And I emerge, dusty but triumphant

[kerravonsen]

I mentioned before that my wireless router died in the recent power failure. So I investigated a replacement. Now, an exact replacement of the same model would have cost $100+, which seemed a bit silly, considering that I could get a more advanced one (Wireless N) for a similar price, or a cheaper one which was also on special for $59. So I ummed and ahhed, looked at my bank balance and decided it was unwise to get a Wireless N router when I didn't have any Wireless N capable machines, and went for the cheaper one, a D-Link DIR-300.

I have just now finished setting it up, with all the right port-forwarding and SSID and WPA2 security and static IPs and stuff.

(Note to self: if you want the DHCP to release the IP address because it gave you a dynamic one and you have now set up "reserve this static IP", then restarting networking won't work. First, shut down the connection [ifconfig eth0 down] and then restart the networking.)

Ahem. Anyway, I am dusty because when stuff lies undisturbed (like, behind the computer) it gets dusty.

Comments

[vjezkova.livejournal.com]

Good! You sound happy :-)

[kalypso-v.livejournal.com]

I'm very impressed.

[kerravonsen]

8-)

[the-magician.livejournal.com]

Well done and congratulations ...

and given 802.11n isn't actually an approved standard yet (as I understand it) a Wireless N router is not guaranteed to work with any future "n" equipment you'd buy anyway ...

... though if it were the same price, I'd have bought it for a small amount of future proofing :-) but with a big discount, then you did absolutely what I would have done (i.e. the right thing! grin!) ... by the time you have "n" equipment you want to hook up, you'll be able to buy an "n" router for $40 :-)

[kerravonsen]

True (though probably not that cheap). Besides, it's not like I use the wireless to watch Youtube or set up my desktop as a multimedia server; I'm more likely to use it to read fanfic in bed. (grin)