For those who have been following the exciting saga of my faulty broadband connection at work, I now have received a replacement Intel AnyPoint modem and installed it – and I still have the same problem. I’m convinced that there is a driver conflict somewhere, but nothing is reported in control panel, nothing is reported on any online help resource, and I have given up on the BT Broadband helpdesk as a bad job, as it clearly falls outside of their experience and they can’t think outside of the little menu-driven questions and answers that appear on their PC screens in front of them.
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So I’m just going to carry my dear old Alcatel SpeedTouch "Stringray" back and forth between home and work – it may not be cool, but it works.
<begging>Anyone got a spare Stingray that they would give to a good home?</begging>
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I haven’t been following the saga but have you tried this ?
http://appsr.intel.com/scripts-df/Detail_Desc.asp?Inst=Yes&ProductID=887&DwnldID=4795
Yes, but thanks anyway.
Sorry, I haven’t got a Stingray, but you might consider moving away from these plug-in modems anyway – you could try buying a SOHO router from the likes of NetgearLinksysetc.. For about a ton you can have a true firewallrouter with DHCP and wireless LAN – much more convenient for a laptop than a wired system, and the concept opens up many other posibilities for more convenient and productive computing.
"more convenient and productive computing" – i.e. blogging in bed.
It’s on the shopping list for when we get in to our new home.