When I saw this image (picture below), I couldn’t help but think of this video clip (above).
As the story goes, the owner of this router wondered what was rattling around inside.
I was shocked when I saw how far back modem history reaches.
Remember signing on to the Internet and hearing your modem chirp away?
Good times; but that’s not when modem history began.
Try 1943!
For many people, broadband internet service is a necessary evil: the service is necessary, but the bill is evil. With seemingly endless advances in speed and capacity, the cost of broadband and mobile broadband has gotten pretty expensive. Cutting out the service would certainly save money, but that is just not an option for many people. So, how do you find cheap mobile broadband, without compromising the service that you need and want? Believe it or not, it starts with understanding what you’re currently paying for.
Mashable put together a list of their favorite list of WiFi names.
Some of these are ROTFL!
[This is part 4 of a 10 part series titled: "So You're An IT Noob"]
In the previous entry, we discussed how to get your church up and running with an Internet connection. In this part, we’ll be looking at being able to share that connection with your staff/volunteers with a network.
In a later post, I am going to delve into the world of Cat-5 cable, routers, switches, and other aspects of a wired LAN, but for this entry we’ll assume you’re going to go wireless.
Thankfully, wireless Internet access is not something determine by what platform you’re running. A computer running Windows, Apple OS, Linux etc can all connect to the same wireless router. So this begs the next question:
Which wireless router should I get?
Last summer, John challenged churches to offer free WiFi like Starbucks. An excellent idea, too.
What would it look like if the local ministries and churches began offering free WiFi to anyone who would drive up, without forcing them to register or even have them “buy” anything?
What do you think would happen? One thing is for sure – I’d love to see it happen more often!
And it did!
For those of you who have not seen this before, this is a pretty interesting WiFi router.
The idea of being about to upload/download without having your computer on, for some, is probably a very appealing thing! If it performs as well as they say it does, then its a great buy for just 49.95 €!
Here are some of the highlighted features:
Open wireless networks can be risky, but wireless networks that are suppose to be secure, are dangerous.
There’s nothing worse than false security. You may be thinking, “I have a password on my router, isn’t that enough?”
Maybe.
Maybe is not the answer you should be looking for. “Maybe” is fine when you’re asking about going out for dinner, but “maybe” is not good when referring to whether you know where your keys are.
So, think of all the wireless networks you are responsible for, and make sure you know where the keys are!
BUFFALO, N.Y. — Lying on his family room floor with assault weapons trained on him, shouts of “pedophile!” and “pornographer!” stinging like his fresh cuts and bruises, the Buffalo homeowner didn’t need long to figure out the reason for the early morning wake-up call from a swarm of federal agents.
That new wireless router. He’d gotten fed up trying to set a password. Someone must have used his Internet connection, he thought.
