tech_guy Posted December 27, 2007 Posted December 27, 2007 Can't believe it - just got an email from a muppet from work who's having problems connecting his kids' Nintendo Wii to their home wireless network and did I know how to sort it.....
Oops_my_bad Posted December 27, 2007 Posted December 27, 2007 Yep tell them to take it back and get a PS3 - muppets!
john Posted December 27, 2007 Posted December 27, 2007 Yep tell them to take it back and get a PS3 - muppets!Nah you mean a 360
laserblazer Posted December 27, 2007 Posted December 27, 2007 Tell him to rearrange this well known phrase or saying OFF F*CK!
FN-GM Posted December 27, 2007 Posted December 27, 2007 I didnt know you could connect the WII to WIFI. Shame it doesn't have an eathernet port. Z
strawberry Posted December 27, 2007 Posted December 27, 2007 I didnt know you could connect the WII to WIFI. Shame it doesn't have an eathernet port. Z its an add on.
Edu-IT Posted December 27, 2007 Posted December 27, 2007 Can you play people over the internet with a Wii? I spent most of last night bowling on a friends Wii and I'm really thinking about buying one for myself.
CyberNerd Posted December 27, 2007 Posted December 27, 2007 Can you play people over the internet with a Wii? I spent most of last night bowling on a friends Wii and I'm really thinking about buying one for myself. yes but It depends on the game, wii sports (bowling) doesn't play online yet.
Edu-IT Posted December 27, 2007 Posted December 27, 2007 Thanks. By the time I manage to find a Wii that is in stock at a reasonable price it will.
john Posted December 27, 2007 Posted December 27, 2007 Yeah, the Wii online play is a new thing I believe, unlike the Xbox where its been the idea since day 1. Wii's have built in wifi and the normal wired is a USB dongle for it.
webman Posted December 27, 2007 Posted December 27, 2007 Most PC's have built in ethernet connectivity too I believe
GrumbleDook Posted December 28, 2007 Posted December 28, 2007 Explain that you can come over and help, but your call out rate is £50 per hour with a call out fee of £100. Add to this by stating that during school holidays it is double and then doubled again during Xmas. If he still wants help, let me know and I'll go over there and hit^Whelp him on my way up to Birkenhead on Sunday.
localzuk Posted December 28, 2007 Posted December 28, 2007 Explain that you can come over and help, but your call out rate is £50 per hour with a call out fee of £100. Add to this by stating that during school holidays it is double and then doubled again during Xmas. If he still wants help, let me know and I'll go over there and hit^Whelp him on my way up to Birkenhead on Sunday. Ooh! Cheap!
EduTech Posted December 28, 2007 Posted December 28, 2007 Theres always one aint there.. that has to phone you in the school holidays lol.. what have you told him in the end... '' what grumblebook said by any chance !! '' Hehe i did like that though made me chuckle James
GrumbleDook Posted December 28, 2007 Posted December 28, 2007 Explain that you can come over and help, but your call out rate is £50 per hour with a call out fee of £100. Add to this by stating that during school holidays it is double and then doubled again during Xmas. If he still wants help, let me know and I'll go over there and hit^Whelp him on my way up to Birkenhead on Sunday. Ooh! Cheap! My costs start from the moment I get into the car to start going over ... and covers my trip home too. It also does not include additional expenses that may need to be paid. I would have to purchase a range of games consoles as part of the research for this ... and since the Wii is in short supply I mayhave to use ebay to get one ... in fact I might have to put my own on to ebay so that ther eis one on ebay to buy ... I think £1000 is a reasonable price.
contink Posted December 28, 2007 Posted December 28, 2007 You could always try this little scenario to apply the clue stick. Call at 11pm to the incumbent tech support required staff member goes something like this: Hi, Sorry to be calling so late n'all but I was wondering if you could help... My 14 year old is having problems with his homework and seeing as you're a teacher I thought you could possibly help. *cue: deafening silence*
Oops_my_bad Posted December 28, 2007 Posted December 28, 2007 I'll go over there and hit^Whelp him on my way up to Birkenhead on Sunday. I knew it! so you are a plastic scouser!
tech_guy Posted December 28, 2007 Author Posted December 28, 2007 Theres always one aint there.. that has to phone you in the school holidays lol.. what have you told him in the end I told him to go away.
m25man Posted December 28, 2007 Posted December 28, 2007 Can't believe it - just got an email from a muppet from work who's having problems connecting his kids' Nintendo Wii to their home wireless network and did I know how to sort it..... http://www.nintendo.com/consumer/systems/wii/en_na/onlineWirelessRouterWEPWPA.jsp There are many reported issues of WII's and certain WiFi implementations of WPA2 having issues. In order to make it possible to support our WII and an IPod Touch and an HTC Kaiser we had to downgrade to WEP 64 bit as it was the only mode that all 3 devices could negotiate sucessfully all at the same time. We now run dualband, 802.11a WPA2 for computers and 802.11b/g WEP for gadgets. Consumer electronics and WiFi a recipie for disaster.
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