Computers, phones and internet

Whenarewethere · Whenarewethere

Vodafone seem to have had a major outage the morning. I was swapping SIM etc thinking it maybe was my phone. Luckily I have another phone with Boost/Telstra, which I also have had network issues with. Swings and roundabouts.

Dougwe · Dougwe

Howdy, fellow GN's, Now, because I'm simple, I have a simple question to put to you all. Do you have and if so, what do you think of STARLINK? Does it work great? Do you have problems at any time and what? There is a great offer around at the moment. Keep Safe on the roads and out there.

msg · msg

My computer has been waiting days for an update. I have been ignoring it. Why? I was feeling like "I will not comply" Any how the computer got aggressive and stopped my utube thingo I was watching. Just seemed like I had an internet outage. So I went to turn it off and restart. When I did that there was no...

clean-machine · clean-machine

Has anyone here had any experience with external mobile phone antennas? My Jayco has a Sphere router fitted which works really well, however I am interested in using a MIMO directional antenna with it. Thanks for any info Steve Truscott

dorian · dorian

http://thegreynomads.activeboard.com/rss.spark?aBID=51933

Warren-Pat_01 · Warren-Pat_01

I'm curious as to whether anyone else has bought one of these phones? It takes wonderful pictures (far better than my older OPPO AX7) but I find it so frustrating as nearly every other program (some call them apps) requires a PDF of some sort to be downloaded. Then when I go to open a file, I end up with a pag...

dorian · dorian

Microsoft is terminating Calendar in Win 10/11 and replacing it with Outlook (ugh!). I'm having a hard time finding a free replacement that doesn't want my personal info, or other intrusive stuff. I just want to enter scheduled tasks into a calendar and be reminded at a time of my choosing. I don't nee...

Gundog · Gundog

I have uninstalled Microsoft 365 because my 1 year free subscription ends soon. As a replacement I have installed Office 2007, why? well now I only use 2 parts of Office, word and excel. I am comfortable with 2007 where 365 is a bit too bossy.

Gundog · Gundog

I just upgraded my Moto G50 5g phone to a Moto G84 5g, in the van or when travelling in the Ute I use a Nighthawk 4g Wifi hotspot, instead of hotspotting from the phone, the reason behind this it saves you battery life. In the Van the hotspot allows all the devices like phones, tablet, TV etc to connect to the...

Extraordinary Rendition · Extraordinary Rendition

You can use a distro like Linux Mint without having to go hard all hard core ... It Just works.

Gundog · Gundog

There is a new update to Windows 11 it becomes version 22H2. I updated my new laptop with it appears to be running slower than before on the network, a check on the net for any issues with 22H2 that one of bugs in it. Tuesday night my son updated his 6mth old gaming laptop overnight In the morning he was greet...

Radar · Radar

Hi All. I am in need of a new phone and would like a "Blue Tick" unlocked Android system phone, for country travel. Not one bit interested in Apple product. Bonus if I could find one that has a RF port for a external Ariel. Have had good successes with Samsung, last mobile phone was a Motorola which served...

Ozzie_Traveller · Ozzie_Traveller

My Huawei modem comes with software called HiLink that monitors upload & download traffic - something that's quite useful and interesting at times Most days when I do my email (2-accounts) + news sites (3 sometimes 4) sites + forums (3 sometimes 5) sites, it totals it all up to from 35Mb to 45Mb of d...

Shadrian · Shadrian

Hi we constantly get CP sites with lousy TV reception. in some places that have decent 4G reception we hot spot off a mobile and use the various FTA streaming services (iView, 9Now etc). and the odd pay streaming services. Just wondering if anyone has experience with WIFI boosters/antennas? Do they i...

Hendo · Hendo

Ok Brains Trust Currently with a Telstra Plan and an IPhone ? (3 years old). Plan finishes this month so I'm considering an update mainly to get a better camera. What's the thoughts on changing to a Samsung or something similar. Thanks in advance. Regards Hendo

