QI just bought an iPad and connected it to my home Wi-Fi network, which already had two Windows PCs on it. But when the iPad is using the wireless network, we can't receive any e-mail on the other computers. What's the cure?
JERRY LEITH, EAU CLAIRE, WIS.
ARein in your iPad, which is trying to monopolize your e-mail account, and, as a result, is locking out your two PCs.
Why? The iPad is set up to use your e-mail account continuously, or at least to access the e-mail account often in order to update your list of received mail.
But, if your e-mail account uses a common technology called "POP3" (Post Office Protocol version 3), only one your three computers can access the account at a time. Because the iPad gets to the e-mail first, the two PCs don't stand a chance.
There are three solutions to this lockout problem.
Close the iPad's mail application when you aren't using it. This ends its connection to your e-mail account and gives the PCs a chance to access the account.
If your iPad isn't constantly connected to e-mail, another alternative is to change its settings so that it checks your e-mail less frequently. You can do this by going to the iPad's Settings, then to Mail, Contacts, Calendars, and then to Fetch New Data.
