WiFi at home… At last!
Well today I have finally set up a wireless network @ home. This is not the first attempt, however i an amazed at how easily this one fell together particularly after the failures to date.
In my first attempt I was using a Netgear modem/router that was over twice the price and half the maximum performance. It all seemed to be working fine until I closed the doors in the house. Blink! Bye bye internet. That went back to the shop.
Then, a month or so ago I borrowed a Dlink modem + a Dlink wireless router and again partial success leading to ultimate failure. That went back to the office.
(Having now played further with this at the office I think that i have worked out the problems but it was not a obvious fix. Certainly not consumer friendly.)
Today I took the plunge again, this time back to Netgear (see link) mainly because the thing looks better than the competition at the some price. This time the process was so easy I could hardly believe it.
1) I plugged it in to both the power and the phone line.
2) I turned on my Laptop (WiFi capable) and flicked on the Wireless switch. Up comes the default network setting.
3) After punching in the default IP address for the router I am presented with the config page. I go straight for the wizard option and moments later i am net connected and secure.
Now as I write this (remember… Tablet PC) I am sitting in the lounge room completely wireless. This is the future and I like it.
