I swear that just when I think that I know what I’m doing when it comes to computer networking, everything manages to go to heck in a handbasket.
I think that my problem is that I only fool around with our network once every three or four months when I add new hardware, and it seems that I always manage to forget some little tiny detail in the time in between my efforts.
As the old saying goes: "The Devil's In The Details..."
You see, not one but two new computers have come into our home in the past couple of months, and I’ll be darned if I can get the wireless network to work properly with either of them.
I had my new HP working almost as soon as I brought it home, but when it crashed and I had to reinstall everything it’s since been able to see the network but refuses to allow me to install the 128 bit WEP encryption info.
Thus I’m still running around with a 50’ CAT5 cable attached to
Ditto for the new machine that arrived from Pat’s company last week. I installed the PCMCA wireless card and cranked through the installation process on the CD, but it still won’t let you walk around and surf the internet without a cable hanging out
I took a pretty good set of notes last year when I sat the network up for the first time, but I guess that I’m going to have to tape record step by step instructions when I finally manage to get things going again.
I know what I‘ll do…
This time I’ll video tape the process for posterity.
If anyone wants to come to St. Simons and stay for the weekend for free, just bring your network skills and come on down.
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