I’ve just spent the entire day chasing FAP issues. For some reason, we were downloading much more than our allotted amount (satellite FAP) and I couldn’t figure out why. I didn’t know if someone had hacked our router or if one of the 5 laptops had a virus or what. I tried to kick everyone off the internet, but that didn’t exactly work (on the honor system). So early today, after attacking Mount Laundry, I started fishing around. I first disconnect the modem from the router – people could still connect to our router but they couldn’t get internet. So now, if any of the minions tried to get on the internet or accidentally left their computer open it still couldn’t connect. And a hacker would be SOL. I really didn’t think we had a hacking problem though.
I researched numerous methods of monitoring usage, but Hughes really doesn’t make that easy at all. I then super-secured the router and started attempting to get the various computers to connect. I couldn’t get Jamie’s MAC to connect in any way, shape or form to the router using WPA so I moved to WPA2 and then manually configured everything on his end and it finally worked. I then scoured each of the other computers and found two had Windows setup for auto updates and others with Asquared for 4-hour updates. I think I might finally have all the laptops under control – I just wish I could get hnfapmon working over the router. As long as I’m directly connected to the modem (DW6000) it will work, but not once I go wireless. Sigh. I’ll leave that for another day.
In other news, I HATE F*ING MOSQUITOES! I am SO SICK of those little bastards I can’t even begin to say. They are constant and I’d somehow blanked from my memory how insidious those creatures are. I have great visions of wrapping the entire palapa in mosquito netting but I’m not sure how possible that is. The boys are also growing out of their trailer beds and we’re thinking of trying to convert the diningroom to a bedroom for them. Tomorrow I see what the office will allow. I had my first run yesterday and didn’t anticipate how wrecked the heat and humidity would leave me. It seems that summer is lasting much longer this year than last – the other day we had 97F/37F with heat index and the day I ran, I found out afterwards it was 94F. Oops. Still got in some 4 miles of running and 1.5 miles of walking. Tomorrow I head out again to run and maybe I’ll just go for 3 miles or go Much Much earlier. I don’t remember a winter that was this warm this late.
Enjoy your runs, but take it easy kiddo! Good luck with the bugs (computer and otherwise).
I’ll be sending personal messages to the four kids and will send them to your email address so they get seen. I’d appreciate your looking out for them and letting the kids know about them. Can you print stuff from your computer?
I was thinking of sending something down that way – how safe/secure is the mail to the address you gave us last year?
love,
mom
hugs to all
Welcome back,
We’ve been here since end of Oct., and you just missed a cool spell that had us all wrapped up in long sleeves.
I have been thinking that the mosquitoes up here at the north end, are fewer this year. So far, I haven’t heard of anyone getting the nasty night-bitten dengue fever that was around two years ago.
We’re also hooked to our Hughes dish (contract expires this summer), but neighbors report good service from Playa Wireless with their arial. Perhaps more promising is the wireless jack that you can get from Telmex. I don’t know if these gizmos will work through a router, ie for a bank of computers like yours, or the two laptops that my wife and I have, or need to be registered with a single computer per account.
We too run in to FAP slow downs from time to time, and haven’t found any software or device that monitors or reports our precious bandwidth.
I expect to see you jogging by #179 from time to time.