This morning I spent 2 hrs. on the phone with a tech person from Linksys who walked me through setting up a wireless router in my house so I can use the laptop at home. I bought the WRT546 model for $50 at Best Buy which can be used with either Windows or Macs. My first obstacle occurred when I inserted the installation CD. The folder showed up on the desktop with several files and I didn't know which one to use. Each one had several possibilities, and I had no idea which one to choose. So I called up the tech helpline. Long story short, if you can afford the extra $100 to buy Airport, Mac's wireless router, go for it. I think it will take you five minutes instead of 2 hours and numerous extra gray hairs. Or, if you are wireless savvy or know someone who is, then stick with the less expensive router. Linksys doesn't support Macs, so I had to download the software to my wired PC which did not go well because of all the anti-virus software I have on that computer. When the software was finally on my desktop, the techie signed off. I clicked the icon and it said my router wasn't supported. I called back again, got someone else who had me go out on the internet to locate the site I needed to finish the process. She instructed me to call someone else from Apple to finish the process. I called Best Buy's Geek Squad instead, since I had purchased the router at Best Buy. Plus, in the Apple book it said I needed date of purchase and some other info I wasn't sure I had. That call took 1 minute and now I'm good to go. Whew. What a process.
On another subject, sitemeter isn't picking up my ROR hits. I'm wondering if there's a firewall up somewhere. I'll have to investigate.
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