Part IV. “Honey, This Stupid Wireless Thing Is Not Working”

Chapter 10 Troubleshooting: I Can’t Connect at All

Chapter 11 Troubleshooting: I Can Connect Sometimes

Chapter 12 Troubleshooting: I Can Connect, but It’s Slow

Problems? We don’t need no stinking problems.

Okay, so we would like to be able to say that wireless networks are so darn easy that you won’t run into any issues. Unfortunately, we cannot do that. Wireless networks are a relatively new and fast-moving technology, which is the high-tech industry’s way of saying stuff changes quite a bit, and stuff does not always work the way it’s supposed to.

So invariably if you build a wireless home network of any kind, sooner or later you are going to hear those eight words: “Honey, this stupid ...

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