Well, that was painless
Jun. 3rd, 2006 11:57 pm![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
narcasseAfter a week or so delay the bits and pieces from the new ISP arrived and I now have a tiny router living on top of my machine. I’m also using a USB port to connect instead of my network card for a change which reminded me that for the most part when I have to plug and unplug things all I tend to do is grope around blindly under the desk till I find a suitable port. I’m sure in some reality that’d be a useful skill to have; identifying ports by touch and a rough idea of which cards I put where.
I’m rapidly getting worse at following ‘broadband for dummies’ instructions though since I’ve gotten past the point of even unplugging my other connection and turning off eMule these days. The day I start plugging in RAM on machines that are still on, I suppose I might start worrying.
It’s also looking likely that a new wireless router might be needed because the chances of successfully piggybacking things across two routers is probably rather slim but worth a try simply for the sheer absurdity involved and the joy of playing with cabling excessively. There’s far too much cat5 cable around though and I’m beginning to suspect that it’s cannibalised the S-video cable that I’m sure was around somewhere.
Either way, a generous glass of some reasonably aged Calvados Pays D'Auge has also rather helped things along this evening and is definitely the sort of networking aid that I’m going to be tempted to employ in the future.
I’m rapidly getting worse at following ‘broadband for dummies’ instructions though since I’ve gotten past the point of even unplugging my other connection and turning off eMule these days. The day I start plugging in RAM on machines that are still on, I suppose I might start worrying.
It’s also looking likely that a new wireless router might be needed because the chances of successfully piggybacking things across two routers is probably rather slim but worth a try simply for the sheer absurdity involved and the joy of playing with cabling excessively. There’s far too much cat5 cable around though and I’m beginning to suspect that it’s cannibalised the S-video cable that I’m sure was around somewhere.
Either way, a generous glass of some reasonably aged Calvados Pays D'Auge has also rather helped things along this evening and is definitely the sort of networking aid that I’m going to be tempted to employ in the future.
