today i received my order for the wireless router and the controller. there is a sales pitch that says that you can get this router configured and running in less than 3 minutes. i decided to time the install process and it ended up taking me 30 minutes…a far cry from the 3 minutes that they suggested that it would take.

but it finally was set up and it is working now. i guess it’s nice to have it all set up though. the web interface for the belkin 802.11g wireless router isn’t nearly as nice as the linksys router, but after a little while, one gets used to it. i had a lot of trouble trying to lock down the security for the wireless network. one of the things that really disappoints me is that there is no one around in my apartment complex nearby who has a wireless network. not that that really bothers me so much…but it would have been nice to see it. i sort of feel like an island.

now the next thing to do is to upgrade my notebook’s wireless card so that i have an all G network. i’ve heard talk about A+G routers and all, but i don’t know if i really would really make the switch to A. oh well, at least i can type my entries from bed again.

i guess i have to figure out how to get jen’s imac in the other room to work as well. what concerns me a little bit is all of this talk about how WEP is not as secure as it is billed to be. that is definitely a frightening prospect. i’m going to try and break into my own network and see how hard it is to break into the network.

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