00:05:15 Chris Taylor, President OPCUG: Please use the chat window to relay anything through to the folks here in person 00:14:12 Stew Bruce: Chris. Should you do a mute all? 00:14:20 Coreen: Is the power source for the modem unstable? check the circuit 00:16:07 Brett Martensen: I use inSSiDer Home version 00:16:16 Jeff Dubois: If your display is split screen (half and half) slide the gallery view to the right. 00:17:41 Coreen: Is the modem plugged into a power bar? 00:17:43 Chris Taylor, President OPCUG: I have turned off my headset speakers. Use the chat please 00:18:30 Chris Taylor, President OPCUG: WiFi Analyzer https://github.com/VREMSoftwareDevelopment/WiFiAnalyzer WiFi Scanner https://lizardsystems.com/wi-fi-scanner/ WiFiman https://play.google.com/store/search?q=WiFiman 00:19:59 Brett Martensen: inSSiDer: https://www.metageek.com/inssider/ 00:22:52 Natalie: Audio echo 00:22:54 Stew Bruce: Alan, mute yourself 00:23:02 Coreen: i am getting feedback from Chris 00:23:14 Natalie: πŸ‘ 00:24:25 France Picard Ottawa: stupid question from me: how would someone piggyback on your wifi? Is it they figure out your password? How else could they get in? 00:24:34 Chris Taylor, President OPCUG: 10 ways to boost your WiFi signal https://www.pcmag.com/how-to/10-ways-to-boost-your-wi-fi-signal 00:24:36 Allison: Since going to Fibe last spring, I've found both my work and personal laptops drop from time to time during Zoom and Teams calls, including OPCUG meetings. It only happens when the laptops are on battery and when I connect the charger, the dropping stops. Which makes no sense to me. 00:25:47 Coreen: Do you have smart appliances and robo vacuum cleaners 00:28:41 Stephane: I have wifi 6e and I get about 800 Mbps. 00:33:49 Jeff Dubois: There are also ethernet adapters that plug into a 120VAC outlet. They use your home wiring to transfer data throughout the house. You need to of them and one that is plugged into the wall has to also be plugged (via ethernet cable) into your router. The other one (also plugged into the wall somewhere else in the house) is a live ethernet port. I understand they work best if on the same home circuit. I have a set that I bought in a clearance bin a few years back but have never used them. TP-Link AV2000 2-Port Gigabit Passthrough Powerline Starter Kit at Canada Computers. You can alsways plug a second wifi router somewhere else in the house (using the same SSID but different private net range) and you can extend coverage that way. Just more food for thought using OLD technology. :-) 00:35:00 Stew Bruce: Allison, if the computer is doing video conferencing, that is very data intensive. On a battery, a device will try to "manage" power and may decide your needs are not what it needs. PLugging into a wall outlet can free up power allocation problems such as what I think you are describing. Maybe :) 00:35:56 Stephane: France - A determined hacker can break into anything but it can take some time. You can make their life diffcult. Make sure you are using the highest encryption WPA2 or WPA3. Use strong password. If you have guest that get your WIFI password, you may want to change it if you do not trust the guest. 00:36:26 France Picard Ottawa: Reacted to "France - A determine..." with πŸ‘ 00:36:34 Coreen: Please mute Dave Clark 00:37:56 Natalie: Reacted to "Please mute Dave Cla..." with πŸ‘ 00:38:01 Coreen: Thank you 00:39:13 Allison: Stew, that might be it. It happens when at least one person (not necessarily me) has their camera on or someone is screen sharing. 00:41:30 Tom Trottier: 2.4 is more subject to interference - so if in an apartment, your neighbours may degrade thruput. 00:42:20 Coreen: what time were you trying this? 2am 4pm 00:43:43 Tom Trottier: You may also want bandwidth for locally streaming video. 00:43:49 Tom Trottier: as well as internet 00:45:12 Stephane: Not only the WIFI band on the router is important, but the device connecting to the router. I had a wifi thermostat that was only running 2.4 band and WIFI 4 protocol and refuse to connect to my WIFI router running thw WIFI 5 protocol. I had to setup a stand alone old wifi router for that device. 00:45:17 Stew Bruce: Allison, this video stuff is weird in many ways. If we do a vid call on a mobile device phone, tablet, it works pretty well vs a laptop. A laptop is trying to be a desktop replacement whereas a true mobile seems to do things better. (power wise) 00:48:24 Stew Bruce: Chris, the speed difference can be significant on LAN vs WAN. maybe 00:50:13 Allison: Stew, good point. I don't do many video calls on my phone but should see if it has the same problem or not. 00:51:08 Tom Trottier: Does not seem like least effort... 00:51:34 Jeff Dubois: This is the sort of kit that can use your home wiring to extend your internet range. As mentioned above, I bought a set in a clearance bing but have never tried them. I understand they do work well if on the same house circuit. https://www.canadacomputers.com/en/powerline/105107/tp-link-av2000-2-port-gigabit-passthrough-powerline-starter-kit-tl-pa9020p-kit.html 00:53:56 Tom Trottier: I used PCmover to xfer all programs and settings 00:54:00 Stephane: Windows could get upset and refuse to activate 00:58:37 Tom Trottier: The minor faults I noticed were easily remedied. Setting up dozens or hundreds of programs & their settings is very labour intensive... 00:59:25 Tom Trottier: I also keep all my user data on a separate disk 00:59:34 Jeff Dubois: In terms of license keys, there are programs "keyfinder" for example, that will retrieve your keys if you have lost the packaging or if the label has become faded and unreadable. 01:00:22 Tom Trottier: Belarc Advisor can discover many licenses into a webpage you can save/print 01:03:12 Chris Taylor, President OPCUG: https://www.winehq.org 01:07:38 Stew Bruce: Bea. are you really in Scotland now and id so, how's the jet lag? 01:09:00 Tom Trottier: BTW using the home wiring for networking clobbers any short wave reception - if that is important to you 01:09:44 Jeff Dubois: Alan, an excellent way to try Linux (several distos) is to install VMWare's Player software. You can install as many distros as you like as virtual machines and they will run, simultaneously, under Windows. 01:10:58 Chris Taylor, President OPCUG: Distrosea https://distrosea.com 01:18:04 Jeff Dubois: Running Linux under VMWare you can run them both simultaneously, AND switch back and forth without rebooting. You can also run earlier versions of Windows like XP (and not connect them to the Internet if security is a concern) so you can access older hardware like printers and scanners not supported by newer versions of Windows. (I've alway6s found that Linux has better backwards compataility with hardware anyways.) 01:18:12 Serge-Γ‰rik: https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/windows/wsl/install 01:20:15 Coreen: Thank you 01:20:30 Wayne: Thanks for the excellent info presented. 01:20:32 Allison: Thank you! 01:20:38 Natalie: Amazing deal for new members, and fabulous deal for the current members!! πŸ™‚ 01:20:40 Tom Trottier: BOGO should apply for two people too! 01:20:48 Tom Trottier: 1 year each 01:21:13 Rosemary: That is great news. Thank you! 01:21:35 Coreen: are games included in the apps? 01:21:47 Serge-Γ‰rik: Thank you for another great session! 01:21:48 Tom Trottier: Is there a prize? 01:21:57 Tom Trottier: from a vote 01:22:05 Coreen: Happy Holidays! 01:22:28 Rosemary: See you next year!! 01:22:46 Allison: Hope everyone has a great holiday. Hybrid meeting worked great. 01:22:49 Natalie: It worked well. Thanks! Happy Holidays! 01:22:58 Tom Trottier: Sorry I was not on time!