Adam

again, where abouts?

I agree. We're doing our own site survey using wifi laptops and access points, and there's definately not a need to have one in every room. If you do have one in every room I imagine cross-talk is going to be a problem, as you've really only got 3 or 4 distinct channels that don't interfere with each other. So...... If you've got a square ish block of 4 average sized room the frequency overlap of the channels means you're probably going to have problems. Does that make sense?

my school paid for me to do the same course nearly 3 years ago now... i'll have a think.... continued proffessional development and investors in people came into it somewhere i think.

nice pic! good man, that's what i was trying to explain. Bascially the splitter only really helps you if you can't have any more cable runs going to a location. It allows 2 network connections to share one network cable. it DOES NOT however, give you any extra capacity. i.e. if you're switch has 2 ports left, you can't use a splitter to give you 4 ports. What you need in those cases is: a) a bigger/additional switch in the same location as the current switch or shudder... b)a small (8 port of so) switch plugged into the network point in the classroom where you need the extra point. The problem with this solution is that you'll have 8 (or so) devices all sharing 1 100mb link back to the switch - that's what we call a bottle neck - v bad network design. HTH

Stupid question probably, but it rang alarm bells when u said you had ordered 3 - You do know that you have to have one of these splitters at both ends right? so 2 pc's plug into 1 splitter, then that splitter is plugged into the socket on the wall - then, another splitter is plugged into the associated socket on the patch panel, and then 2 connection into the switch come out of the other side of this 2nd splitter. that way each pc has it's own switch port. did that make sense? I apologise if that was pitched to low HTH Adam

I assumed it was sung by slaves, rather than about slavery.... anyone clarify?

We dont currently deliver in lutterworth, but if you and a few others are in the market for half a lamb each (butchered of course), then let me know and we'll deliver.

i like the sound of 3 more days holiday! that'd come in very handy... 2& is a bit naff thought, is inflation still set at 2.6%? I assume the increases in the BOE base rate are designed to keep it at that rate, but my info is a year old i fear...

That'd be farming.... sheep, pigs, and recently a few ducklings for fattening for xmas... Tomorrow night i'll be delivering a batch of our free-range spring lambs around leicestershire...

i'm not sure they are a standard metric screw size. i they're in between M2 and M3

http://www.machinemart.co.uk

rapid electronics, or rscomponent.com

Apparently the one that happened here in leics saw many low paid workers wages going up, and a few going down - many staying the same.... Those who's wage went down however, apparently appealed the decision, and the majority (so i'm told) were successful in thier appeals. the reason for all the uses of 'apparently' is that i wasn't actually resident in leics back then, so it's only what i've been told...

As we found out when some little scrote flicked the 230/110v switch on 6 dells when they were turned.... I recommend everyone superglues these switches in the 230v position before your little darlings figure it out...

Oh, it's just happening in norfolk is it? We had the Hay Evaluation about 5 years ago in leics (apparently), so i'm assuming we're not having another one.... Do they take into account the norfolk gene puddle? you get more pay the more genetically unique you are, in comparison to the 2 bloodlines that exist on the fens? hehehe!

that's true, if they drag it out for a year it'll almost add up to the cost of a pint! ooo, two levels of political irony there, i mush have eaten something funny....

one man strike must considered at least once a week! I assume this is seperate to the cost of living increase that we're due? has anyone recieved this since april? Apparently we dont even know how much the increase is. I think last year it was 2.6, in line with inflation, but this year the rumor is it'll be less - more like what the nurses got. any ideas?

Erm, right... I'm guessing you're talking about a website, but i dont know what creation3d is so i may be way off the mark... can you not set the z-index attribute in the css for the drop-down, and the image? thus ensuring the drop down will always be infront? Feel free to ignore if i'm way off...

Well, good as in well paid i suppose. my evening & weekend job is the fun bit, so edu IT just needs to pay the bills.

I really would advise against Dells and Acer, we've had enough problems with both makes at our site to warrant not buying any more.... Hp's are the way forward. IMHO

i'd recomend w3schools to start with, keep him amused with html and css for a while, then get him to learn Java. the sun site has lots of tutorials and such to help kids along..... and as it's the Object Oriented langauge of choice on degree courses, it'll set him up well for the future... it's also dead easy to get your head round to start with. HTH

I'm sorry, you lost me at apple...

Just to go against the grain - I just bought a fantastic hp DC5750 PC for my home use... it's not for gaming or anything, but i'd deffo have a look at insight.com/uk and misco.co.uk and check out thier deals on HP kit.... I really can't be doing with building my own pc any more - but then I do farm when i'm not at work, so i dont have as much free time as most IT techs.

The welsh probably think it's sheep chasing actually.... That's the only way you'd get them to run! Mae Hen Wlad fy Nhadau my farthers, my friends, my farthers... swing low, etc...

Wow, I didn't expect all this to come out of this post.... good work you lot! any decent jobs down northants way tony? for edu ict folk obviously...?