On 08/10/2011 05:39 AM, Darren New wrote:
> On 10/7/2011 20:43, Jim Henderson wrote:
>> Sounds *so* familiar. Another reason to use Linux. ;)
>
> How the hell would that help?

Seconded.

> What helped was getting him off dial-up so I could talk to him at the
> same time he's on the net, *and* connect into his computer remotely.

I bought some hardware that lets me remotely connect to my grandparent's 
PC. (Unless, you know, the problem I'm trying to troubleshoot IS the 
Internet connection...)

Unfortunately, there seems to be a bug in the firmware. Certain data 
packets cause the device to stop functioning. Eventually I was forced to 
remove it from my setup because it was pissing me off so much!

Apparently I can buy a cheap Cisco VPN endpoint. If I thought I could 
program it, I might even be tempted...

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