New gadget

[Ted]

Sorry Ted, I got it the wrong way round.  It works with the WEP, but not with WPA. 

What I was thinking is, if I can get online with WEP enabled, I wonder if there's some sort of download somewhere to fix the WPA issue?  Not being familiar with the Linux community, I wouldn't know where to start looking.

A ha! that does make more sense
You could try and install WPA supplicant (it didn't work for me) not sure of the correct package name, try a search in the software installer.
To be honest i find it hard to believe that you would need to do this with a machine that was obviously meant for portability and internet access in todays ever growing security conscious world.

BUT!!!

[Simon]

This is what I find annoying, Ted, and is the main reason I'm thinking of returning it.  It should work out of the box, and it clearly has a problem with WPA, which is there as an option, so to my mind, that counts as a fault.  However, if I can find an easyish fix, I would be happy to try it, but I have yet to find out how to install anything on it, and haven't even managed to get the Advanced Desktop up and running yet, due to the connection problems, and why the hell that isn't already installed, also baffles me.

It seems that I can access an unsecured wireless network, so it may actually be OK for what I want it for, which is for use when out and about, but not to be able to use it at home would be intolerable.

[Steve]

You could attach another wireless router which has the NAT and DHCP turned off and a static IP set to your existing router and use whatever encryption works with the Eec,If worried about security turn it off when not being used. I have done this with a Linksys WAG54GS as the wireless performance is better than the 585v6 it also gives me two wireless access points so I can spread the traffic across both devices.

[Simon]

I'm actually getting somewhere with it.  I now have Advanced Desktop installed, and am connected via WEP, so all I need to do now, is find a way to fix the WPA. 

[Rik]

Though, if you won't use it much at home, it might not be so important?

How's the other new toy?

[Simon]

It will annoy me if it doesn't work properly, Rik, and if I need to configure it at home, it will be a pain to keep having to switch from WPA to WEP.

The Arcam is wonderful, but I've had to do some jiggling about to get it to fit into the cabinet, and the configuration now, is not as ideal as I would have liked.  Need a custom built cabinet really, but they come at a price.

[Rik]

Sounds like a little DIY job for the weekend then?

[Inactive]

The Arcam is wonderful, but I've had to do some jiggling about to get it to fit into the cabinet, and the configuration now, is not as ideal as I would have liked.  Need a custom built cabinet really, but they come at a price.

Been there...T Shirt...it took me ages to find an ideal cabinet Simon...I got one eventually.

[Rik]

Tapley furniture can be very flexible.

[Inactive]

Impressive Rik, looks like a Spanish Furniture shop, they all sell similar units, great idea.

[Gary]

I had a gorgeous purpose built HIFI cabinet, glass and tubular thing from Richer sounds, end of line so cheap ish but it was worth it, and with proper feet isolated the Roksan Radius turntable from vibration. I miss that set up

[Rik]

Impressive Rik, looks like a Spanish Furniture shop, they all sell similar units, great idea.

We bought into Tapley when we moved here, and it's been very flexible for us. As equipment has changed, I've been able to add or change units to accommodate it. (And they allow for people having wires coming out the back!) It's well made stuff too.

[Inactive]

(And they allow for people having wires coming out the back!)

Shame others don't follow their example.

[Rik]

They're a nice company to do business with, In. If you move, they will send you a new set of screws and wall plugs for the fixing brackets FOC. They also send out small quantities of stain if you damage a unit. Everything has been thought about, and they listen to customer feedback. Now, who does that remind me of...

[Gary]

They're a nice company to do business with, In. If you move, they will send you a new set of screws and wall plugs for the fixing brackets FOC. They also send out small quantities of stain if you damage a unit. Everything has been thought about, and they listen to customer feedback. Now, who does that remind me of...

Gordon Brown?

[Rik]

Not quite who I was thinking of, Gary.

[Gary]

Not quite who I was thinking of, Gary.

[David]

Tapley furniture can be very flexible.

Sorry to interupt but I cant find the Beaver in this link 

[Rik]

It's hibernating, David.

[Steve]

Sorry but who's beaver are we talking about.

[Rik]

Tapley's, Steve.

[David]

Sorry but who's beaver are we talking about.

You took your time Steve   

[David]

Tapley's, Steve.

Of course Rik 

[Steve]

Been using this gadget for about 6 weeks now. I quite like the shape of it but how does it perform? As an alarm clock it has multiple settings for time of day,weekday or weekend, the alarm tone can be any function you wish. It produces a very reasonable sound for a small device the extra functions work well i.e DAB radio , FM and the miniport to plug your MP3 player in. I was a bit dubious about the internet radio but once you been to relevant website on your PC and selected your preferences/playlist they are downloaded to the unit so you don't have to scroll through the thousand others. The UPNP and media streaming is the tricky bit, finally sorted today by a reset ,a change of router and a read of the manual. It will happily play streamed MP3 files via windows connect (WMP) or twonkymedia player(unsupported client but works) AAC or M4A files no luck. I use the Windows Home server as the media server but any PC with WMP will do.

[Simon]

Looks cool, Steve.