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Title pretty much says it all....

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Without emoticons etc,  too much room for misinterpretation of posts.

This morning I noticed a considerable speed increase on Utorrent.

Checking Speedtest several times, I found I am receiving 12mb/1mb.  

My package is 8mb/1mb.

If the speed holds I will be happy. Truth be known, their service last couple of months has been horrible. Constant time-outs and dropped connections.

As above, I have an Apacer Digital Media Tank with the capability to stream video from computer with attached external drive to the media tank using wireless connection.

After waiting 2 months for someone to bring me the compatible Apacer USB wireless dongle, I am at a standstill. The wireless dongle finds my router and connects to it. I can "see" my computer in the Tank's browser, but when I click to open and access my computer's video files I have a problem I have been unable to solve. I get a pop-up window asking for "Net User ID and password".

I am using Windows 7. Until now, I have never needed to understand Networking. Because I  have 2 laptops (both Win 7) and this media tank, I'm trying to get up to speed but there are obviously things I 'm not understanding. Homegroups are supposedly an easier way (than Workgroups, although that is the only folder on the tank that opens to show my computer) to network computers and peripherals like my media tank, printers etc. So I created a homegroup and got the Windows password for other computers to join the group. I created a new User with password and tried that to log on. Assuming that it wanted to know who was joining the network. Log on Fail. Ok.. I tried my admin name and the Windows homegroup password. Log on Fail. This is using the Infrastructure protocol. Apparently, I could use the Peer to Peer protocol but by description, it sounds like Infrastructure is the way to go.

Does anyone have any insight/solutions?

A quick reading of the general topics today has me shaking my head and having a quiet laugh!

Several topics on how dangerous it is in the Land of Smiles. No, not the thread on Box Jellyfish, that is scary.

No, I'm talking about topics like the chef smoking in his own restaurant and the horrified responses. The one on local hygiene that has just started but is sure to draw similar responses.

How about the one about chewing with mouth open and a runny nose?  

Jeez..at one time, international travel required a sense of adventure and a certain sense of invincibility. Because at one time, many travelers never returned to their port of embarkation. I suspect many of the current posters on these "dangerous" topics are Brits. They would have been the wash-outs in the Days of Empire!

Stay at home in the living room or man up and take a chance!  Life isn't for sissies. Neither is international travel.