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Sort of.

I received the new/used dell optiplex gx260 on Wednesday, been trying to get it ready for use as the on-air computer.

Sort of.

I received the new/used dell optiplex gx260 on Wednesday, been trying to get it ready for use as the on-air computer.

I finally realized the problem i was having with the networking.
Hubs aren’t made to provide internet and networking on more than one or two computers… at least that is what alot of forums are saying.

So the on-air at this point doesnt have internet or networking…YET.
We put in another order on Ebay after finding some wireless nic’s cheap and in bulk. The on-air computer can share a connection with the kids router, while me and my wife share our own network/internet on the hub. The nic’s are on their way, they are wireless so i will enable wireless on the kids computers as well as the on-air computer using the wireless nics we bought on ebay. Im putting the kids computers in their rooms, much better on our sanity that way lol.

As far as performance goes, the new dell seems to be pretty fast and hardly broke a sweat when i ran several things at one time.
Later today i will install Zararadio and load all the audio files i saved from the dead computer and run it like it was on the air only using speakers instead of a transmitter. That way if it messed up i wont be on the air , i can fix the trouble and see if i can prevent that error from happening again.

Sound quality of the new optiplex seems pretty good listening with headphones, no hash or trash to speak of.

I also snapped some pictures of the neighborhood, originally i took the pictures because of the bad weather we had , but after looking at them i realized they would help illustrate our potential coverage area.

Ill let everyone know when i post them and place a link to the pics on this blog. Until then.. keep on rockin’