After a week or so of trying to connect to other people’s wireless networks and fiddling with dialup (heaven save us!) while here at Mom’s, I got Mom signed up for cable internet service, and set up a wireless router.

WHEW! What a difference. And I’m very pleased with the speed, and how strong the signal is. Some time ago I tried to set up an 802.11b network in my apartment, but I couldn’t get it to work at a usable speed. 802.11g is a whole other story.

So when I get home, I think I’m gonna get an access point (don’t need a router, my main computer acts as a router; or I could just get a router and reconfigure my network) and a wireless card for my bedroom computer, and get rid of the ethernet cables snaking all around the apartment!

Mom doesn’t have a computer of her own, but she’ll be getting one soon. Or more precisely, my brother will be getting it and I’ll be setting it up. She has a fax which is actually a multi-function, so we’ll get a wireless print server for that, too, because she wants to put the computer in a room that doesn’t have a phone line, so the fax/printer can’t be directly connected to the computer. That’s not issue for me, with my laptop; I can just bring the laptop into the room with the fax/printer and plug in the USB cable.

Only knitted a couple of rows today, not worth photographing. More soon. Gotta get this shawl done soon and get started on the whatever-it-is with the pretty ribbon yarn.