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Is there a way to share a wireless connection from my laptop??

Here's the situation: I just moved to a new apartment and it will be about 10 days before comcast and I can work out a time to hook up my broadband. In the meantime, I'm sharing a neighbor's wireless connection (YES, he knows and has consented to this!). This works great for the laptop I'm...
- MrChupon
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- Apr 5, 2005
- Replies: 1
- Forum: Networking
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Question about CD Burning

Thanks, I had considered that, I just didn't want to go get a CD-RW. I think i'll kill a CD-R burning a 10KB file to it a few times just to find out. If the space wasted is over 16 megs or so, I don't think its worth my trouble.
- MrChupon
- Post #3
- Mar 26, 2003
- Forum: Computer Building
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Question about CD Burning

I'm working on a project where I need to store lots of little files on a CD. I understand that you can write to a CDR multiple times until it is full. My question is how much space do I waste if I am writing only a couple small files per burn? If I burn 10 250KB files intially, I'd imagine in...
- MrChupon
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- Mar 26, 2003
- Replies: 3
- Forum: Computer Building
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AT&T Broadband forcing people to buy extra IP addresses?

Well, I got a letter in the mail that stated exactly that. I would need to pay $4.95 a month for multiple IP's if I wanted them issued to me after August 28th. If i did not pay, my "service could be interupted at any time." My setup at the time of the letter was: Wall to Cable Modem to "8 Port...
- MrChupon
- Post #12
- Sep 10, 2002
- Forum: Computer Building
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Hard Drives and failure

I was just clicking around on Slashdot today, and I noticed an announcement that Maxtor will be releasing a 320GB hard drive soon. While browsing the comments, I noticed that inbetween all the porn jokes and arguing, the most common theme of the posts seemed to be complaints about backing up...
- MrChupon
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- Sep 10, 2002
- Replies: 2
- Forum: Computer Building
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Using a cable modem connection with more than one computer.

Thanks for the FAQ's ok, So if I go and get a cable router for 80-100 bucks, and hook it up, it will be able to serve me 2 IP adresses even though AT&T wants to charge me for taking more than one? Sounds like a plan.... Is there a lot of setup involved in a router?
- MrChupon
- Post #5
- Aug 17, 2002
- Forum: Networking
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Using a cable modem connection with more than one computer.

Well, thats what I've been doing the past 7 months with my AT&T Broadband Cable service. I have two computers on the same desk, and the connection runs from the wall to the cable modem to a 8-port hub, and finally to each of my computers. They each get their own IP address via DHCP, and all has...
- MrChupon
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- Aug 17, 2002
- Replies: 5
- Forum: Networking
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Question about Computers and Power

I see. Thanks for the responses I'm not really prepared to stop doing distributed projects to save a few bucks on the electricity bill, but how negligable is the extra power when multiplied times a month of crunching? would it be like leaving a house lit all night? Or like Just one bulb?
- MrChupon
- Post #5
- Jul 20, 2002
- Forum: Computer Building
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Question about Computers and Power

bump.. still curious.
- MrChupon
- Post #2
- Jul 20, 2002
- Forum: Computer Building
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Question about Computers and Power

I've had this question in my head for a while, and I figure someone here could answer it for me. Do computers draw more power from the wall outlet depending on what they are doing? As I understand from portable electronics, moving parts will run down a battery faster. So I assume having your...
- MrChupon
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- Jul 20, 2002
- Replies: 6
- Forum: Computer Building
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What is "write combining"?

bump in case anyone knows.
- MrChupon
- Post #2
- Jul 15, 2002
- Forum: Computer Building
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What is "write combining"?

First, a little background. I'm having the (infamous?) Nv4_disp.dll infinite loop issue in Windows XP Pro. I did not come here to plead for help with it, as I see there are a million other threads in the archives discussing the issue. That said, if there really is a be all and end all fix, I...
- MrChupon
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- Jul 14, 2002
- Replies: 5
- Forum: Computer Building
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ATT Broadband Question

just to answer your questions, yes both computers are enable for DHCP, and the IP adresses are different. They seem to be fine.. every once and a while the network goes down, but thats been known to happen when one was completely off, so I blame that on the ISP. The Cable modem is one i'm...
- MrChupon
- Post #8
- Jul 9, 2002
- Forum: Networking
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Firewalls --questions from a newbie.

bear with me, I'll get to the questions. I recently bought a computer with WinXP Professional installed, after an lifetime of Win9x use. I never ran a firewall while running Win9x. While configuring things and reading, I came to see that WinXP comes with its own firewall, which they call ICF...
- MrChupon
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- Jul 8, 2002
- Replies: 3
- Forum: Networking
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ATT Broadband Question

Disclaimer.. I'm really an idiot when it comes to networking related things... but... I have AT&T broadband cable internet service and I am not paying them above minimum. I hooked it up to two computers with a "8 Port Mini Hub". I was under the impression that this is not the same thing as a...
- MrChupon
- Post #6
- Jul 8, 2002
- Forum: Networking

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