Well, after my last attempt at upgrading my network, I let everything just sit for a while, then went on a spending spree to upgrade all my networking equipment to products that supported WPA (Wireless Protected Access). I really needed to, anyhow, since I’m the neighborhood Alpha Geek. So I hooked up the D-Link DIR-625 N router once more. I picked up the D-Link DPR-1260 print server to replace my older Linksys one (which wasn’t WPA compatible). The biggest problem was trying to replace the two old Linksys WET-11 Ethernet bridges I has set up for my Tivo and Slingbox. D-Link’s bridges are, for lack of a better term, total shit (and not WPA compatible), and Linksys doesn’t have any a bridge in their offerings anymore.

So I took a chance and bought Buffalo Tech’s Ethernet Converter (despite their site’s lack of a defined background color). I’m not sure why they don’t call it a bridge, since that’s what it is, but hey, I’m not a marketing guy (at least not until the lobotomy). It worked perfectly, so I picked up another.

Of course, you’d think with the amazing speed of Pre-Draft Wireless N, I’d be living the high life. Not quite. Though I picked up D-Link’s Wireless N Notebook Adapter, it doesn’t work very reliably: my connection would drop constantly, and when my laptop would go into suspend mode, the card would never reconnect.

Anyhow, I’m pleased: so far, the router has been rock solid (though it does take a little time for it to reboot if it does have problems), and everything is working as it should.

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