I’m posting it here because while searching for a solution, I found several people with the same type of problem but the suggested resolutions were far to complicated or were overkill in most cases. And by the way, didn’t solve the issue.

Problem: Intermittent network connectivity between computers.

Notes:

• There were no issues reaching the internet on any computers or devices
• About 5 PC’s on the network and several wireless devices (e.g. laptops, smart phones w/wifi, psp)
• Gigibit Switch (serving 3 of the 5 wired PC’s only)
• One PC acting as a File Server
• Nintendo Wii

Activities that did not solve the problem:

• Rebooted router several times
• Rebooted switch several times
• Created firewall rules on file server and individual PC’s security software
• Disabled windows firewall
• Disable security program on file server and individual PC’s
• updated firmware on the router
• Searching the web for solutions

Solution: I sat down with my 11 year old son to play the Wii. He informed me that he had been receiving an error message about Internet Connectivity for the past few days. This was not an uncommon issue with the Wii. However, loading the Wii up with a static IP address instead of having the Wii use DHCP, had solved the problem for long period of time.

When we looked at the Wii network settings, I noticed that the static IP that had previously been loaded, was the same IP address that my file server was using. This IP address was fresh in my mind because of  all the router and firewall logs Id read while troubleshooting the issue. There were never any IP Address conflict messages from the File Server.

I changed the static IP address assigned to the Wii until I found one that it would except. I have not had the intermittent problem since.

Theory: So it appears that although the Wii had been assigned a static IP address and the Wii was not in use most of the time, the router decided to issue this same address to my file sever which was set up for DHCP.

For some reason, when the Wii made attempts on its own to reach the Internet (for email, system updates, etc), it caused a conflict with the file server which was using the same IP address. The Router in my opinion should have denied the Wii any level of access to an ip address which had been assigned and was in use by the file server.

Solution Summary: Make sure every device on the network has its own IP address.

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James W. Von Brunn: Holocaust Museum Shooting Suspect Is White Supremacist.

“The feed providing these headlines is not available error”

Resolution:

1. I resolved the issue by visiting the feed url, where I was given an error code and also the returned feed up to the point of the error.
2. I copied some of  the text on that page near the end and I filter through the actual content on my site where the feed is sourced, using (CTRL-F for speed) until I found the content.
3. At this point I identified a few special characters that I felt were causing the issue and removed them. 

• In my case it was “ site’s ” causing the problem.
• Changed to ” site’s “

1. Went back and refreshed the feeds url which had the error message and the entire feed showed without error.
2. Went back to the actually place where BuzzBoost was being used and the feed was working without error.

Note: There were at least 30 of these instances, I only removed the first two, about 200 characters into the content. The other instances remained and it still worked. Maybe there is a type of depth into feeds where there can be no special characters, not sure but I’m sure its working now.

Below is a thread that I found while searching for a resolution which had no responses from Google at the time.

The feed providing these headlines is not available – Feed and Web Statistics | Google Groups .

A Tesla Roadster managed to cover 241 miles on a single charge while taking part in the Rallye Monte Carlo d’Energies Alternatives.

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Not a bad looking car either!

Of course, it should be pointed out that the Tesla was driven by a company staffer doubtless practised in eking out every last mile from a charge, and that the speeds averaged on the run were hardly blistering – 90kph (56mph) on the motorways, 60kph (37mph) on trunk roads and 30kph (19) in the mountain roads. Tesla reckon the average speed for the entire journey was 45kph (28mph).

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New Years Syndey Dec 31 2008

Great photo from Syndey Australia. No I wasn’t there but the photo nice.

I think it provides a clear example of the type of attitude toward change and innovation that has driven the big 3 automakers into near collapse followed by a pretty clear analysis proving that the NY Times author is not a forward thinker.

Read Jason Calacanis’ response to an article that was published by the New York Times (original story) about the Tesla (an electric car (100%) manufactured in the US by Tesla Motors).

Bailouts for the big three

US Corporations lead by old thinking leaders are a large part of the big 3′s issue. Those that operate a business at that level should know all there is to know about their business, they should see the shortcomings and storms ahead. Maybe not solo but they should have a strong team in place to do so. If they cannot figure out how to do these things, they shouldn’t be leading at that level!

The worker bees, lower level management, and associates / craft / union workers are held to the minimum standard of being able to perform their duties or else, why are senior leaders not held to this standard?

I beleive we simply have to look ahead. We need to embrace innovative thinkers and creative ideas and take some chances. To continue to do the same things because, “we have alwasy done it the way”, is not a reason to avoid attempting to improve things with innovation.

For the sake of the people on the ground that would be impacted if the big 3 folded, I think the bailout is needed. Having said that, the conditions that accompany a bailout should dictate that the business NOT be run the way it has for 40 years but that it be run in a manner consistent with meeting today’s challenges.