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#Worldle #278 2/6 (100%)
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"A little time, a little trouble, your better day"
Badfinger
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I'm using a Dockteck 7-in-1 USB C Hub Multiport Adapter connected to a Dell XPS 17 9710 laptop.
The ethernet cable from the Dockteck, and the ethernet cable from another laptop, connect to my 24 port router and then the cable modem.
Now here's the fun part. During "heavy" upload, copying files to a server or sharing my screen in Teams, Dell XPS loses internet occasionally. The only thing that restores the hardwired connection is a full reboot.
Now here's the weird part. The other laptop also loses its hardwired connection! Rebooting the first laptop restored the other laptop's internet connection.
WTF? Why is there a dependency? I suppose I could try plugging in both cables directly to the modem box as it has enough ports, or maybe the modem box is barfing for who knows what reason and that affects everything?
Gremlins, I say.
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connect both laptops to modem. mine has 2 available ethernet ports on modem. I have seen such weirdness when I used multi-port adapter. I use 2 desktops.
"A little time, a little trouble, your better day"
Badfinger
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jmaida wrote: connect both laptops to modem
Done! 
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I almost always blame the elephanting all in one wireless router/modem boxes ISPs saddle you with. They are dodgy as heck in my experience.
To err is human. Fortune favors the monsters.
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I agree. I have gone through several in last 3 years. Last one is Xfinity's top of the line. Better but dodgy at times. I bought one (cisco modem) with separate wireless interface and it worked good until Comcast decided they were no longer compatible. Grrr.
"A little time, a little trouble, your better day"
Badfinger
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1. See if the USB/Ethernet device is getting real hot.
2. I have 2 USB3 to Ethernet "dongles", both have 3 USB3 ports. One works on Windows/Mac/Linux/Pi. The other "sort of" works on Windows and Linux. It also gets very hot.
I have never had a disconnect due to the cable companies router, I have had them die and Comcast decides to unplug stuff from time to time, but they always admit it and reassure me that their techs are "working very very hard" to fix it. I tell them they should work smart, not hard
>64
Some days the dragon wins. Suck it up.
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theoldfool wrote: See if the USB/Ethernet device is getting real hot.
Yes it does, and I also have a monitor running off the HDMI connector, so it's a busy little beast.
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Possibly the 24-port hub/switch has a problem. I’ve seen only one in 25 years have a problem, but it happens. But as another person said, plug the Dockteck into the modem and see if that solves it. At least you’ll know.
Good luck.
Time is the differentiation of eternity devised by man to measure the passage of human events.
- Manly P. Hall
Mark
Just another cog in the wheel
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Mark Stars post inspired these additional thoughts.
Try a different port on the switch, Try a different cable (if you are plugged into modem and still have problems)
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Epic has released Fallout 3 GOTY for 100% off. Not sure for how long, but this is a fantastic game. Used to be my favorite before Fallout 4 was released. Bless Epic. I already own the game, but I thought some of you could take advantage, if you're into that sort of thing.
https://store.epicgames.com/en-US/p/fallout-3-game-of-the-year-edition[^]
To err is human. Fortune favors the monsters.
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honey the codewitch wrote: Not sure for how long
Quote: Sale ends 10/27/2022 at 6:00 PM
"Everybody is a genius. But if you judge a fish by its ability to climb a tree, it will live its whole life believing that it is stupid." ― Albert Einstein
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Fair enough. Thanks. I didn't really look at the page because I already own the game.
To err is human. Fortune favors the monsters.
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Get another copy for free, and you can play it twice? 
"I have no idea what I did, but I'm taking full credit for it." - ThisOldTony
"Common sense is so rare these days, it should be classified as a super power" - Random T-shirt
AntiTwitter: @DalekDave is now a follower!
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OriginalGriff wrote: Get another copy for free
If it's anything like GTA, people get freebie copies whenever they can get ahold of them just to be nuisances to others, without risking getting their "good" character profile banned...
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I should be thanking you for letting us know, but given the timesink I've heard this game can be, I just might end up cursing your name...
And given that GTA Online is still the only game I play regularly, even something as old as this still looks pretty damned good to me. And my gaming rig should be more than capable to run it.
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Going back to Fallout3 after playing Fallout 4 and Fallout 76 feels weird and everything is slow.
The game mechanisms are more or less the same, but we can see a real progression in the newer games.
I really like the real-time VATS of Fallout 76.
CI/CD = Continuous Impediment/Continuous Despair
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See what's in this update...
Quote: The Windows 10 2022 Update (Windows 10, version 22H2) delivers a scoped set of improvements in the areas of productivity and management.
All one need to say...
"Everybody is a genius. But if you judge a fish by its ability to climb a tree, it will live its whole life believing that it is stupid." ― Albert Einstein
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All I'm gonna say is this, I have a Gigabyte gaming laptop that's a few years old but was top of the line when I bought it. I don't game on it, just got it because it was beefy. It's running Win11. I have another business class laptop that's old as dirt. It's running Win10.
The fan for the Win10 laptop rarely needs to spin up. The Win11 one feels just as sluggish, in fact more so, than the old laptop. I realize the fan may be related to the graphics card being more beefy, but we're talking about checking email here.
Thems just be the facts.
Jeremy Falcon
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It could be that some applications, like your email, are using the 3D card for no reason. If you have the NVidia tool (or some other tool) you can disable this.
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I may have to check it out. Thanks for the idea.
Jeremy Falcon
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It's the graphics card. My XPS 15 laptop is running Windows 11 and the fans are quiet. Yes, the XPS 15 has two fans and they both run but at a low level. I don't have a high powered graphics card.
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Gotta love the irony.
Jeremy Falcon
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I saw that. Microsoft hadn't been saying much about some of their previous updates, but this is a new low.
It also took only a few seconds to download, even at my connection speed. If I had to guess, this is one of those instances where previous versions already contained the code, and the update just unblocked it.
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