We all know what it is like. I mean the Christmas feeling of excitement when we get a new version of our software or even see a new driver or Bios update is available for our beloved equipment.

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This is actually a response to Tshidiso...I do not know why I am unable to comment. Guess, I am no so savvy after all. but hey this brings an opportunity to bring another side to the coin, if any. I am sure we are all aware that for every action there is an equal and opposite reaction. For any living thing this happens mostly at the cellular level. A prick with a needle is processed and there is feedback (pain) that forces a sometimes involuntary action away from the prick. Natural Science has always proven to be the smartest of all us put together. One would be dumb to deny that we draw our inspirations from it. Therefore it should go without saying that all disciplines, including that of Knowledge management, should apply all, but not limited to, the laws of natural sciences.

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In life most people will help others when they have a problem to solve and occasionaly you get someone who goes beyond helping an individual and helps everyone around. On the bybroadband site InfinityMVS was just such an individual when he provided a comprehensive list of which numbers belong to which network. THis was in response to someone who was setting up routing on a PABX.

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A recent post on a forum was asking is it possible for someone to "Sniff" the wireless traffic from outside the network.

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Using DHCP makes it very easy to move around from place to place with our mobile devices and get connectivity without having to change our IP address.

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Going through a forum post this week highlighted that at time we all need to remind ourselves to be vigilant.

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With physical higher broadband speeds becoming available terrestrially, there will soon be a new constraint and that is the ISP. Your contract with an ISP does determine how much information you can download and upload. If you had a 1MB line then you would sign up for a 1MB package from the ISP. There would be no point in paying for a 4MB package. Now with dramatically increased speeds the ISP may become the constraining factor. This was the case recently that I cam across. Their router was showing 22MB connectivity for download and the ISP under speed test was showing download at 3.5MB on a 4BM ISP contract (which is not bad). Loads of people replied much the same as I did. I agree with what has been said before regarding the physical connection and the download achieved. Nothing to complain about there. It does remind me though that it is good practise to run speed tests occasionaly especially as ADSL upgrades are rolling out at the moment. It may also be a good idea to re-boot your router every few days so that if the line has been updated you can get the benefit of it. Anywho your ISP is going to limit you to the bandwidth that you are contracted for. Warmest regards Tim