Re: Belkin Pre-N notebook card problems

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In <438bee3d_3@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> on 29 Nov 2005 16:29:25 +1050, "me here"
<gloaming_agnet@xxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:

>John Navas wrote:
>
>> In <438a5fba_1@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> on 28 Nov 2005 12:09:06 +1050,
>> "me here" <gloaming_agnet@xxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
>>
>> > John Navas wrote:
>> >
>> >> In <43899a15_2@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> on 27 Nov 2005 22:05:49 +1050,
>> >> "me here" <gloaming_agnet@xxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:

>> >> > Also make sure that the XP firewall is off.
>> >>
>> >> Really, really bad idea! The XP Firewall is an important security
>> >> tool that doesn't measurably hurt performance. You might as well
>> >> drive without brakes so that you can go faster.
>> >
>> > Get a life.
>>
>> Got one, thanks.
>>
>> > If you have a decent firewall, then you dont use the XP one...its
>> > ***.
>>
>> It's actually pretty good.
>>
>> > Also this is for testing only.
>>
>> Fair enough.
>>
>> > I dont see any suggestions comming from you.
>>
>> Then you're not paying attention.
>
>I'd be interested to know how you intend to test the effect of the
>firewall on a given situation (problem) without turning it off.

I didn't say not to test it -- I responded to your categorical advice to turn
it off.

>In this case the "actually pretty good" XP firewall appears to have
>been a culprit.

I doubt it. It was probably something else.

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Best regards, FAQ FOR CINGULAR WIRELESS
John Navas <http://en.wikibooks.org/wiki/Cingular_Wireless_FAQ>
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