Travel / Using iPhone in Poland, which carrier to buy a SIM for? And other questions... [17]

Actually, "blackrain" does unlock the latest iphone firmware and baseband so that any sim can be used in the iphone.....

Life / Internet Problems in Poland, need help connecting. [26]

Hi,
Try the following. First off you'd want to check if you have a connectivity problem. As some other readers have suggested, click on "Start->Run" and enter "Cmd".

1. In the DOS terminal that is presented type "ipconfig". You should have a IP and a gateway assigned. An example is shown below:



The gateway will usually be of the form "192.168.1.1" or "10.0.0.1" or "10.0.1.1". Try to ping the gateway by typing "ping 192.168.1.1" or "ping 10.0.0.1" (depending on the gateway address that was displayed).

If this step does not work, there is a problem with your computer's network connectivity.

2. Next (if things went well in step 1), you want to check your actual internet connectivity. Try typing "ping 195.112.4.7". This should provide output similar to that below:

ping 195.112.4.7
PING 195.112.4.7 (195.112.4.7): 56 data bytes
64 bytes from 195.112.4.7: icmp_seq=0 ttl=50 time=124.770 ms
64 bytes from 195.112.4.7: icmp_seq=1 ttl=50 time=125.017 ms

This output would indicate that you are connected to the internet but you probably have a firewall or DNS issue. If this does not the output you receive, it means that there is a problem with your connection to the internet. You fault lies either with your router or gateway or provider.

3. Next (if things went well in step 2) try "ping news.bbc.co.uk". "news.bbc.co.uk" will now be resolved to a IP address by your DNS server. If all works well, you should see the following:

ping news.bbc.co.uk
PING newswww.bbc.net.uk (212.58.226.73): 56 data bytes
64 bytes from 212.58.226.73: icmp_seq=0 ttl=55 time=158.019 ms
64 bytes from 212.58.226.73: icmp_seq=1 ttl=55 time=147.142 ms

4. If none of the steps above have worked for you, you probably need someone with some basic networking knowledge to help you out in person.

Hope it helps and good luck.

Life / Receiving UK TV in Krakow [20]

Yes. There is a limit.

The number of simultaneous connection is tied to:
1. The slingbox model. ( the "slingbox pro" model allows more connections - but check the slingbox website to be sure)
2. The hosting upload speed. This is usually 384Kb/s which should be fine for 1 connection but as you have connections the video quality will decrease.

Life / Receiving UK TV in Krakow [20]

Harry's right.
You can get a nice pic of the satellite coverage here:

smart2check.com/images/footprints.jpg

For more information see:

smart2check.com/skyabroad.htm

Life / Receiving UK TV in Krakow [20]

Hi AFM,
You'll need:
1. Sky Activated Viewing Card.
2. Sky digibox - unsubsidised. This is very important as subsidised boxes need to be connected to a phone line during the first year of subscription.

3. A larger dish depending on where you are in Poland.

If you have your original LNB from the UK you should be able to get all the channels (not Sky Box Office - need a phone line for that). If not, you'll have trouble getting the BBC channels and ITV channels. All others should work fine.