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	Vodafone outage (Preview) Vodafone seem to have had a major outage the morning. I was swapping SIM etc thinking it maybe was my phone. Luckily I have another phone with Boost/Telstra, which I also have had network issues with. Swings and roundabouts.	Whenarewethere	0	190	11:14 AM Jun 18, 2026 by Whenarewethere
	STARLINK (Preview) Howdy, fellow GN's, Now, because I'm simple, I have a simple question to put to you all. Do you have and if so, what do you think of STARLINK? Does it work great? Do you have problems at any time and what? There is a great offer around at the moment. Keep Safe on the roads and out there.	Dougwe	12	2130	10:31 AM Dec 15, 2025 by dorian
	Internet/Facebook (Preview) My computer has been waiting days for an update. I have been ignoring it. Why? I was feeling like "I will not comply" Any how the computer got aggressive and stopped my utube thingo I was watching. Just seemed like I had an internet outage. So I went to turn it off and restart. When I did that there was no...	msg	6	1222	11:24 PM May 20, 2025 by msg
	Sphere wifi gps mobile router external antenna (Preview) Has anyone here had any experience with external mobile phone antennas? My Jayco has a Sphere router fitted which works really well, however I am interested in using a MIMO directional antenna with it. Thanks for any info Steve Truscott	clean-machine	0	1004	11:55 AM May 19, 2025 by clean-machine
	What happened to RSS feeds? (Preview) http://thegreynomads.activeboard.com/rss.spark?aBID=51933	dorian	3	1604	12:24 PM Jan 19, 2025 by Elsewhere
	Google Pixel8 (Preview) I'm curious as to whether anyone else has bought one of these phones? It takes wonderful pictures (far better than my older OPPO AX7) but I find it so frustrating as nearly every other program (some call them apps) requires a PDF of some sort to be downloaded. Then when I go to open a file, I end up with a pag...	Warren-Pat_01	1	1356	11:14 PM Dec 19, 2024 by Radar
	Free calendar or to-do-list tool for Win10/11? (Preview) Microsoft is terminating Calendar in Win 10/11 and replacing it with Outlook (ugh!). I'm having a hard time finding a free replacement that doesn't want my personal info, or other intrusive stuff. I just want to enter scheduled tasks into a calendar and be reminded at a time of my choosing. I don't nee...	dorian	3	1381	10:00 AM Dec 7, 2024 by Gundog
	End of Free Microsoft 365 (office) soon. (Preview) I have uninstalled Microsoft 365 because my 1 year free subscription ends soon. As a replacement I have installed Office 2007, why? well now I only use 2 parts of Office, word and excel. I am comfortable with 2007 where 365 is a bit too bossy.	Gundog	5	2303	06:44 PM Oct 3, 2024 by Are We Lost
	What to do with an old Android Phone. (Preview) I just upgraded my Moto G50 5g phone to a Moto G84 5g, in the van or when travelling in the Ute I use a Nighthawk 4g Wifi hotspot, instead of hotspotting from the phone, the reason behind this it saves you battery life. In the Van the hotspot allows all the devices like phones, tablet, TV etc to connect to the...	Gundog	1	1690	11:47 PM Aug 23, 2024 by PeterD
	Consider Linux. (Preview) You can use a distro like Linux Mint without having to go hard all hard core ... It Just works.	Extraordinary Rendition	5	2005	11:51 AM Jun 30, 2024 by Muskat55
	Windows 11 ( 1 2 ) (Preview) There is a new update to Windows 11 it becomes version 22H2. I updated my new laptop with it appears to be running slower than before on the network, a check on the net for any issues with 22H2 that one of bugs in it. Tuesday night my son updated his 6mth old gaming laptop overnight In the morning he was greet...	Gundog	45	6857	05:22 AM Feb 18, 2024 by dorian
	Blue tick mobile purchase. (Preview) Hi All. I am in need of a new phone and would like a "Blue Tick" unlocked Android system phone, for country travel. Not one bit interested in Apple product. Bonus if I could find one that has a RF port for a external Ariel. Have had good successes with Samsung, last mobile phone was a Motorola which served...	Radar	11	2716	02:23 PM Sep 11, 2023 by dorian
	What is M$ window$ up to now?? (Preview) My Huawei modem comes with software called HiLink that monitors upload & download traffic - something that's quite useful and interesting at times Most days when I do my email (2-accounts) + news sites (3 sometimes 4) sites + forums (3 sometimes 5) sites, it totals it all up to from 35Mb to 45Mb of d...	Ozzie_Traveller	7	2948	03:05 AM Sep 7, 2023 by StormCamper
	phone hotspot WIFI to overcome poor TV reception (Preview) Hi we constantly get CP sites with lousy TV reception. in some places that have decent 4G reception we hot spot off a mobile and use the various FTA streaming services (iView, 9Now etc). and the odd pay streaming services. Just wondering if anyone has experience with WIFI boosters/antennas? Do they i...	Shadrian	8	2958	06:25 AM Jul 2, 2023 by Shadrian
	Mobile Phone (Preview) Ok Brains Trust Currently with a Telstra Plan and an IPhone ? (3 years old). Plan finishes this month so I'm considering an update mainly to get a better camera. What's the thoughts on changing to a Samsung or something similar. Thanks in advance. Regards Hendo	Hendo	17	3922	03:12 PM Jun 21, 2023 by Hendo
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