and yes.. I meant to spell the title wrong.. ;) let me tell you what’s going on. Well two nights ago I discovered that once again router number 2 was wet. thus resulting in no internet. When I went downstairs to check on it I noticed the smell of kitty. I was wondering how could kitty smell (or number 1) but on my router. I moved it away from the hole in the floor (that’s how router 1 died) and even moved the stand away from that area.. right.. under.. a vent.. which low and behold was wet and dripping right on to the router #2. (sigh) so I went over to best buy yesterday and picked up a new draft-n router and a wireless card for Christy’s laptop. Also I wanted to move the router from the basement to my room on the second floor. So I get home and un pack the new items in my room. I then go outside to examine how I’m going to get the cable from the basement to my window via a small cat 5 cable attached to the side of my house directly to my room. Everything went very smoothly. I was able to connect the wires correctly and I now have signal in my room. YAY!!! so next I hooked up the router and then my computer to the router. Well I was unable to get to the internet so I made a call to Comcast.. which resulting in them sending the signal back to the router. So now I have internet. I redid the wires below in the basement for the DVR-TV recording computer and sure enough that computer had internet connection.. Alright I’m 2 for 3 right now.. So then next I went up to Christy’s room and installed the wireless N card. Humm.. Blue Screen of Death on install. So I rebooted the computer.. uninstalled the drivers and the files and installed the card manually with the new drivers from Linksys. Alright 3 for 3.. I have internet connec…. CRAP!! Where did the internet go?? What the card dropped the connection and is in searching mode?? Blah!!.. So I continued to work with that for a little bit but alas no luck. It maintains its connection for a minute and then drops it. Ok well enough of that time to see my movies for a break while I think about what’s going on.. Hey!!! Why can’t I see my folders from my DVR-TV computer?? Blah network error.. can’t find the network.. but wait.. its gets better.. so I walk downstairs thinking that my permissions are messed up and I have to redo them.. After I complete that task I check the folder from down there and sure enough I can see my computer upstairs and I can even crate new files on the desktop.. so now I’m excited thinking I have solved the problem.. well nope.. I have not.. sure enough the same problem happens on my computer upstairs.. BLAH!!! So this morning I make a call to Linksys to see if they can help me.. They have decided that it is a vista problem and not their router.. so in other words no.. they could not help me.. (sigh).. owell until tonight for round two with networking for dummies.. Hopefully I can get everything working tonight.. I really do miss watching TV from my computer.. ;)
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