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Hi all, dont usually use this section I'm a TVR Wedge section person.
Can someone explain this senario, my son has broadband with Freeserve and connects via his user name and password, e-mail is via outlook Express. We want to go the wireless router route. My son has a laptop I have a PC, from previous thread I now understand all the bits I need, but would I set my connection details up as his username and password or as my existing username and password (also Freeserve).
Hope my question makes sense.
Martin
Can someone explain this senario, my son has broadband with Freeserve and connects via his user name and password, e-mail is via outlook Express. We want to go the wireless router route. My son has a laptop I have a PC, from previous thread I now understand all the bits I need, but would I set my connection details up as his username and password or as my existing username and password (also Freeserve).
Hope my question makes sense.
Martin
You wouldn't actually initiate a connection to the internet from your PC.. The broadband router will do that for you..
Your PC will need to be configured with a default gateway to tell it where to send all of the "internet" requests.
As far as email is concerned, you will need your own mail account.. ie, your own freeserve mail account details.
So, theoretically speaking, apart from changing how outlook connects to the mail server, you need change nothing in outlook.
HTH,
Slinky
Your PC will need to be configured with a default gateway to tell it where to send all of the "internet" requests.
As far as email is concerned, you will need your own mail account.. ie, your own freeserve mail account details.
So, theoretically speaking, apart from changing how outlook connects to the mail server, you need change nothing in outlook.
HTH,
Slinky
I think you're refering to 54G as in the wireless connection..
Your ADSL Connection connects at 512 Kilobits per second.
Your downloads will probably run at about 50 kilobytes.
These are two different measures..
Your 54G wireless devices connect substantially quicker than those..
Hope that makes sense, it almost does in my head, can't quite word it properly at the moment tho!
Slinky
Your ADSL Connection connects at 512 Kilobits per second.
Your downloads will probably run at about 50 kilobytes.
These are two different measures..
Your 54G wireless devices connect substantially quicker than those..
Hope that makes sense, it almost does in my head, can't quite word it properly at the moment tho!
Slinky
Once you get the wireless broadband running.
One thing about the two accounts with freeserve. I assume your son is paying freeserve for a broadband account and you will either be paying for freeserve dialup or using no ties (PAYG) dialup.
If you are on the PAYG scheme they will lock your account (you can reopen it) after 60 days because you have not "dialled in" and logged in. Getting your email over broadband doesn't count as a login you must dial with modem. They watch the dialup logins and run a timer. It is an automatic way of keeping their account database clean of dead accounts. So to keep your email account open dial in with a modem onnce every < 60 days for 20 seconds or so. That way you get to keep your current email address and any webspace you have for basically free.
If you are paying for your account on a monthly basis then as long as you pay it will stay open but you can just drop it to a no ties PAYG and use the above.
Hope that helps
One thing about the two accounts with freeserve. I assume your son is paying freeserve for a broadband account and you will either be paying for freeserve dialup or using no ties (PAYG) dialup.
If you are on the PAYG scheme they will lock your account (you can reopen it) after 60 days because you have not "dialled in" and logged in. Getting your email over broadband doesn't count as a login you must dial with modem. They watch the dialup logins and run a timer. It is an automatic way of keeping their account database clean of dead accounts. So to keep your email account open dial in with a modem onnce every < 60 days for 20 seconds or so. That way you get to keep your current email address and any webspace you have for basically free.
If you are paying for your account on a monthly basis then as long as you pay it will stay open but you can just drop it to a no ties PAYG and use the above.
Hope that helps
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