WiFi Savvy

A Technology Blog by RV Travelers for RV Travelers

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October 26, 2005

WiFi Tip: Changing Channels

by @ 9:08 am. Filed under WiFi, Satellite Internet Access

Jim and Don presented a session yesterday, here at the Datastorm Rally, on networking issues … Wireless Networking … WiFi.

One of the topics of discussion was what channel should you be on…

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September 28, 2005

WiFi Detective

by @ 9:01 am. Filed under WiFi

Jim was called upon to do a little detective work with a non-functioning WiFi hotspot. All the RV park systems ‘check-in’ electronically with our monitoring center every 20 minutes or so. This park last checked in on Friday night …

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September 26, 2005

Motosat Training

by @ 8:59 am. Filed under Satellite Internet Access

There is so much to learn.
I am so lucky to be able to attend training as I did last week in Salt Lake City.
The MotoSat facility is impressive…

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August 29, 2005

Recovery

by @ 9:05 am. Filed under General Computer

Since we just went through hurricane Katrina, you might think I mean recovery from the wind, rain and power outage. But, no - the hurricane was at most a minor inconvenience compared to recovering from my computer crashing …

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June 18, 2005

GPS and Mapping Software

by @ 8:56 am. Filed under GPS

Wondrous stuff, this technology. I love maps, to explore and plan where we want to go. We have the Rand McNally Road Atlas (large print edition!) and it’s almost always on my lap …

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April 5, 2005

Our Seminars

by @ 8:54 am. Filed under WiFi, General Computer

This really is what we love doing best - giving seminars. And what a great, cozy spot we had too.

We had the luxury of some extra time while at Terribles Lakeside RV Park, so we offered four different seminars…

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March 24, 2005

USB and ‘Repair’

by @ 8:50 am. Filed under WiFi

Greetings from the beautiful high-desert town of Pahrump, Nevada. We are in the Terribles Lakeside Casino and RV Park giving WiFi seminars and helping RVers connect their laptops to the WiFi system here. Some recurring themes we are seeing …

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January 6, 2005

Sending email with Outlook

by @ 8:41 am. Filed under WiFi

Sending email is handled with a setting called the SMTP server. It used to be that any SMTP server on the Internet would send whatever mail was given to it. All that has changed with the proliferation of SPAM. Now, many ISP’s …

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December 11, 2004

Get the right Wi-Fi Adapter

by @ 8:39 am. Filed under WiFi

In order to connect to a Wi-Fi hotspot, your computer must have a Wi-Fi Adapter (technically referred to as 802.11b or g Wireless LAN Adapter). They come in all shapes and sizes. If you bought a new computer …

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December 6, 2004

Keep your computer clean and up-to-date

by @ 12:53 am. Filed under WiFi

Actually this is a tip for every computer, whether you use Wi-Fi or not, but we see the issue a lot. People will be experiencing very slow web-browsing. Sometimes this has nothing to do with the Internet or the Wi-Fi system …

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Jim and Chris Guld have been living and traveling in their motorhome since 2003. They work independently and with Coach Connect to help RVers use their computers and stay connected to the Internet.

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