Recent content by abugintheground

The problem seems to have reared its ugly head again, despite my changing the IP address of the extender. Any thoughts?

for once, official support beat the forums! Here's Cora from TP-Link's response: Dear Thom, Thank you very much for your email requesting information about our product. If the computer can ping the IP address of TD-W8961ND, can it ping 8.8.8.8? Can it get reply from this IP address? What...

oops, I meant to go and check the model of my router and, alas, I forgot. It's a TD-W8961ND Here's a ping log from a pc connected via LAN to the extender: Pinging 192.168.1.1 with 32 bytes of data: Reply from 192.168.1.1: bytes=32 time=481ms TTL=254 Reply from 192.168.1.1: bytes=32...

Hello, I have a TP-link wireless router ( ) to distribute our ADSL wirelessly, although because ours is a long, thin flat with bits of pesky concrete I've had to add a range extender, TP-Link TL-WA830RE. When it was first installed, it worked flawlessly (for about 24h!). Now, when connected...

haha. thanks! It would pay for me to read the description before posting here! Found an alternative here: http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/221137195776?_trksid=p5197.c0.m619 Looks almost identical but specifically mentions compatability with the mbp that I have. I'm after advice too about the...

Hi, My DVD drive in my late 2008 macbook pro has given up the ghost (in part helped along by my trying to get it working again when it was refusing to accept discs - oops!). Rather than replace the optical drive, which I probably use about once every three years, I thought I would take the...