From: "Will Honea" Received: from [192.168.100.201] (HELO mail.2rosenthals.com) by 2rosenthals.com (CommuniGate Pro SMTP 5.1.16) with ESMTP id 2222288 for os2-wireless_users@2rosenthals.com; Mon, 15 Feb 2010 15:16:25 -0500 Received-SPF: pass (secmgr-ny.randr: domain of eigbox.net designates 66.96.188.9 as permitted sender) client-ip=66.96.188.9; envelope-from=SRS0=CV8Eng=J7=whonea.net=whonea@eigbox.net; helo=bosmailout09.eigbox.net; Received: from bosmailout09.eigbox.net ([66.96.188.9]) by secmgr-ny.randr with esmtp (Exim 4.43) id 1Nh7Ml-0001ut-8b for os2-wireless_users@2rosenthals.com; Mon, 15 Feb 2010 15:16:25 -0500 Received: from bosmailscan15.eigbox.net ([10.20.15.15]) by bosmailout09.eigbox.net with esmtp (Exim) id 1Nh7Mj-0003OI-Iy for os2-wireless_users@2rosenthals.com; Mon, 15 Feb 2010 15:16:21 -0500 Received: from bosimpout02.eigbox.net ([10.20.55.2]) by bosmailscan15.eigbox.net with esmtp (Exim) id 1Nh7Mj-0006Mp-BZ for os2-wireless_users@2rosenthals.com; Mon, 15 Feb 2010 15:16:21 -0500 Received: from bosauthsmtp13.eigbox.net ([10.20.18.13]) by bosimpout02.eigbox.net with NO UCE id iLGM1d0090GvDVm01LGMHz; Mon, 15 Feb 2010 15:16:21 -0500 X-EN-OrigOutIP: 10.20.18.13 X-EN-IMPSID: iLGM1d0090GvDVm01LGMHz Received: from 174-22-131-55.clsp.qwest.net ([174.22.131.55] helo=192.168.100.9) by bosauthsmtp13.eigbox.net with esmtpa (Exim) id 1Nh7Mi-0002al-Pj for os2-wireless_users@2rosenthals.com; Mon, 15 Feb 2010 15:16:21 -0500 Date: Mon, 15 Feb 2010 13:16:18 -0700 To: "OS/2 Wireless Users Mailing List" Reply-To: "Will Honea" In-Reply-To: References: Subject: Re: [OS2Wireless] [Fwd: [OS2Wireless] LinkSys firmware emulators] MIME-Version: 1.0 X-Mailer: The Polarbar Mailer; version=1.25d; build=2006 X-Mailer-Platform: Linux; architecture=amd64; version=2.6.27.42-0.1-default X-Mailer-Java-VM: Sun Microsystems Inc.; version=1.6.0_18; compiler=null X-EN-UserInfo: b0192109012588bf2b05ebe482b26736:f259605ce5aa1fb891467026511a1cfb X-EN-AuthUser: whonea@whonea.net Sender: "Will Honea" X-EN-OrigIP: 174.22.131.55 X-EN-OrigHost: 174-22-131-55.clsp.qwest.net X-Spam-Score: 0.0 (/) X-Spam-Report: _SUMMARY_ Message-ID: ** Reply to message from "Lewis G Rosenthal" on Mon, 15 Feb 2010 11:00:11 -0500 > Once I got "the rest of the story," and had a look at the WRT54G > emulater, it was a simple fix to walk them through the configuration to > get things back to normal. :-) > > Note to self: Don't ever assume things are as easy for anyone else as > they may appear to be to me. The next time someone asks if he can "plug > in his X-box," say, "you'd better leave that to me!" LOL! Talk about topical material! I got two calls last week from my brothers. One is stuck in the snows of the West Virginia hills, the other down near Ft. Hood in Texas. Both had computer problems: one an HP laptop with an apparent bad drive, the other with a dead keyboard ("but the mouse works!") and both wanted online help with "fixing" the problem. The laptop was simple: send it to me but don't hold your breath. The other was a little more challenging - until he revealed that he got tired of reaching around back to plug things into a USB port. His solution was to get an extender and plug 4 things into that. Of course, that overloaded the single parent port's power capability and took out the whole hub (the extender had an external power supply but he didn't think he need that). Once that was established, sending him to Walmart to replace his 7-year old machine was an obvious solution. Your moral is well taken: the telephone with a marginally (ahem!) qualified tool on the other end is a very poor diagnostic... -- Will Honea