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JW <none@dev.null>: Aug 25 11:12AM -0400 On Wed, 24 Aug 2016 13:05:43 -0700 (PDT) whit3rd <whit3rd@gmail.com> wrote >WiFi user (or other device in the 2.4 GHz band) its broadcast could swamp >yours, except for pauses between transfers.   >Signal strength might be excellent, but the road is crowded.   Thanks, I don't think it's that given the symptoms (requires power cycle)

JW <none@dev.null>: Aug 25 11:11AM -0400 On Thu, 25 Aug 2016 06:07:24 -0700 (PDT) jack4747@gmail.com wrote in >> http://www.linksys.com/us/support-article?articleNum=148629   >there are firmware update, just not from Linksys:   >http://www.dd-wrt.com/site/index   Thanks. Looks like I have already have the last version ever released by Linksys. http://dd-wrt.com/wiki/index.php/Linksys_WRT54GS_v2.0

Jeff Liebermann <jeffl@cruzio.com>: Aug 25 03:27PM -0700 >Happens once a day or so, but sometimes not for several days or more. >Wired connections work fine.   >Firmware version: v4.71.4   Current firmware is: WRT54GS_4.71.4.001_fw,2.bin <http://www.dd-wrt.com/phpBB2/viewtopic.php?p=643052> <http://www.dd-wrt.com/phpBB2/download.php?id=20701&sid=e2141ada1089e4d9835e4103538b2801>   >to be... Maybe they pulled the plug on this model? >http://www.linksys.com/us/support-article?articleNum=148629   >Thanks.   It's been many years since I've seen that phenomenon and it's quite real. It's a bug in the firmware that runs the radio section. The problem is that the easily replaceable firmware such as DD-WRT operates mostly on layer 3, while the wireless card operates on layer 2. For alternative firmware, the layer 2 stuff is supplied by Linksys in the form of a linkable library that can't be tweaked. This might be why firmware transplants haven't done anything to fix the problem and why only some WRT54G and GS v2 boxes have the problem.   It's been many years since the WRT54GS was in fashion. There has been considerable progress in wireless chips, antennas, router features, acronyms, and aerodynamic packaging. You might want to consider a newer wireless router.   -- Jeff Liebermann jeffl@cruzio.com 150 Felker St #D http://www.LearnByDestroying.com Santa Cruz CA 95060 http://802.11junk.com Skype: JeffLiebermann AE6KS 831-336-2558

JW <none@dev.null>: Aug 26 05:23AM -0400 On Thu, 25 Aug 2016 15:27:30 -0700 Jeff Liebermann <jeffl@cruzio.com> >considerable progress in wireless chips, antennas, router features, >acronyms, and aerodynamic packaging. You might want to consider a >newer wireless router.   Thank you for that Jeff. I think you may be right. Have any good reasonably priced recommendations?

"ScottWW" <spamtrap@dcorp.com>: Aug 26 08:31AM -0400 >Thanks. Looks like I have already have the last version ever released by >Linksys. >http://dd-wrt.com/wiki/index.php/Linksys_WRT54GS_v2.0   I had a WRT54G that required frequent resets right out of the box. The firmware was up-to-date. Reverting back one version made it much more stable. Ultimately though, I had to replace it. Scott

