Going Wireless

A writer for a popular video games magazine recently swore off wired equipment. The spaghetti of wires that sat underneath his desk in labyrinthine grandeur would soon be gone. A wireless mouse, keyboard, and control pad would arrive in place of old paraphernalia. He's probably one of zillions. It's easy to abhor wires- they get tangled, loosened, dusty, and are always too short or too long. Most of us can't wait for the time that wires become no more than museum relics.


A lot of homes are now using wi-fi dsl routers in lieu of wired connections to share internet.
Sometimes, if you're lucky, you get the wi-fi spillover from a nearby house or condominium. If you're on the other end of the deal, however, you might want to learn how to restrict access to your home network. Someone out there might be eating into a portion of your bandwidth, slowing down your already-slow pldt DSL (which compared to Singapore, Korea, and all of Europe and North America, is deathly lethargic).

For an intoduction to wireless LAN, go here.

Off topic, here's a thought to chew on: In North America, a 1.5 Mbps connection costs less than one thousand pesos per month. Here in the Philippines, you can get it (erratically) for more than double that price. Ouch.


Have a great week!