Monthly Archives: December 2009

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Now you see it – Now you don’t (Broadcom cards and Vigor 2820 wireless)

This entry was posted in Hardware Interesting Tips and tagged Broadcom Vigor on December 17, 2009 by HAL

I recently had issues with the reliability of Broadcom cards and Vigor 2820 wireless adsl routers. Specifically the Broadcom cards were embedded ones in two different HP laptops – a 6715S and a Touchsmart Tx2. Given the difference in the cards I was fairly convinced that the answer lay with the router – but the […]

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You are my everything ….

This entry was posted in Interesting on December 15, 2009 by HAL

I recover and transfer a lot of data from various machines that I work on for myself and clients. Sometimes I know what I’m looking for but not where it is – especially when recovering data from failing or failed drives. So when I want to know (and don’t want to wait for the abysmally […]

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Happy to Meet – Sorry to part

This entry was posted in Interesting on December 4, 2009 by HAL

Some non IT related nostalgia this morning. Last night I went to what will be the second last concert by Irish Rockers Horslips after a gap of 29 years since their final Belfast Gigs performances. I have to say I never thought I would see the day again where I would hear these masters of […]

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Vigor 2820 firmware update for AP700 compatibility

This entry was posted in Internet Software Tips and tagged Vigor 2820 on December 3, 2009 by HAL

While checking for a client I noticed that another update with quite a few changes for the Vigor 2820 had arrived – specifically item number 19 explains a problem I recently had with an Ap700 and 2820 setup. So I’ll be testing this out and will advise…   Release Notes for Vigor2820 series Firmware Version : […]

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