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Update again
Apr. 10th, 2010 09:44 pmBeen busy and not home much for the past month. It's kinda odd to wake up and not immediately know where I am. Not that I haven't done this before. I just thought I wouldn't be revisiting the quasi-nomadic life until I was an old snowbird.
Anyways, on a more random tangent, I was visiting the folks today and had my laptop connected to their wireless network. Then the connection between the laptop and router dropped. The wireless connection between the home network and the ISP dropped. After a few minutes, the connection between the router and the laptop restored, but the connection to the ISP didn't. I was watching my connection radar and seeing the two other wireless networks in the "neighborhood" alternatively appear and disappear. Now, since this is out in the country and there's not much obstruction or noise between the home networks in the area, it's hard saying exactly how far away these networks were, except that they're generally on the edge of the radar. After about a half hour, the connection to the ISP reestablished and we had internet access again.
The mystifying bit was what caused it to drop like that? Especially to cut off the link between the router and the laptop. Mom was half-joking about sunspots or the big satellite dish thing in the mountains. Or about someone in the hills playing with EMPs. Considering the usual levels of weird in the area, you can't really discount oddball theories.
Speaking of the hills, it's kinda cool to still see snow in them. Of course, that means that it's a bit too cold for strong germinations in the garden yet. The soil just isn't getting warm enough.
Anyways, on a more random tangent, I was visiting the folks today and had my laptop connected to their wireless network. Then the connection between the laptop and router dropped. The wireless connection between the home network and the ISP dropped. After a few minutes, the connection between the router and the laptop restored, but the connection to the ISP didn't. I was watching my connection radar and seeing the two other wireless networks in the "neighborhood" alternatively appear and disappear. Now, since this is out in the country and there's not much obstruction or noise between the home networks in the area, it's hard saying exactly how far away these networks were, except that they're generally on the edge of the radar. After about a half hour, the connection to the ISP reestablished and we had internet access again.
The mystifying bit was what caused it to drop like that? Especially to cut off the link between the router and the laptop. Mom was half-joking about sunspots or the big satellite dish thing in the mountains. Or about someone in the hills playing with EMPs. Considering the usual levels of weird in the area, you can't really discount oddball theories.
Speaking of the hills, it's kinda cool to still see snow in them. Of course, that means that it's a bit too cold for strong germinations in the garden yet. The soil just isn't getting warm enough.