Jeff Liebermann <jeffl@cruzio.com>: Aug 26 08:19AM -0700 >Thank you for that Jeff. I think you may be right. Have any good >reasonably priced recommendations?   Maybe, but I need to know what you're doing with it, the speed of the internet connection, number of simultaneous connections, and whether you plan to use alternative firmware. Some clue as to the environment (business, coffee shop, outdoors, home, industrial, doorstop, etc). Do you need gigabit ethernet or will 10/100Mbits/sec suffice? USB 2.0, 3.0, or none? What you consider reasonably priced?   If you want really cheap, I've been buying refurbished Linksys EA2700 wireless routers from the Belkin (they own Linksys) eBay store: <http://stores.ebay.com/linksysofficialstore/Wireless-Routers-/_i.html?_sacat=44995> <http://www.ebay.com/itm/Linksys-N600-Dual-Band-Wi-Fi-Router-Manfacturer-Refurbished-/301761478977> for $25 including shipping. Can't get much cheaper than that for a dual band router with gigabit ethernet interface. However, the router has a few odd problem. 1. The wireless range is lousy. 2. The wall warts blow up after about 2 years of service. 3. I can't stack anything on top of it due to the rounded top. 4. No flashing lights for user diagnostics. However, wireless speed is good, measured up to 60 Mbits/sec. <http://802.11junk.com/jeffl/FLUG-talk-2015-02-28/802.11gn%20direct.jpg> I use these for lighting up small areas that do NOT require going through walls or covering long distances. I also stock spare power supplies.   For home users, the other end of the scale is an Asus RT-AC68Uv2. <https://www.asus.com/us/Networking/RTAC68U/> About $130. I don't care much about the AC speeds, but the range is much better thanks to three 2.4GHz and three 4GHz power amps inside. However, I've only installed one of these, and haven't had time to do any kind of performance analysis. My seat of the pants evaluation is that I like what I see (except for the price). <http://www.smallnetbuilder.com/wireless/wireless-reviews/32609-asus-rt-ac68p-dual-band-wireless-ac1900-gigabit-router-reviewed> <http://www.smallnetbuilder.com/wireless/wireless-reviews/32239-ac1900-first-look-netgear-r7000-a-asus-rt-ac68u> <http://www.smallnetbuilder.com/tools/router-chooser/detail/1235/asus-rtac68u> <http://www.smallnetbuilder.com/tools/rankers/router/result/1235-asus-rtac68u> It's on the DD-WRT supported list: <http://www.dd-wrt.com/wiki/index.php/Supported_Devices#Asus> but I haven't tried it yet.   Note: I'm a big fan of having the wireless access point(s) seperate from the router, but cost and complexity prevent me from selling that to home users.     -- Jeff Liebermann jeffl@cruzio.com 150 Felker St #D http://www.LearnByDestroying.com Santa Cruz CA 95060 http://802.11junk.com Skype: JeffLiebermann AE6KS 831-336-2558

Jeff Liebermann <jeffl@cruzio.com>: Aug 26 08:45AM -0700 On Fri, 26 Aug 2016 08:19:08 -0700, Jeff Liebermann <jeffl@cruzio.com> wrote:   >For home users, the other end of the scale is an Asus RT-AC68Uv2. ><https://www.asus.com/us/Networking/RTAC68U/>   Oops. I goofed. That should be for an RT-AC68P, not U. <http://www.asus.com/Networking/RTAC68P/> The FCC site has it listed as RT-AC68V2. <http://www.smallnetbuilder.com/wireless/wireless-reviews/32609-asus-rt-ac68p-dual-band-wireless-ac1900-gigabit-router-reviewed>   The links I previously mentioned are all for the V1 router RT-AC68U. There are some substantial hardware differences between v1 and v2. V1 is an RT-AC68U, while V2 is an RT-AC68P. <https://wikidevi.com/wiki/ASUS_RT-AC68P> Some sales web sites are mixing these two with little control over which one will arrive. Anyway, look for the "P", not "U". This one worked for me: <http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16833320228> Sorry(tm) and caveat emptor.   There is also Asus specific alternative firmware available: <http://asuswrt.lostrealm.ca/about> I haven't tried it yet.   -- Jeff Liebermann jeffl@cruzio.com 150 Felker St #D http://www.LearnByDestroying.com Santa Cruz CA 95060 http://802.11junk.com Skype: JeffLiebermann AE6KS 831-336-2558

avagadro7@gmail.com: Aug 25 05:22PM -0700 > want to separate connectors n pull receiver out during sensitive parking.   > several dc and 4 stereo connectors if possible with no distortion/loss .   > broadcast quality .....   no suggestions ?

mike <ham789@netzero.net>: Aug 25 06:47PM -0700 >> several dc and 4 stereo connectors if possible with no distortion/loss .   >> broadcast quality .....   > no suggestions ?   yep, Go to any car stereo installation store and ask them.

