So I've now had my laptop and wireless hub for a week. I think for the first time things are working correctly. But I could be wrong in that assessment...
I got the wireless and laptop up and working in about 1/2 hour the first night. Then I decided that it would be a good idea to set up a bit more security for my wireless network. I doubt that any of the folks in the houses immediately around mine would hack into my network, but I could be wrong. If I just had a straight connection to the internet with DSL, then I wouldn't worry to much about it. But since I have a connection to my work intranet, I thought it'd be a good idea to make the connection a bit more secure.
I looked on the intranet and found the recommended settings. I went home that night and set up the wireless hub on those settings. And promptly lost my ability to connect my laptop (although my desktop still worked fine). I ran out of time that night, so I took it up again a couple nights later (when I got home in time). I reset the wireless router to the default connection info, and then started adding back bits and pieces while also trying to get the laptop to work.
It hadn't worked properly in a couple of days (or it was spotty at best). So I poked around some more and fiddled with some property or another (that I don't remember now so if it goes away again I'll have to recreate it from nothing) and it seems to be working. I have no great confidence that it'll work if I reboot everything, but it's at least working for the moment. I can't imagine what it would be like to try to set this up without being very computer-savvy. (Not that I'm any great shakes, but I can usually manage to figure things out and/or know the right people to call on for help.)
Posted by cshell at December 24, 2004 11:02 PM