Stef

I have both IE 7 and Firefox installed. Both are capable and stable. No speed difference while browsing.

Firefox's Pros: You can install a free plugin to filter ads out.

Firefox's Cons:

Some sites are not displayed correctly and you can't access some internet banking sites (Bangkok Bank for instance).

It starts a little slow in old computers.

I put a post in classifieds to sell my computer. It is already sold but I keep receiving offers. How can I delete it?

Stef

Place the link here and one of the admins/mods will get it. Best way is to just send a PM to an on-line mod to handle it for you. I'll see if I can find it in the meantime.

All right, just did it (hope you mean the Mac?)

Thanks. It was the Mac.

Stef

I put a post in classifieds to sell my computer. It is already sold but I keep receiving offers. How can I delete it?

Stef

Thanks to all for your help.

Stef

You looking for wireless or wired?

I still hesitate. It will depend on the price.

Wireless will normally run you about 1.5 to two times the cost of wired. You need to factor in adding a wireless network card to the computers you connect as well.

Make sure any wireless router you get has WPA encryption not WEP which is easily compromised.

All routers should include a firewall. Anything from D-link, or LinkSys will be fine for home or small business networking, and not too difficult to setup. Just be sure to change your router's default passwords.

Don't buy a cheap, unknown brand as these are often crap.

A good resource for networking:

http://www.practicallynetworked.com/

Read up on using your router for security:

http://www.grc.com/sn/SN-003.htm

Thanks for your advice. I will probably buy a D-Link DSL-G604T wireless router (2,300 Bahts).

Stef

You looking for wireless or wired?

I still hesitate. It will depend on the price.

I have a recent Acer desktop (to which the router will be a connected) and an Apple MacBook laptop. I am using True ADSL (512/256). Can anyone advise a good and cheap ADSL router for my configuration?

Thanks

I used to use dial-up and moved to True hi-speed internet 256/128 last week. I asked them to install a new line as it was in the promotion (done in 5 days).

No problem during installation. It is working well. Download speed is about 250 Kb/s in Thailand and of course slower for foreign sites (about 100-150 Kb/s).

Big plus: It does not disconnect every 15 minutes. Big saving on the phone bill.

It IS really faster and more reliable than dial-up, always.

Is it really faster in 512/256 with foreign sites?

I was 256/128 upgraded to 512/256 and yes international downloads are faster. There have been periods when downloads were almost at a dialup crawl during transition to new lines by CAT (and CAT is still having their normal problems) but it will get close to full speed for short periods even when slow so if your peak is higher the thruput will be higher. But if you are not downloading a lot the 256 should be fine - sure beats dial up.

Thanks for the information. I will give it a try.

It's nice it's working so problem free for you Stef.

Personally, I have a new headache with my service just about every day.

Are you using the truehisp or trueadsl username?

I get so much bs and mixed answers I'm going to shoot myself.

Today was one of the best.  They called me and checked if it started working from yesterday when I called them.  Nope.  They tried a few things.  Nope. Oh, well, they tell me I won't have internet access for 2 months, until September when they get the new system setup.  Then they tell me I will be able to have 256/128 NON-UNLIMITED internet starting in 2 days.  So I'll be back to paying 3,000 baht a month for slower internet than those paying 750 for unlimited.  Then she talks to her supervisor and comes back and says my internet will work using trueadsl once again.

Throw in an hour of waiting, and lots of headaches and you have my typical daily routine with true adsl.

My username is truehisp. It seems that I may be lucky to be in a better area than you (Prawet district).

I used to use dial-up and moved to True hi-speed internet 256/128 last week. I asked them to install a new line as it was in the promotion (done in 5 days).

No problem during installation. It is working well. Download speed is about 250 Kb/s in Thailand and of course slower for foreign sites (about 100-150 Kb/s).

Big plus: It does not disconnect every 15 minutes. Big saving on the phone bill.

It IS really faster and more reliable than dial-up, always.

Is it really faster in 512/256 with foreign sites?