avagadro7@gmail.com: Aug 26 06:09AM -0700 local shop     goo.gl/b7pC5g

"David Farber" <farberbear.unspam@aol.com>: Aug 25 01:11PM -0700 This Tascam DR-44WL digital recorder was given to me for repair. I asked how the screen got damaged. The user, a friend of mine, said that it wasn't dropped or mishandled. It was placed on the floor in an out of a way place before his band played and 45 minutes later he went to retrieve it and the screen looked like this: http://webpages.charter.net/mrfixiter/images/Electronics/Tascam/DR-44WL-screen.jpg The rest of the unit looks very clean. There are no scratches anywhere.   A new screen costs around $40 + shipping but I was curious what kind of defect would cause an image like this without some severe impact to the display? If I replace the display, is it likely to happen again? The recorder has only been used a few times and it's about 18 months old.   Thanks for your replies. -- David Farber Los Osos, CA

"Gareth Magennis" <soundserviceleeds@outlook.com>: Aug 25 09:29PM +0100 "David Farber" wrote in message news:npnje4$n86$1@dont-email.me...   This Tascam DR-44WL digital recorder was given to me for repair. I asked how the screen got damaged. The user, a friend of mine, said that it wasn't dropped or mishandled. It was placed on the floor in an out of a way place before his band played and 45 minutes later he went to retrieve it and the screen looked like this: http://webpages.charter.net/mrfixiter/images/Electronics/Tascam/DR-44WL-screen.jpg The rest of the unit looks very clean. There are no scratches anywhere.   A new screen costs around $40 + shipping but I was curious what kind of defect would cause an image like this without some severe impact to the display? If I replace the display, is it likely to happen again? The recorder has only been used a few times and it's about 18 months old.   Thanks for your replies. -- David Farber Los Osos, CA             Hmm, I suspect a severe impact.     Gareth.

Adrian Caspersz <email@here.invalid>: Aug 25 09:44PM +0100 On 25/08/16 21:11, David Farber wrote: > defect would cause an image like this without some severe impact to the > display? If I replace the display, is it likely to happen again? The > recorder has only been used a few times and it's about 18 months old.   A neighbour gave me their Lenovo laptop to fix that had a cracked screen. Their kid was pretty insistant it wasn't dropped, but I couldn't entertain the warranty company with that statement; I don't have a lie detector that can be plugged into her and ethernet - so we fitted a new display ourselves.   An idea. Extreme heat? Humidity? Electroluminescent panel flashover?   -- Adrian C

AL <noemail@none.com>: Aug 25 02:05PM -0700 On 8/25/2016 1:11 PM, David Farber wrote: > display? If I replace the display, is it likely to happen again? The > recorder has only been used a few times and it's about 18 months old.   > Thanks for your replies.   How close was it to the band's woofer? Some of the bands I've heard can really shake things up. Could the vibration have caused the screen damage?   As an aside, years ago when the movie Earthquake first came out the local theater put large woofers in the rear. So when the earthquake scene came on the whole place really shook. After several weeks they actually discovered structural damage to the building and the place had to close for the repairs.

"David Farber" <farberbear.unspam@aol.com>: Aug 25 03:17PM -0700 AL wrote: > scene came on the whole place really shook. After several weeks they > actually discovered structural damage to the building and the place > had to close for the repairs.   This is a rather low key band that plays traditional jazz music.   It's amazing a movie could be so loud that it caused structural damage to a building but not cause hearing damage to the moviegoers!   Thanks for your reply. -- David Farber Los Osos, CA

dplatt@coop.radagast.org (Dave Platt): Aug 25 03:21PM -0700 >defect would cause an image like this without some severe impact to the >display? If I replace the display, is it likely to happen again? The >recorder has only been used a few times and it's about 18 months old.   It looks to me as if the edge of the LCD panel was compromised, allowing an air leak into the panel.   This might be due to a manufacturing defect, but the radiating pattern of lines, and the thin little hairline I see at the tip of the leftmost radiating spike of blue-ness, suggests that the panel was actually fractured or chipped at its edge... either by impact or by excessive non-impact pressure. The whitish spots/rings near the top of the display area suggest that something has pushed or scraped the protective cover enough to damage the plastic film.   If the recorder was sitting on the floor, is there a possibility that the place wasn't "out of the way" enough, and somebody accidentally stepped on it? That might easily flex the plastic cover and put pressure onto the LCD and crack it. Direct downward pressure by a shoe might not have left scratches, other than perhaps those small scrapes/defects just below the top.

