In light of my parents' decision to acquire DSL within the month, I decided as my part of the deal to get a wireless router and adapter and set up the home network. Besides, when I move out, I'll be needing those anyway, and I'm a lazy bastard who doesn't feel like running cable. So, I purchased a Netgear WGR614v5 wireless router and a Netgear WG111v1 USB wireless adapter. I took it upon myself to set up the LAN side of things, especially since I'm paranoid about network security and wanted to get WPA-PSK up and running on the local side so that once the DSL is installed, I just hook it up to the WAN port and go. I thought that being a networking student, this would take me all of an hour or two.
5:30 AM rolls around the next morning and I STILL can't get the adapter and the router to communicate. I disabled all security, powercycled everything, upgraded/rolled-back/flashed/re-upgraded the firmware and drivers on both devices, etc., all to no avail. I have a post on it here on the Netgear forums, but no solutions as of yet. So, any of my readers (all one or zero of you) who happen to be wireless networking experts who can lend a hand, please do so, as I am at my wit's end.
Today's been interesting at work. One of the lead technicians called out, so they pulled me to be the second LT for ths shift. I like LT'ing as it is a challenge of sorts as I try to help techs who for some reason are stumped on their calls. But, I doubt they'll let me do this too often. Anyhoo, gotta run for the night.
Some musings, ramblings, etc. of mine that give a glimpse into my life. I'm a total tech geek, especially computers, mobile, and such. Mac OS on my desktops, Android on mobile, with some Linux and Windows floating around in the mix. Network engineer is my vocation, but being a dad and husband are the best job titles I've ever had.
Saturday, June 04, 2005
Friday, June 03, 2005
Wow, I haven't touched this thing in years [literally]. I was actually pleasantly surprised to see that my old Blogger was still here. In the years since I've touched this one, I've been using Xanga and Livejournal (see links to the right). However, a couple friends at work (see their blogs in my handy sandy sidebar to the, you guessed it, right) showed me the new and improved blogger and I must say, it is quite nice. Highly customizable, like Livejournal. So, I decided to go with a new template and do some modification to it, as I am trying to relearn HTML and CSS.
In case you are wondering about the title of the blog, it's from Shakespeare's Julius Caesar, from the scene where Anthony turns the angry mob against Brutus after Caesar's assasination in Act 3.
I'm working tech support now, and I hate every minute of it. As soon as I get my networking degree and finish the MCSE program, I am out of here. For the curious, I am still dating Emily, though we did break up there for a while.
Can't think of much more to say, so there.
In case you are wondering about the title of the blog, it's from Shakespeare's Julius Caesar, from the scene where Anthony turns the angry mob against Brutus after Caesar's assasination in Act 3.
I'm working tech support now, and I hate every minute of it. As soon as I get my networking degree and finish the MCSE program, I am out of here. For the curious, I am still dating Emily, though we did break up there for a while.
Can't think of much more to say, so there.
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