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Friday, May 06, 2005

And it took me so long

1 yr and 4 months to be exact. I've got like 2 PCs, a eMac and a laptop at home but only one PC has access to the internet. I've always wanted to create a wireless network at home so I bought a Netgear ADSL modem + some wireless network cards in Dec 2003. I have no idea where and how to start. In fact I wasn't even sure I bought the correct stuff. So I had a friend to come over to help. No use asking Hubby. He's zero in computers.

Merc came a few weeks later to setup for me but wasn't successful. Said he would make another trip to sort it out. But I knew he was busy preparing for his new house, wedding etc. so didn't really want to bug him too much. Tried it myself but I just couldn't log into the internet. Anyway soon after, I got so busy with family and work, that I had put it aside.

Recently I happened to be chatting with a site engineer and he told me how easy it was. I decided to give it another try. He gave me step-by-step-idiot-proof instructions on the mobile while I fiddled around with the settings. Got a stiff neck after the long period of clamping my mobile between my shoulder and neck. But it was worth it.

Last evening I bought a Airport extreme card, checked the Apple site for instructions, installed the card and within 5 minutes the eMac was setup. It was a breeze with the Mac. Ha! I'm finally wireless!! All computers have access to the internet.
Erm.. now how do I share files?

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