June has been a very shitty month for me. I am just going to say it. I didn’t get the job I thought I would get nor any job I applied for, my Xbox 360 of 6 years died (which I replaced and been happy with ever since because of the Xbox Kinect), and my HP HDX 18 Laptop died. Oddly enough, I feel like I have done this first paragraph too many times to the point where you realized (and don’t care) that I lost my items and had to buy new ones. Well…it happened…again.
You wouldn’t believe this, but my wireless router died the other day. It didn’t completely die, but the wireless function stopped functioning. It worked as a normal router. Imagine this, 3 fifty foot ethernet cables going every which way around the house connecting to different computers. Some went upstairs and another went outside. As this became a hazard to all those who walk around, I took it upon myself to purchase a new wireless router.
After looking on Google for what is considered the best wireless router, I learned absolutely nothing. Actually, I do not know if I can say nothing. A good lesson that many people know, but somewhat refuse to believe, is that you pay for what you get. With quality comes cost and vice versa.
I started my day doing errands and chores and went to Best Buy to get a new router. Best Buy changes the layout of their store too often. I don’t know if it is just the one by me, but it took me a bit of time to find the wireless routers. There were quite a number of them and I had no idea what the hell to purchase. Thankfully, I remembered a few things from searching the internet.
The list of what I remember were the following:
- Expensive is better.
- Linksys trumpted the others in tests
- It is a dual-band router
It just took those three things for me to figure out which one to get. First off, narrowing down to expensive was the easiest thing. Out of all of them, about 5 were over $100. Out of those 5, only 2 were linksys. Both were dual-band, so I purchased the more expensive one which was the Linksys E4200. It was easy and worth it.
Now, this blog post could be like the others. I could just tell you about what I purchased and that would be it, but I am going to bore you with the installation details. I can honestly say that the computer I am typing this on is not wired to the internet. Obviously we had no issue. In the past, installing a wireless router was like programming the Space Shuttle as it was very difficult and errored filled.
I will attest to the fact that this time around, there was not a single issue besides trying to come up with a name. I put the cd in, followed the instructions, and it was setup within 5 minutes. It even comes with a guest network so they don’t have to figure out what your main password is. That is AWESOME!
Knowing that naming Wifi Networks is always enjoyable, I searched far and wide for a funny name. I must say I found a lot of great sites with some hilarious names. If I were to live in the city, a name would probably come a bit easier as more people would see it. At least I know that my neighbors would see my network, but not know who it is.
The name of my network: Masturbation Anonymous.
First off, I’d like to say that I tried to get this in on Sunday, but I wasn’t home until less than an hour ago and such. So, sorry about that. Like I said, I will try to get to get one post per day. Anyway, recently my laptop died and I wanted to talk about these events. Last Christmas, I received a wonderful HP HDX 18. Since that Christmas, I have used it nonstop. Well, I guess that it couldn’t handle me what-so-ever because just a year and half later, it died like I said. At first, I thought (more like hoping for…) my battery was bad because I was always notified that my battery sucked, which it did. My charger was also a bit frayed. With that said, I purchased a new battery and charger. Unfortunately, after waiting and running home to replace it, I found myself upset as it was not the cause. What I truly think it is, which I was totally not hoping for, is my motherboard fried from poor cooling. Now, I sent it into HP where they say they are fixing it.