Sunday, June 1, 2008

Our flat gos Wi-fi

Finally here we are..all 3 of us(me and 2 of my flatmates) having laptops in our laps and surfing the net simultaneously. Since the time we came into this flat and got a net connection, we have been facing quite a few problems.
Initially it was reliance broadnet connection of the renowned ADAG group. We expected the ISP was reliance so it will be reliable. But it turned out to be just the opposite. We used to get connectivity only for about 10-15 days per month and the speed was pathetic.
Also we weren't able to set an ad-hoc n/w to share the connection. After about a couple of months we got fed up of reliance braodnet and got it disconnected but till this day the reliance officials haven't taken away their equipments.

Then we had another problem of fining a ISP that would suit us. Our options were airtel, BSNL, You, and tata indicom. finally we zeroed in on tata indicom hoping that at least TATA - which traditionaly has been viewed as a common man's comapnay with sound values and principles - will be realiable. After some calls to the concerend person we got tata broad band installed. But the problem of sharing the the connection among three laptops remained.
Finally we have bought a Cisco wireless home router and our ordeals seem to have come to an end. Although there were some initial hiccups but in the end it seems to have pay off. The system is working just too good.
So now if any of you are planning to pay a visit to our flat then we can keep you connected wirelessly 24x7 :)

Hoping that this system will keep working well.

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