Errrrr

Ooops.

I think I'm right now. Seems that playing on my PS3 these days involves 4 hours of test and tune of my router. Damn.

Things I've learnt in the past week

• When one of the team has connection issues - don't go messing with your own.
• ...Especially when there's a PSN issue globally.
• If you gently tug at the dodgy extension cable for the (only) phone, the end comes off, leaving you with no phone at all.
• Re-wiring said bare cables doesn't ensure connectivity due to miss-wiring in the Telstra box.
• Re-wiring that requires some rather special connectors.
• Plugging in the wrong blue network cable causes an IP storm which effectively disables your network.
• Resetting your router to factory spec as a result of incorrect plug doesn't fix it - pulling the cable out does.
• Resetting your router enables IPv6 by default (amongst other incorrect settings).
• Whilst setting up IPv6 correctly on your router is great, you do need to turn it on at the ISP too.
• Even when you've turned it on, if there's some DNS error in IPv6 land, your PS3 will find it.
• Spending time ensuring UPnP is working for your PS3 ensures that when it finds an error it'll force some sort of router restart.
• When your router is restarting every minute or so, it's hard to google for topics on the subject.
• It's possible to lock out your DSL line - to the point where you need to call your ISP to get it unlocked/restarted.
• Billion Routers are over engineered in terms of complexity.

There. Let that be a lesson to you all...

Anyway, in light of the fight I've had with my router and all things IP related in my house I'm going to be doing some extended racing over the weekend evenings. Please do join me for a thrash if you can. Or send me a text and I'll make time (Skyrim is a powerful draw...).

League Business

Stand by for the league update for Race 0 - next week.

Cheers.