And I shall answer. I know the entire internet on a first name basis.

No, seriously. I've worked for wikipedia, done on-call tech support for 3 years on every system imaginable, and have about 5 years of college focused on the same.

None of that means crap, by the way. But seriously, I'm better than 99% of those overweight fantasy-obsessed megalomaniac "tech guys" that pretend what they know is anywhere near as important as what an MD or chef or soldier had to learn.

Ask me.

What's a 'bit' ... ?

I believe a bit is 8 bytes, or maybe a byte is 8 bits? I may have something confused. It's been a while since I've went over all that.

When will Apple finally unveil the smell-o-vision monitor?

a Binary digIT. a one or a zero.

8 bits in a byte
1024 bytes in a kilobyte
1024 kilo in mega
1024 mega in giga
tera
peta

Quite often when I am replying to a member, the option of adding a smiley disappears. So, how do some members add smileys (and hightlighted text) in their in replies to other members? Tks

like this.....

or this

i bout a sony vios 6 months ago, its really nice but when i go media center to play videos or something I cannot get the mouse to work. very frusterating to use, any suggestions?

thanks

That neat little slide-out cupholder broke ... how do I fix it ... ?

Alright, try this:

Fresh install of Ubuntu 10.04 working with a Toshiba Satellite L30-101 (PS33E series). Slow networking (when doing traceroute on say, www.australia.gov.au averagely takes about 60+ ms). Disabled IPv6, blacklisted its kernel modules, resolv.conf file is perfectly fine, after running namebench find out the ISP DNS servers are best so I have those configured, disabled IPv6 with an argument from GRUB (GRUB_CMDLINE_LINUX="ipv6.disable=1"). Used aircrack-ng to attempt to find out if any electronic noise or other WiFi signals could be blocking and my broadband is the only one in the area currently using that WiFi channel, not near enough electrical appliances for them to cause any interference with the WiFi signals, no port forwarding configurations on the router anymore, even with it acts the same way, using an Atheros AR5005G wireless chipset (and we all know Atheros backs the FOSS communities 100%) and last but not least, Firefox now has absolutely no IPv6 support.

Still getting slow networking speeds with both external and internal connections to the internet and LAN but this only occurs with the Ubuntu installation; Windows is fine.

Answer that. :D

Dang. That's a LOT harder than my cupholder thingy ...

not quite enough info to help you troubleshoot, but a question and a few observational suggestions...

1. I am assuming you are wifi to your router, then broadband is wired to your ISP?
2. do wired clients to your broadband router have the same issue? If not, it's your wifi, if so, it's your ISP.
3. what are the FCS errors on your AP? Data Retry Rate? What is the S/N ratio being reported by your AP?
4. if your ISP is a WISP, ask them the same questions...

Improving S/N ratio is paramount to throughput. Reducing FCS erros and retry rates will occur as S/N increases. You can also try setting the CTS arbitrarily low - this would force wifi clients to ask for "clear air" before each TX....

Sounds like the network down under sucks!

Have a great weekend!!...

$.02

1. Yep.

2. Yep. It's definitely WiFi but not hardware-related.

3. Nothing in logs - I've checked, checked then checked some more. Though, did not think to check signal-to-noise ratio.

4. Not an ISP problem, not hardware - I'm 80% sure it's kernel modules for WiFi somewhere - but what?

:D

I always thought IVP6 is disabled by default, in Ub10.04.

Have you tried switching to a different frequency on your router? It might not matter much in Windows, but who knows..

Are you sure you didn't have problems in windows?

my pc makes funny "tikky, tikky" sounds...is it time to replace my hamster or do i just need to change his diet?

Nope. IPv6 is enabled by default in Ubuntu 10.04. Mainly for whatever security reasons Canonical decide to annoy people with next - silly choice if you ask me but that's Canonical for ya. :D
Yeah, I tried changing the WiFi channel, that's about all I can do with it and still no difference.

get a different mouse...I would. are u connecting usb stlye or wireless? it may be plainly defective...it happens.try a logitech...mine works perfect.

Funny u mention this ticking noise...i heard this on Ipods that shortly give out later and stop working period. the ticking sound, then the screen starts to flicker and slowly it don't come on no more...how long u had that PC? The other guys on here can finish because I am tech not god...

Don't replace the hamster yet til you've tried cleaning the litter box. The wheel might just be clogged. Good luck

Run away! Run away! He's a suicide hamster and he's about to explode!