So my sweetie’s Powerbook G4 is having some performance and operation problems, and I just thought I’d take this opportunity to talk about what the symptoms appear to be and what what our action plan is to get it back into operation.

Updated to make certain decision-points a little clearer.

Updated 2 with alterations suggested by ckd, some wording corrections and some price estimates.

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Basically, I installed the wrong version of a security plugin (Role Manager, Owen Winkler - only for WP 2.0) on the wrong version of WordPress (2.5.1) and got my own Admin account locked out of Plugin Management (which I needed to properly uninstall the bad plugin and install the good one). Read further to know the sequence of events, the problem I caused myself, and how I got out of it.

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Near as I can figure it, the old modem WAS the bad bit, as well as my wireless access point, which is cutting down transmission rates by half, even though the connections are at 54 Mbps, and using WPA2-PSK encryption (encryption sometimes helps with various kinds of protocols that can encourage link reliability). When I tested at the incoming posts, it was with an (unbeknownst to me) unconfigured new modem that was double-NATting (behaving as a router/firewall on top of my other one) and interfering with connectivity.

Regardless, I plan to start using Speakeasy as soon as possible. I checked with them and they said they’d prefer to wait until the work was completed with my NID before I commenced my order. So all otherwise going decently, I hope to be talking with Speakeasy about a dedicated DSL line on Friday.

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Current findings and situation (mostly to do with the Verizon ADSL issue):

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