I love it when documentation works: WiFi at home

[Nerseus]

This has nothing to do with programming, but it's computer related so I thought I'd share.

 

I've been using a wireless router at home for about a year now but I didn't secure it - I had some trouble with drivers early on and didn't want to mess with things once it was working. My son wanted to play a 2 player LAN game so I finally broke down and setup the encryption on the router/wireless adapter.

 

The nice part was that the D-Link site (my router and card) had this in their FAQ and it worked on the first try. Maybe it's a sign of the times that I AM surprised that things went smoothly. I'm glad things are working! Since the wireless adapter is in my wife's computer, I chose to use the 128 bit encryption - a bit slower, but she mostly just cruises the net. :)

 

-ner

[Shurikn]

D-Link have a very nice suport, FAQ and everything. I had a problemwith the rooter reeboting when downloading too much, they really helped me out and even proposed me to send it back to them for a new one... but my friend have a linksys wireless router and had... a VERY hard time seting it corectly... so you might just have been lucky enough to get the right compagny ^^.

[mskeel]

I've always used the linksys wireless routers with a 4 port switch and they've worked wonderfully. Speaking of documentation, the one time I flashed the firmware, this was the message I got. There's nothing like a fine attention to details...