Author Topic: Tech-related problems (Read 581367 times)

frblckstr1 · « **Reply #440 on:** October 28, 2006, 07:02:44 PM »

^ the mail is complaining about the experition date now being (able to be) veryfied

now 08/08 you can't enter wrong, but they give a sample of entering the mont as 06/02 for June 2002...

Anyway time for me to find that photobook on Amazon

BTW, they have something like a 5 days expiration before you can change your order, maybe you have to wait?? Also: You can request a reply in english (is what I did when I accidentily specified money order and didn't know how to change it)

Shinora · « **Reply #441 on:** October 28, 2006, 07:39:49 PM »

how do i request a reply in english? i tried re-entering my credit info as a new card and im still recievin the email >< i have like 8 copies of that email now =( sigh... this has never happened before...

Mugen · « **Reply #442 on:** October 28, 2006, 08:59:05 PM »

ty guys it works now

tiny · « **Reply #443 on:** October 29, 2006, 01:16:25 AM »

@Shinora: I had the same problem you have several years ago. Then only a very small part of the site was in English. Luckily, now much more info is given in English, but not everything as you have noticed.

What I did to solve my problem was send a message, in English, to Amazon via their webform (found it by comparing the amazon.com site with the amazon.co.jp site, they use(d) the same software). Since then, Amazon.jp sends me e-mails in English and the problem with the validation of my credit card was solved by sending a fax with the details.

You can send a mesage to Amazon.co.jp via this page. You have to choose a subject (Payment) and enter the order number. Describe the problem in the comment section, but don't submit any credit card numbers. That form is not a secure submission method!
Amazon should contact you with instructions in English.

Hope this helps.

Shinora · « **Reply #444 on:** October 29, 2006, 02:36:33 AM »

thx mate, i'll try it rite now

Masabi · « **Reply #445 on:** October 29, 2006, 05:11:01 AM »

If you dont' find anything I can translate it for you.

chera · « **Reply #446 on:** October 30, 2006, 10:12:47 PM »

I recently bought a cheapo Airnet AWR014G8 Wireless Router as an upgrade to a dependable wired Linksys router and have had a pain the ass trying to get it to get an internet connection.

I'm connecting via Ethernet to the new router, and put the old router aside. The router IP address, subnet mask, DHCP settings are exactly the same as the old Linksys router. I've unplugged and then replugged everything on the Cable Modem. Cable company tech says that the modem and the internet connection are working fine. I've released and renewed DHCP. WAN settings from the Airnet Router show that I've got a new WAN IP, with the old WAN Gateway and DNS IPs. DHCP is enabled and my laptop is getting the same IP it always did. The new router's lights are on and blinking like normal.

But still no internet connection. :evil: All the other PCs in the house also can't get a connection via the new router either. When plugging the old Linksys router back in, things work like normal. Would really appreciate any tips.

ohbahsan · « **Reply #447 on:** October 30, 2006, 10:38:25 PM »

^ Could it be that the firewall is set to deny all traffic? Maybe the default network on the new router is 192.168.1.0 and you changed it to 10.0.0.0 but the firewall is still configured to block all traffic except 192.168.1.0.

chera · « **Reply #448 on:** October 30, 2006, 10:44:11 PM »

Quote from: ohbahsan;225041

^ Could it be that the firewall is set to deny all traffic? Maybe the default network on the new router is 192.168.1.0 and you changed it to 10.0.0.0 but the firewall is still configured to block all traffic except 192.168.1.0.

That doesn't seem like it. The LAN IP addresses of both the old and new router are 192.168.1.1.

frblckstr1 · « **Reply #449 on:** October 31, 2006, 06:58:04 AM »

^You say you have a new WAN IP, is that because the ISP gives you those every x days, or maybe because if got the wrong one and now the ISP blocks traffic because the wrong IP is coming over the line?

Can you ping sites, or just no HTTP?

chera · « **Reply #450 on:** October 31, 2006, 10:12:53 AM »

Quote from: frblckstr1;225414

^You say you have a new WAN IP, is that because the ISP gives you those every x days, or maybe because if got the wrong one and now the ISP blocks traffic because the wrong IP is coming over the line?

Can you ping sites, or just no HTTP?

I can't ping anything except the router itself.

The cable ISP reassigned me a new IP via DHCP. When I switch back to the old wired router, it kept the new IP. Everything works fine with the old router, but not with the new router.

