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3 Computers and a WLAN

from the “it-just-works” dept: three people, three computers, three operating systems - one new WLAN access point in my office. Installing the access point (D-Link AP2000) and finding the DHCP setting for it’s IP adress: 5 minutes (D-Link could use some help designing the web interface for their access point… Good: You have to change the default admin password to use it) Mac OS/X: online without intervention Windows XP: online with one manual intervention (select to connect to insecure WLAN) Linux: online with severe manual intervention (and writing obscure stuff in some configuration files) All in all - a really enjoyable experience… ...

Jens-Christian Fischer