And thanks for the extra pointers, Scott -

I think she was impatient to see the G-4 detect, even without paying full attention to the simple setup steps, so rushed to substitute the Apple base (my job was to let her do as much as she could grok - or thought she could.)

Comments passed on. And while there's a question of the significance of the encryption code left by the tech, prolly in Flash somewhere - as distinct from her arbitrary access PW - I'm hoping that she can restore what she dismantled. Will intervene as last resort, prolly look up things at Linksys. That part is just about Following Orders .. in order. Hmmm - my as yet unused Netgear also uses an internal addy for web-page setup IIRC. I s'pose I'll get dragged into this newfangled networking stuff eventually, maybe before this accidental gig is done. At least w/*nix, it won't be nondeterminate.

Loved the attenuator slider re the Airport xmitter to reduce coverage! Received signal strength should go as 1/r\ufffd in this universe; surprised Apple didn't 'calibrate' the sucker in distance and not %power. Oh well.

Jeez... a stuck hinge - and with all that leverage (and built-in friction), anybody could guess wrong. 1 drop spl. US surplus machine gun oil - on list.

Beautiful as is all that A gear, my early-on complaint remains unrelieved -- re getting any serious analyt. information from the Apple site; they just don't seem to have a techno section. So it's still Google other groups, elsewhere. I'll see if the Missing Manual ever gets beyond the same patois.

Easy to see why intelligent but not-techno folk would pick one of these in an augenblick; it just reeks of artful design, ergonomics. Even the bean counters should be able to comprehend that 20ish% more for hdwre is irrelevant, compared with Annual Irritation + the $ cost of all that. O Wait - never mind 'should'; I heard all that applause for warmed-over promises to end sin and stuff. Clearly Doze is karmic punishment - and should not be interfered with. Were Dante alive, indubitably there'd be a Beastware-level Inferno add-on.


Suggestions appreciated,
moi