Recent content by Arthur Penney

A WiFi dongle arrived today from China, looking like a slightly fat memory stick. I got it from an eBay seller called foryougood. Well, it was goodforme. Plugged it into the running recorder and in a few minutes was looking at the web-if page on the iPad. No guesswork, no trial and error, no...

I am reporting that, after guesswork, trial and error, and a little thinking, on Tuesday afternoon the Humax connected to the Internet via the Ethernet cable to the Acer. I delayed this comment as I wanted to check that it was not just a fluke. Incidentally, MartinLiddle is spot on with...

An unexpected gift popped through the letter box this afternoon from a neighbour, an Ethernet cable. By trying to follow the instructions in the Samsung link, I got a Telnet list. I only dared try the reboot and x options. I am now much more confident that this project is going to reach a...

Regarding looking for AP Isolation. I am sure that I was looking at stuff concerning the Huawei box. Although there was Vodafone red at the top there was Huawei at the bottom. Anyway, when I was given the iPad and box, I wasn’t told to get an actual Vodafone account proper so I never did. The...

Thanks for more fascinating comments. I have done a little. Removed dust, tested the fan with a 9v battery which gave a gentle flow of air out, installed the Custom Firmware. Twice, I should have copied the instructions, forgot to remove the memory stick. I did remember to empty the stick but...

Thank you all for so many interesting replies. The model number of the MiFi ‘little box’ is Vodafone Mobile WiFi R219h, according to the carton in which it came.

Another baffled newbie wanting some advice, after having looked extensively on this site. About three years ago I bought a secondhand HDR-Fox T2 with no idea about its extra capabilities. It is defective in that it only seems to work in the cold weather with the lid slightly open. But that’s...