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I decided I need a wireless router. I like playing with my pad while sitting at my computer, but I feel bad using 3G minutes when I have a connection right there. (And yes, my computer can do anything the iPad can, but the pad is so much fun! I love scrolling through webpages by touching them!)

So! This router will be arriving tomorrow. (Have I mentioned lately how much I love Amazon Prime? Free two-day shipping or $4 to ship any item overnight.) I've looked around online, it doesn't look like it'll be too hard to set up (hopefully!). And, unlike other computer-upgrade things, if it doesn't work I can just hook my computer right back to the old modem and I won't be down (hopefully!).

Plus... now that I think about it, I think Tivo and Wii wanted a wireless connection. More good reasons!

Related: It's darned hard to find a messenger bag. I went to office supply stores and Target, but couldn't find one (there were a couple at Target, but they were either god-awful colors, wrong size, or had Twilight crap on them). I would have rather touched it and seen it first, but I ended up buying one online. My backpack sucks for carrying the pad around -- it's way too big and bulky.

Date: 2010-06-11 09:43 pm (UTC)
From: [identity profile] kirbyk.livejournal.com
Yeah, wireless routers are (generally) a snap.

The Wii has a built-in wireless, and can be configured easily.

The Tivo does not. You can get a wireless adapter for it, but look at Tivo's site carefully. A lot of them aren't supported. (There's a chart somewhere, I found it recently.) Tivo also sells one guaranteed to work, but it's strangely expensive. If your tivo is inconvenient to where you're running the wires, though, might be worth it.

Welcome to the future!

Date: 2010-06-11 09:45 pm (UTC)
From: [identity profile] thistle-chaser.livejournal.com
I'm pretty happy with Tivo as-is, so if it needs extra stuff I think it can just stay set up as it currently is. Wii, on the other hand, has long tempted me with all of the channels I was missing out on. And hey, Pokemon games! If I ever play another, I think they had bonuses for wireless as well.

I think I'll like living in the future!

Date: 2010-06-12 02:57 am (UTC)
From: [identity profile] veloxe.livejournal.com
Wait a minute...that's the same router I use...

On a side note, be sure to secure your wireless point! Don't need those jerks stealing your interwebs!

Date: 2010-06-12 04:11 am (UTC)
From: [identity profile] thistle-chaser.livejournal.com
Yes! Passwords, lots of them!

Get the hell off my net, you kids! *shakes cane*

(And yay, that must mean it's a good one!)

Date: 2010-06-12 04:19 am (UTC)
From: [identity profile] veloxe.livejournal.com
It's pretty good at wireless, I'll give it that! My parents have a cabana outside in the backyard they hang out in. The router is in the basement in between 2 computers and the TV and they still get great reception outside, we did prop the router up to get it a little more above the interference of the other electronics but it's more then enough for what you'll be using it for probably :P

Date: 2010-06-12 01:02 pm (UTC)
From: [identity profile] achika-soladia.livejournal.com
Oh, you would not believe how anal I am about my home network security. Mine has the password and everything.

Mine also doesn't broadcast that it exists. =D You have to know my network name, then know the WEP key to get in.

The fact that my router follows the similar naming scheme that all the wireless objects in my house (Except my sister's laptop. =( ) makes it all the less obvious.

Granted all this does is make it a bitch when I have to actually set someone up legitimately to my connection, but damnit I know I have no people trying to clog mah tubes.

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