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January 19th, 2005

timill: (Default)
Wednesday, January 19th, 2005 07:58 am
and none back yet.

Yesterday evening [livejournal.com profile] the_magician disconnected the ADSL modem from Marcia's machine and plugged in the router we'd got. Follow the instructions for configuration, and hey presto it all worked. Just like that - straight out of the box.

I took the wireless connector down to my study and added it to my machine. First problem - blank screen on power up - fixed by pushing the monitor cable back in. Put the CD in the drive, answer the questions, and it finds the network OK. Not much signal, but enough to be going on with. Try IE, and get nothing that isn't in the cache already. Check the connection info, and it's clear that it hasn't installed properly. Press the "repair" button, and up pops a Zone Alarm warning that it's prevented some process trying to access the router's address (198.168.1.1? I forget). Add that to the Trusted Zone and everything starts working as expected.

Still To Do: pull the 486 box out and move it to storage in the garage. I'd be tempted to set it up as a file store running Linux, but that would mean finding and installing a network card, and it's not worth the hassle.
timill: (Default)
Wednesday, January 19th, 2005 07:58 am
and none back yet.

Yesterday evening [livejournal.com profile] the_magician disconnected the ADSL modem from Marcia's machine and plugged in the router we'd got. Follow the instructions for configuration, and hey presto it all worked. Just like that - straight out of the box.

I took the wireless connector down to my study and added it to my machine. First problem - blank screen on power up - fixed by pushing the monitor cable back in. Put the CD in the drive, answer the questions, and it finds the network OK. Not much signal, but enough to be going on with. Try IE, and get nothing that isn't in the cache already. Check the connection info, and it's clear that it hasn't installed properly. Press the "repair" button, and up pops a Zone Alarm warning that it's prevented some process trying to access the router's address (198.168.1.1? I forget). Add that to the Trusted Zone and everything starts working as expected.

Still To Do: pull the 486 box out and move it to storage in the garage. I'd be tempted to set it up as a file store running Linux, but that would mean finding and installing a network card, and it's not worth the hassle.