Recent content by Mike2002

Okay I'm no expert but I'll give my opinions. For wireless to travel that far you're going to need direct line of sight between both places. It sounds pretty wooded in that area so I'd have a feeling the wireless solution wouldn't realy be an option unless you could get a tower over the trees...

Maybe he had the file on his computer already if thats possible. A 180 meg file in 5 seconds would be 288 megabits per second. Faster than the WAN port on your router most likely. I would give it another try and check his network utilization when you hit ctl-alt-del and see what that shows...

I'd use a service like this that was mentioned above: http://www.myfax.com/ It does have a monthy fee and a limit of faxes which you might exceed depending on your usage. It'll send your email to the fax machine in your office. I know you said this wasn't an option but I'd try to push for...

I've had this problem a few times with my computer that has a built in network card. I could get an IP address perfectly but just couldn't connect to any websites. It happened suddenly just like yours when i was using it. I even reformatted and that didn't do anything. If you don't have an...

So I found the problem. Well not really a problem but a way to fix it. I just start to turn the computer off, unplug the power cord, and flip the switch on the power supply and that seemed to fix it. That reaffirms my thoughts that a proper shutdown and restart can fix and problems with a...

I manually entered an IP address in the range of my router, and it still tries and tries to load any webpage, but it fails. I tried going to google by entering their IP address [72.14.207.99] but that also failed. When I tried to ping google though through the command prompt, I was able to get...

I confirmed the router and cables worked by plugging my laptop into the port with the same cable as I am using with the desktop that cannot get online. I have another computer plugged in as well that is working fine and the wireless connection is also working fine which leads me to believe that...

I was away from my computer for a few weeks and came back to find that it didn't have an internet connection. The computer is behind a router and i've confirmed that the router works perfectly and the cables are fine. The IP address that I am getting from the router is 169.xxx.xxx.xxx so I know...

If you have a voltmeter, then you could use that to take a reading to check to see how it looks. It won't give you a real time reading, but it'll give you an idea of what your voltages look like.

The ink or toner on the laser printer will not dry out since its acutally a powder and not a liquid like the inkyet printers are.

I have a computer that has an S/PDIF connector on it, and I want to be able to hook the computer up to my stereo. The stereo has a left and right hand input. I am assuming that i would connect a cable from the S/PDIF slot and put it into the auxiliary inputs on the stereo. What type of cable...

The fan on my Sapphire 9600 Pro video card is starting to make awful noises. It sounds like it keeps on speeding up and slowing down every second. I have a feeling it is going to die sometime in the near future. Is there anyway to replace the fan on these video cards, or would I have to buy a...

So how did you get it to work again?

The dust itself won't damage components, but it gets in the heatsinks and causes them to become less efficient. After I clean out my case, the temperature drop by 20 degrees Celsius sometimes. So I guess the heat caused by all the dust could damage parts in the long run, but its no too big of...