linkismyhero

Yep, that's me. Just call me Gen O'Phobic.

I got kind of grumpy today. A few weeks ago, I started having problems with our router. Long story short, I had to reset the router. Our network had been secure before, but now, it wasn't. And for some reason, whenever I tried to secure it, the router would crash!

So, I gave up and left our network in a not-secure state. The problems didn't go away. Eventually, I got frustrated, and felt anxious that our network wasn't secure, so I called the router company. All I had to do was upgrade the router's firmware, and boom! No more problems, and I easily re-secured our network. (I'm not sure why outdated firmware would lead to such problems, but I'd rather not question it.)

When I changed the MAC address filtering setting, I saw that (I think) one or two other people were using our network! So I changed the setting so that only my computer could access the network, as it had been previously.

This evening, I suddenly started getting knocked offline every few seconds. When I looked at my WLAN monitor site survey, I could see another network with a stronger signal strength than ours. It had a name similar to one of the suspected moochers.

I freaked out. I thought maybe this guy got angry that he wasn't getting free Internet access anymore and was trying to hack into our router! I checked our router a couple of times, and the password (which I had changed from the default) was still the same, as were all the settings.

I guess I got freaked out over nothing, because changing our broadcast channel seemed to fix the problem (though I did have a few other blips, but only for a few moments each time).

But I got totally upset. Add to that some extra grumpiness from the icky heat and humidity this week, having to go therapy today in the heat, and my stiflingly hot room, and you've got a grouch on your hands.

I originally wrote a rant about the decline of modern comedy, but given my mood, it was only upsetting me, and I was getting angry (because it's an issue that, although trivial, really does make me very angry).

I still feel all tense and grumpy, but talking to MollyMolly is helping me feel better.