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Offline Doc B.

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on: January 26, 2014, 05:06:27 PM
Our gateway at home (where I actually do my first two hours of work each day) has been knocked off the shelf so many times that the main chip seems to have broken contacts. Pressing on it brings it back to life for a while. So this is my temporary fix. I am admitting defeat on this one, and buying a new modem and router.

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Reply #1 on: January 26, 2014, 05:09:54 PM
Are the matches for the last resort solution?

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Reply #2 on: January 26, 2014, 05:55:58 PM
Nah, I just raise the rock up about three feet and drop it. Got a Motorola SB6141 modem and Asus N-66U router on the way.

We got back this afternoon from a really nice time at the beach. Stayed in a cute cottage with a killer jacuzzi tub, great bed and nice gas fireplace. Only downside was that you didn't get the motel's Wi-Fi anywhere but standing with the iPad on top of the little fridge in the kitchenette.
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Reply #3 on: January 27, 2014, 02:44:04 AM
(https://forum.bottlehead.com/proxy.php?request=http%3A%2F%2Fi244.photobucket.com%2Falbums%2Fgg7%2FGrainger49%2FSmiles%2FROLF.gif&hash=d8c25de5059c9863b539eef0d5a5f9c5fb975e51)Bwa, Ha, Ha, Ha ! ! !(https://forum.bottlehead.com/proxy.php?request=http%3A%2F%2Fi244.photobucket.com%2Falbums%2Fgg7%2FGrainger49%2FSmiles%2FROLF.gif&hash=d8c25de5059c9863b539eef0d5a5f9c5fb975e51)


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This is one of those times when I think, "Boy, I wish I had thought of that before!"
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Reply #4 on: January 27, 2014, 03:08:11 AM
I'm not even going to ask how you figured out big ass rock was a cure.

There is one possible fix if you want some fun, strip the plastic chassis off it and cook it in the oven for 15-20 minutes @450 degrees, just dont let your better half catch you..

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Reply #5 on: January 27, 2014, 08:47:08 AM
Yeah, the iPad isn't exactly the wifi champ. Otherwise, I love mine (bought one for my B day, had to keep up with the Schmalles).
The B&B I stay at once a year has iffy-wifi but the inn next door has a stronger signal. I have no ethics when it comes to sucking in someone else's 2.4k!

Nice lookin' rock btw.

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Reply #6 on: January 27, 2014, 04:57:30 PM
Quote from: Doc B. on January 26, 2014, 05:06:27 PM
Our gateway at home (where I actually do my first two hours of work each day) has been knocked off the shelf so many times that the main chip seems to have broken contacts. Pressing on it brings it back to life for a while. So this is my temporary fix. I am admitting defeat on this one, and buying a new modem and router.

Now that's an engineering solution!!   8)


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Reply #7 on: January 28, 2014, 03:17:03 AM
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Reply #8 on: January 28, 2014, 05:04:09 AM
My first impression when I saw that rock was - "Wow, the Bottlehead version of the Shakti Stone!"

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Reply #9 on: January 28, 2014, 05:24:34 AM
That's not a Shakti Stone. That's a Puget Sound Potato. They magically emerge from the ground by themselves in the glacial till around here. One of life's adventures is finding the new ones that popped up over the winter during that first spring lawn mowing. Brrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrr - Clang!!

I am uploading this via the potato modem this morning. It's still running perfectly.

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Reply #10 on: January 28, 2014, 09:22:37 AM
Quote from: Doc B. on January 28, 2014, 05:24:34 AM
That's not a Shakti Stone. That's a Puget Sound Potato. They magically emerge from the ground by themselves in the glacial till around here. One of life's adventures is finding the new ones that popped up over the winter during that first spring lawn mowing. Brrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrr - Clang!!

I am uploading this via the potato modem this morning. It's still running perfectly.

I had much the same thing when I lived on Long Island, which is one long pile of glacial moraine.  It made gardening an adventure.  The 12" down you carefully tilled the year before magically got strewn with stones of all sizes after the freeze and thaw.

Speaking of Shakti Stones (yeah, I know I was the one to bring it up) - Of all my favorite audiophool nonsense, these are among my favorites.

BTW Doc, the Asus router is as awesome as the reviews claim.
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Reply #11 on: January 28, 2014, 09:30:09 AM
My son Colin got the Asus router a while back and loves it. The Motorola gateway with a rock on it seems to have a great modem that is the same as the SB6141 but mediocre WiFi signal, so I have high hopes for Motorola/Asus combo.

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Reply #12 on: January 28, 2014, 10:02:32 AM
When i changed ISP they provided a Cisco box which is a great router but had lousy wifi. On closer inspection i found it had a small flex pcb for an antenna inside the case connected to the main pcb with a regular miniature connector.  I then took the antenna off the old unit, plugged it in and taped it onto the outside of the case giving me a nice strong signal all over the house.  I was surprised it was that easy, though any radio engineers reading this will be shaking their head saying no no no no :)

I had to lol at that Shakti site, if only the team of Bosch engineers who developed the ECU in my car knew that strapping rocks to it would make it think faster and make more power. /facepalm

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Reply #13 on: January 29, 2014, 05:06:31 PM
Quote from: Doc B. on January 26, 2014, 05:06:27 PM
Our gateway at home (where I actually do my first two hours of work each day) has been knocked off the shelf so many times that the main chip seems to have broken contacts. Pressing on it brings it back to life for a while. So this is my temporary fix. I am admitting defeat on this one, and buying a new modem and router.

maybe some duct tape can make that a permanent fix!


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Reply #14 on: January 29, 2014, 05:50:42 PM
It won't block the cooling holes. :o


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