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New modem from vodafone finally arrived today - old one died on the 20th Jan - took so long because the muppets 'had no record' of my first call to them, when, after waiting (or is that wasting?) 4 days for it to arrive, I called them again to see where it was.
Oh, and then it wouldn't work the same way as it did before - phone line > modem > airport > computer. Everything seemed to be OK, all lights flashing as they should, IP addresses correctly assigned etc. just no interweb.
After a bit of research, I've discovered that Airport Base Stations don't do PPPoA - which is odd, as the old modem (same model) did before it packed up.
So now I have to fork out to buy a wireless modem/router when I've technically already got the equipment I need.
Grrrrr.
Still, it's very nice to be online again - I've felt like I've been missing a limb for the last week.
Normal services will be resumed shortly
New modem from vodafone finally arrived today - old one died on the 20th Jan - took so long because the muppets 'had no record' of my first call to them, when, after waiting (or is that wasting?) 4 days for it to arrive, I called them again to see where it was.
Oh, and then it wouldn't work the same way as it did before - phone line > modem > airport > computer. Everything seemed to be OK, all lights flashing as they should, IP addresses correctly assigned etc. just no interweb.
After a bit of research, I've discovered that Airport Base Stations don't do PPPoA - which is odd, as the old modem (same model) did before it packed up.
So now I have to fork out to buy a wireless modem/router when I've technically already got the equipment I need.
Grrrrr.
Still, it's very nice to be online again - I've felt like I've been missing a limb for the last week.