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I've finally entered the 21st century: I signed up with NTL broadband, and bought a Linksys wireless router and cards for both PCs. For once, NTL seem to have been pretty competent: the engineer came the same day I ordered the service and installed the cable modem. The WiFi kit came the next day, and then the fun began.
It's working now, on the desktop PC at least - Mrs F's laptop is proving more reluctant, but I think that may be a problem with the machine itself (or possibly the wireless card).
I can see wireless networking taking off in a big way (I can reach two other networks just from my house) but the setup has to be simplified. It took me the better part of a day to make it work correctly, and I work with computers and networks all the time. I don't know what you'd do if you weren't technical - I think you'd be stuck at step one as soon as the NTL CD failed to connect you to the network.
Oh well. It's working now so hooray for me.
Posted by MFreestone at March 19, 2006 03:51 PM