"David Farber" <farberbear.unspam@aol.com>: Aug 25 04:12PM -0700 Dave Platt wrote: > pressure onto the LCD and crack it. Direct downward pressure by a > shoe might not have left scratches, other than perhaps those small > scrapes/defects just below the top.   Hi Dave,   Yes, it is possible that someone or something came in contact with it as it was out of view for a while. There were quite a few people milling about the area and who knows what the real story is. Your explanation seems quite plausible.   Thanks for your reply. -- David Farber Los Osos, CA

Phil Allison <pallison49@gmail.com>: Aug 25 07:05PM -0700 David Farber wrote:     > It's amazing a movie could be so loud that it caused structural damage to a > building but not cause hearing damage to the moviegoers!   ** The sound was all very low frequency so excited standing waves in the room.   The system was developed by speaker maker Cerwin-Vega and called "Sensurround":   https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sensurround   Cerwin-Vega also supplied high powered amplifiers for the system, mostly models A3000 and A1800 which later turned up on the second hand market and were bought for use in PA systems for live music in the 1980s.   One of my customers acquired a number of them and they were constantly coming in for repair. They were never built well enough to go touring in the back of a truck.     .... Phil

N_Cook <diverse@tcp.co.uk>: Aug 26 08:01AM +0100 On 25/08/2016 21:11, David Farber wrote: > display? If I replace the display, is it likely to happen again? The > recorder has only been used a few times and it's about 18 months old.   > Thanks for your replies.   Before replacing new display, look for grit/swarf etc maybe from manufacture, then stressing of the case caused point stress crack

isw <isw@witzend.com>: Aug 25 09:45PM -0700 A friend came across one of these, a bit dirty but otherwise looking OK. Green pilot lights up, but the screen does not, even in a darkened room.   Are there well-known failure points in these? Where to find a schematic and/or service manual?   Isaac

"tom" <tmiller11147@verizon.net>: Aug 26 01:28AM -0400 "isw" <isw@witzend.com> wrote in message news:isw-A34D3E.21452125082016@news-roam.garlic.com...   > Are there well-known failure points in these? Where to find a schematic > and/or service manual?   > Isaac   Service manual and Operators manual here:   http://w140.com/tekwiki/wiki/2235   Also you might join the tek yahoo group and describe your findings there.   https://groups.yahoo.com/neo/groups/TekScopes/info     Good luck.   --

Bob Simon <bobneworleans@gmail.com>: Aug 25 07:24PM -0700 I recently moved and connected my new Cox Contour DVR to an audio receiver and TV. (A Blu-ray player is also connected to the receiver and TV; this may or may not have any relevance to my issues.) There was a pretty bad hum so I inserted an isolation transformer between the cable feed and the DVR, which eliminated the hum. I measured the voltage between the outside of the cable connector and safety ground with a cheap VOM and found 0.2VAC and 1-9 mVDC. I have a number of questions that I hope someone can answer for me.   Is this voltage difference the cause of the hum?   Was my measurement approach appropriate?   Do the measured voltages indicate that the cable is improperly grounded?   If the cable were to be bonded to the house neutral with 3/0AWG, would this likely eliminate the need for the isolation transformer?   Whether it would eliminate the hum or not, should I have it done?   Does the cable company have any obligation to do it in order to comply with regulations?   Bob Simon New Orleans

stratus46@yahoo.com: Aug 25 10:01PM -0700 On Thursday, August 25, 2016 at 7:24:18 PM UTC-7, Bob Simon wrote:   > Does the cable company have any obligation to do it in order to comply with regulations?   > Bob Simon > New Orleans   Since the iso transformer got rid of the hum it's a real good bet that the 200mV is your problem. I had a similar problem with tuners in the computers and antenna / cable feeds and hum. A 'galvanic isolator' from these folks cleaned everything up.   http://www.rmscommunications.net/mi2120v_n.htm   The Voltage in my system is similar to yours so safety really isn't an issue. The isolator solved the problem and as far as I'm concerned, it's a permanent solution.   G²

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