Straightline,
Don't you just love it when you get
two acknowledged experts falling over each other to help you! (Only teasing guys - I
seriously bow to your superior knowledge of networking). Two experts for the price of one - plus me chipping in too - who says PilotAware doesn't give good value!
Joking apart, to put it in simple layman's terms, if you leave the WiFi dongle 'in' and also connect the ethernet cable, there can be a conflict between the two 'internet' access routes. Removing the WiFi dongle and connecting the ethernet cable
before powering up the PAW removes the opportunity for this conflict and forces PAW to use the ethernet link to look for software updates from the PilotAware Lode Server (it is programmed to do this automatically, but has to be left for 15-20 minutes to allow it to do so).
Generally if you do this, then power down, disconnect the ethernet cable, reassemble PAW as normal, power up again and connect from your tablet, you will then find any new update listed on the updates page.
This was the quickest way to do updates until Lee added the USB option, which is now by far the quickest and easiest way to update PAW - especially as you don't even have to take your PAW out of the plane.
Glad you got it sorted.
Great teamwork all
Peter
