Geeks on Tour - Articles

The purpose of a public WiFi hotspot is to share a broadband connection to the Internet.  In a small, indoor, hotspot, you only need two things to make this happen; 1) a broadband connection to the Internet (DSL, Cable, T1 etc.) 2) a wireless router (aka wireless Access Point). 
For example, we just finished a ‘gig’ [...]

A lot of people ask me how I make the maps of our travel route that are on our home page, http://www.jimandchris.com/ .  I use clipart of a map, then with a program called Fireworks I use the pen tool to draw the route. 
Most RV Travelers have a map of the states they’ve visited pasted [...]

We teach in our seminars that line-of-sight is very important to making a good WiFi connection.  That’s one of the main reason that we don’t recommend built-in WiFi adapters or even the PC card type of adapter.  There is no way with those to move them around for the best signal and connection.  We recommend [...]

Yoh!  Fellow RVers!  It’s your responsibility to know how to use your computer. 
I just cringe when I talk to a busy RV park manager who tells stories of spending hours with guests helping them get their computers to work with the WiFi system.  “They didn’t even know if their computer had WiFi capability or not”, [...]

Wi-Fi is the same frequency as microwave ovens - 2.4 GHz.  I’ve seen our microwave oven interfere with our WiFi signal.  I’m not about to put my head in the microwave and turn it on … but, I have had my head in a WiFi ‘oven’ for over two years now.  WiFi is low-power where [...]

As RVers, the road is a big part of our life.  Depending on the size of your rig, there are some roads you should not drive.  Wouldn’t it be nice to know which ones they are before you plan your route?  Maps aren’t always good enough.  And, even if you can find someone who has [...]

This is the 4th year in a row that I’ve used TurboTax for the web to prepare my personal tax return.  You gotta understand, me and paperwork don’t get along.  I can ignore it for months, even years.  Add to that the fact that we live in a motorhome and there’s no place to spread [...]

I do feel sorry for the people at the front desk sometimes.  When they have WiFi in their RV park, they get a lot of questions.  AND a lot of complaints.  We ask about WiFi availability whenever we check into an RV park - kind of a research project on our part.
At one RV park, [...]