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C-P-User-31-Feb-16 11:18

1-Feb-16 11:18

Peter_in_2780 wrote:
Bounce your router.

New phrase for me. Never heard it before. Is this described somewhere, preferably with a video clip to help us clueless newbees ?

Just asked Google and Bing how to bounce a router, and as usual, I didn't phrase my question properly.

Peter_in_27801-Feb-16 13:21

Peter_in_2780

1-Feb-16 13:21

Ask urbandictionary[^] instead!

 Bounce
To restart or recycle as in a server.
"The RPC service was down so I called the network guys and had them bounce the server."

Warning: urbandictionary is 99% not KSS, and often NSFW.

Cheers,
Peter

Software rusts. Simon Stephenson, ca 1994. So does this signature. me, 2012

Richard MacCutchan30-Jan-16 21:11

30-Jan-16 21:11

C-P-User-3 wrote:
s it really so horrible for Joe Normal to want a different address each week ?

Why would you? Changing your IP address on a weekly basis serves no purpose.

Eddy Vluggen1-Feb-16 11:55

Eddy Vluggen

1-Feb-16 11:55

TOR exists simply because that is not true.

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Richard MacCutchan1-Feb-16 21:40

1-Feb-16 21:40

Eddy Vluggen2-Feb-16 12:52

Eddy Vluggen

2-Feb-16 12:52

An IP-address is used to identify people, innit? Smile | :)

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Richard MacCutchan2-Feb-16 22:05

2-Feb-16 22:05

You've been watching too much CSI.

Kornfeld Eliyahu Peter30-Jan-16 7:07

30-Jan-16 7:07

As told - your external IP address assigned by your ISP, and it called dynamic, because it is not fixed...means it can be changed by the system of the ISP at any moment...
In most cases turning off-on your router gives you a new IP, so it may work for you...
(If it is critical for you, ask ISP...They own the IP range so may have a solution for you...)

Skipper: We'll fix it.
Alex: Fix it? How you gonna fix this?
Skipper: Grit, spit and a whole lotta duct tape.

C-P-User-330-Jan-16 7:24

30-Jan-16 7:24

Kornfeld Eliyahu Peter wrote:
In most cases turning off-on your router gives you a new IP, so it may work for you...

A five day disconnection did not work.

I have the same IP address I've had for, duh, three months, I'm guessing.

Kornfeld Eliyahu Peter30-Jan-16 7:34

30-Jan-16 7:34

It is probably different there, than here...
There is an other - more complicated - way...Changing the MAC address of your gateway (router)...Wouldn't do it if not extremely necessary...

Skipper: We'll fix it.
Alex: Fix it? How you gonna fix this?
Skipper: Grit, spit and a whole lotta duct tape.

C-P-User-31-Feb-16 11:15

1-Feb-16 11:15

Curious, could I purchase a second physical device, and connect it ?

Would the second physical MAC address in the second physical device set off alarms and panic at my ISP ?

Kornfeld Eliyahu Peter1-Feb-16 20:22

1-Feb-16 20:22

I do not know your ISP, but I have no problem whatsoever to connect more than one router on the same line...They share the bandwidth but all works...

Skipper: We'll fix it.
Alex: Fix it? How you gonna fix this?
Skipper: Grit, spit and a whole lotta duct tape.

C-P-User-36-Feb-16 15:25

6-Feb-16 15:25

It so happened that my (monthly lease) modem was in the trunk of my car which was the object of an 18-wheeler hit and run, which turned into an extended nightmare of 6 weeks with my car in the shop.

Result: I did not return it according to the agreement, so I owed the provider the price of their modem.

My responsibility, so I paid.

I guess that I am now the proud owner of a second Modem.

I am currently plugged in directly via an ethernet cable.

My previous place, it was WiFi between computer and router.

I don't know the first thing about these devices. I was in a place that had One Megabit (more or less) and I'm now in a place that has Twenty Five Megabits.

