for me

Looks like they'll end up in China on rubbish tip now lol