The lady at the ISP suggested that the new router was somehow not doing any wrouting, but couldn't give any deets and refused to troubleshoot anything beyond the cable modem. The new router doesn't have an internal firewall. It's so cheap that the site for the maker (Airnet) doesn't even contain a FAQ. Got it for free ($49.99, with a $50 rebate). I guess you get what you pay for, but most reviews for this router say it works just fine...

bolivar · « **Reply #451 on:** October 31, 2006, 10:35:28 AM »

A question i like to ask, I love JPHIP radio! Is there a way i could podcast it on my PSP?

frblckstr1 · « **Reply #452 on:** October 31, 2006, 12:19:01 PM »

Quote from: chera;225500

The lady at the ISP suggested that the new router was somehow not doing any wrouting, but couldn't give any deets and refused to troubleshoot anything beyond the cable modem. The new router doesn't have an internal firewall. It's so cheap that the site for the maker (Airnet) doesn't even contain a FAQ. Got it for free ($49.99, with a $50 rebate). I guess you get what you pay for, but most reviews for this router say it works just fine...

Hm, think the lady is correct

Begs the question why 'upgrade' when it does less...
But: if this thing has no firewall, it might also have no NAT which could mean it is just a router so you need IP numbers 'from the outside' on your internal network to get outside.
Or maybe you need to activate the NAT part?

ohbahsan · « **Reply #453 on:** October 31, 2006, 05:44:38 PM »

^ Hmm.. You are getting this crap router just for the wireless right? Do what I do

1. keep your linksys router connected to the cable modem
2. hook up the wireless router to the linksys router (connect wireless LAN port to linksys LAN port)
3. for the wireless router disable DHCP/WAN port/firewall/NAT, basically turn off everything except for the wireless part

and voila it should become just a regular wireless access point.

chera · « **Reply #454 on:** November 01, 2006, 08:21:30 AM »

Quote from: ohbahsan;225686

... and voila it should become just a regular wireless access point.

:yay: Yipee! It worked. Thanks a bunch, ohbahsan!

Rakko · « **Reply #455 on:** November 03, 2006, 02:59:47 AM »

the device, \device\cdrom0, has a bad block. Any one know what the heck this is? I happened to see it in my logs.

chera · « **Reply #456 on:** November 03, 2006, 04:48:23 AM »

Quote from: Rakko;227254

the device, \device\cdrom0, has a bad block

Try rebooting your computer in safe mode (hit F8 after it self-tests) and then unstall your optical drive drivers. Then reboot normally. The drive should be detected and drivers reinstalled.

frblckstr1 · « **Reply #457 on:** November 03, 2006, 07:30:08 AM »

^^ It also might be you tried to read one of the new Copy protected DVD's that use bad-blocks for protection... compare the times.

Also bad-blocks on CD/DVD's happen, they are corrected by the extra info on the CD.

Rakko · « **Reply #458 on:** November 04, 2006, 04:34:05 AM »

Quote from: chera;227301

Try rebooting your computer in safe mode (hit F8 after it self-tests) and then unstall your optical drive drivers. Then reboot normally. The drive should be detected and drivers reinstalled.

You mean the dvd burner'll automatically reinstall the drivers by itself after I uninstall it?!! And it's not that my pc wont detect the burner just the burning process that's bothering me.

Quote from: frblckstr1;227371

^^ It also might be you tried to read one of the new Copy protected DVD's that use bad-blocks for protection... compare the times.

Also bad-blocks on CD/DVD's happen, they are corrected by the extra info on the CD.

Yeh I happened to play one dvd in my burner the other day. Weird thing is the next time I happen to burn stuff the read buffer always drops to 7% at the 22min mark for every one of the 4 dvd-rs I burnt on at 4X (It's never happened before unless I burn at 8X which then it tends to drop at intervals). But it doesnt drop when I switch to a dvd+r which was the format I burnt the dvd to the other day when I popped it in to play!!! Somehow the dvd I played using the burner fucked it. How the hell did that happened?! And I've heard of the extra info thingy mind explaining what exactly that is?

frblckstr1 · « **Reply #459 on:** November 04, 2006, 08:24:55 AM »

Quote from: Rakko;227874

And I've heard of the extra info thingy mind explaining what exactly that is?

'exactly' I can't (never dived really deep into it), but in short: Its called error-correction. The data on the CD/DVD has a checksum and when what is read does not match, there where some smart minds that deviced an algorithm to correct the fault (up to a certain point determined by the amount of extra info and the algorithm).
The same type of technicue is used with par (for 'parity') files on larger usenet postings.