I suppose the procedure will be to plug the other one in, and start the guess and test procedure to see if it works.

Advice welcome.

Richard Andrew x646-Feb-16 18:52

Richard Andrew x64

6-Feb-16 18:52

In order to use a new modem, you must activate it according to your ISP's procedure.

This usually means telephoning them and telling them the MAC address and serial number of the modem.

Only after they put that information into their system can the new device work with your service.

The difficult we do right away...
...the impossible takes slightly longer.

Kornfeld Eliyahu Peter6-Feb-16 21:11

Bluetooth - serial or SPI?

6-Feb-16 21:11

It sounds me awful...To me all I need is the type of the communication (PPPoE/PPPoA and other technical things) and my username/password...The later is in my head and the former is in the current modem...

Skipper: We'll fix it.
Alex: Fix it? How you gonna fix this?
Skipper: Grit, spit and a whole lotta duct tape.

Vaclav_16-Jan-16 7:04

Re: Bluetooth - serial or SPI?

16-Jan-16 7:04

I have been unable to find out if Bluetooth spec actually specifies how to connect to the device.
Most application talk about two basic parts of the technology - the interface ( serial AKA modem, SPI, USB ) and the RF.
And I though these devices could communicate among each other on their own ( as instructed) - for example passing the payload "down the pipe" sort off.
Perhaps real pipe dream?

And please - no Google it ! I did.

Richard MacCutchan16-Jan-16 21:03

Re: Bluetooth - serial or SPI?

16-Jan-16 21:03

Bluetooth is just short range network communication, so it use sockets. And, yes, Google does find the samples: bluetooth socket c - Google Search[^].

Vaclav_20-Jan-16 5:00

20-Jan-16 5:00

Actually I was looking for the interface to Bluetooth device at hardware level - Arduino to be precise.
From few sources I gather that at that level and with serial ( TX /RX) I/O it is just a modem communication with the host processor using plain Hayes AT protocol.
I suppose SPI interface would work similar - converting to AT commands if necessry.
At this point I am not that concerned how the Bluetooth device communicates with another Bluetooth device or how it handles networking between multiple devices. That will come later.

USB initialization ?

Vaclav_6-Jan-16 2:36

6-Jan-16 2:36

Is there a documentation on how OS ( XP in particular) should initialize newly inserted USB device?
For example - when inserting Microsoft 2.4GHz transmitter - the XP goes thru three "install newly found device " ( one of then is "human interface") , always complains that the device is "not safe" to install and ends up with "Found new hardware" balloon.

Another example - inserting "old" 500 MB flash goes thru several similar install - including "generic volume".
Sometime, not always , I get "newly installed device is functioning properly".
Sometime, not always too, new device gets detected on "local" USB ports and fails to get installed / detected on D_link USB (powered) hub - recently updated to the latest and greatest driver.
If it is just "unsupported" / obsolete XP lack of USB operation ( happen before when it was still supported by MS) , I'll live with it.

I am not interested in "update to Windoze XYZ", just looking for some reasonable documentation on how USB (plug and pray) devices are detected / installed by ANY OS. ( Perhaps it is in USB doc itself? I did not look ).
Thanks
Cheers Vaclav

Re: USB initialization ?

Richard MacCutchan6-Jan-16 3:19

6-Jan-16 3:19

See how are usb devices detected - Google Search[^].

Re: USB initialization ?

Jochen Arndt6-Jan-16 3:24

Jochen Arndt

6-Jan-16 3:24

Have a look at USB in a NutShell[^].

If you have problems with a specific USB device / OS combination you should search the web.

There are standard devices like hubs, human interface, and storage volume which usually does not require a specific driver but will use a default driver provided by the OS. But non-standard devices require a specific driver. When this is not provided by the OS it must be installed (found new hardware with Windows).

Re: USB initialization ?

Vaclav_7-Jan-16 7:28