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A rather sweet spammer writes: "Your site has very much liked me. I shall necessarily tell about him to the friends."
Nothing on the internet has very much liked me, unfortunately: I hard-rebooted the Airport Express (in order to reset the password (in order to reconfigure it to limit connections to specific MAC addresses (in the hope that it might then be faster because nobody e.g. from next door could sneakily steal our bandwidth))) and it stopped working. Does anybody have a spare Airport to save me from the sharks?
When I say "stopped working", I mean: computer can talk to Airport (and reconfigure it, reboot it, etc.); router is definitely talking to the internet (wired connection direct from router to computer works fine); Airport shows green light and claims it is talking to the internet, but connection from computers to Airport to internet does not happen. I have switched it off and switched it back on again for every possible value of "it" and every possible permutation of the order of switching-on-and-off. I have spent two hours exhaustively comparing my configuration with that of someone who has exactly the same kit/setup, and there is no difference. I have therefore come to the conclusion that something is Actually Broken, though I'm not sure how I have managed to break it by doing exactly what they tell you to do if you want to reset the password.
Earlier this year I also broke the Playstation 2, by switching it on, thereby not only stopping us having that particular shade of fun but also preventing Owen from learning to sing. Bad girlfriend. I then tried to buy a replacement on eBay, but it never turned up (though I did finally get a refund).
If I had the same effect on cattle that I seem to have on consumer electronics, I'd have been burned as a witch by now.
Nothing on the internet has very much liked me, unfortunately: I hard-rebooted the Airport Express (in order to reset the password (in order to reconfigure it to limit connections to specific MAC addresses (in the hope that it might then be faster because nobody e.g. from next door could sneakily steal our bandwidth))) and it stopped working. Does anybody have a spare Airport to save me from the sharks?
When I say "stopped working", I mean: computer can talk to Airport (and reconfigure it, reboot it, etc.); router is definitely talking to the internet (wired connection direct from router to computer works fine); Airport shows green light and claims it is talking to the internet, but connection from computers to Airport to internet does not happen. I have switched it off and switched it back on again for every possible value of "it" and every possible permutation of the order of switching-on-and-off. I have spent two hours exhaustively comparing my configuration with that of someone who has exactly the same kit/setup, and there is no difference. I have therefore come to the conclusion that something is Actually Broken, though I'm not sure how I have managed to break it by doing exactly what they tell you to do if you want to reset the password.
Earlier this year I also broke the Playstation 2, by switching it on, thereby not only stopping us having that particular shade of fun but also preventing Owen from learning to sing. Bad girlfriend. I then tried to buy a replacement on eBay, but it never turned up (though I did finally get a refund).
If I had the same effect on cattle that I seem to have on consumer electronics, I'd have been burned as a witch by now.
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I think I have a Mk1 airport somewhere you could borrow (i.e. a non-Extreme one. What's the opposite of extreme?)
Alternatively, I expect I could be fairly easily convinced to come and poke your Airport a bit. :)
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Just checked; I do.
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I have poked my Airport so many times I'm not sure there's anything else worth poking :-( but you're welcome to have a look if you want...
Also, Sad Mac! Happy Mac! Icon love! ♥ ♥
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Frankly it's just sitting round unused at the moment as my dsl router does wireless and the airport can't do airtunes. I'd be happy just to see it go to a good home so I'm not fussed about money for it.
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Technology is only a tool. It may be a very useful tool, but a tool nonetheless. Tools break, tools need fixing, tools get replaced..tools are upgraded with better and more effective tools. I don't see why someone should suffer when the universe is only doing what it is doing all the time..changing[1] stuff.
I'm forever breaking things. Sometimes, it feels like I completely lost my geek mojo altogether..but it's me thinking that I'm responsible for destroying it, when it was never built to last in the first place..
[1]change causes the form to break. We like permanence, but we will never have it. I find it better to see things in terms of temporary arrangement, like one of those kalidoscope toys. There are so many possible patterns the toy can produce, then you might as well enjoy them all as they happen.
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There used to be an intermediate stage where I'd actually smash things and bin them, but I don't do that any more because it's not very green. So I leave them, unsmashed, to clutter up the house instead.