We bought our Ole Router in the days that our 512Kb connection was !fast! and we've been using it through sucessive upgrades right up to 4Mb. We bought our wireless access point in the early days of wireless access points, selecting it because it was the only option at the time. With the stepping up to 10 Mb, Old Faithful flipped. Not sure if it was because of the upgrade or because of some tired chips, but it turned into a blinking Christmas tree, even when nothing at all was connected to it and the "reset" button had been pressed with the aid of a paperclip.
And so, this Monday Morning, you find Well House Consultants switched back on 100% - off the backup systems that we had in place last week (yes - we do plan for almost any eventuallity) and onto a system with a 10Mb capacity, and with a wireless access point that now also supports the newer, faster standards. A good chance to simplify, too - two boxes replaced by one, a range of DHCP addresses set aside / configured for guest systems, and more ...
(written 2005-10-10, updated 2006-06-05)
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