03.16.06
Wireless for Jackie
Finally setup Jackie’s wireless home network so she can work from home. Her cable internet feed is in her living room downstairs while her computer is setup on a room upstairs. I connected the wireless router to the cable modem and installed the PCI Wireless adapter on her computer. Her computer picked up the wireless router signal, as well as a couple of other signals from around her neighborhood, including another linksys unsecured wireless access point. I then setup the wireless router for WEP encryption. I changed her wireless profile to match the WEP settings. I rebooted the computer and was able to connect withe WEP. However, when I changed the WEP name to something she chose, I clicked ‘Reset Security’ instead of ‘Save Settings’. This changed the security from WEP to some other setting. I had to connect the router directly to the ethernet port of the computer to reconfigure it.
Everything else worked perfect after I got the wireless setup. We were able to connect to VPN successfully and connected to her computer at work through pcAnywhere.
i also showed her how to access her COX email account via webmail.
Before I left, she reimbursed for the cost of the router and wireless adapter. She said she’ll also treat me to lunch at PF Chang’s.