Solving Wifi Network Woes

This is my toy at home. I'm a fan of Netgear. Have been using it all the while and have been loving it since. My first netgear was when I was back renting a place in Petaling Jaya. Then I moved back home in Cheras and used the home's router which my bro bought (it was Dlink anyway). And subsequently when I moved into my own home in Bdr Utama, I bought a netgear as well.

Having moved to Canada and living a apartment here, Internet is essential and now that both me and my wife have separate laptops, a router was the only solution. And so, without any doubt Netgear was my choice. This time I choose the model WNR2000. However, for the pass few days, I've been having slight trouble with the laptops wireless connection.

After awhile I figured it out. The problem was my settings to the number for Channel input as you can see from the diagram below. Previously it was set to "Auto" and I believe that actually made the router picked a channel the conflict with the many number of wireless networks available in the apartment. So after setting it to fix number, the problem (I guess) should be solve. It has been 3 hrs thus far of uninterrupted wifi connection.

Use the Technology from the GlassFish Community

Although my username here may imply that I am of a BIG Blue based technology, that's really not the case. After years of using WebSphere technology, and keeping myself close to others out in the market, I realize what I have missed thus far. The competition can also do the thing. WebSphere which claims to have a sizable user base for its SOA range of products will now have to face even stiffer competition from Oracle. The problem is Glassfish! A gem from SUN which of course some may have heard are now in the works to be aquired by the Big Red.

Oh well, I'm but a mere user and still baby steps from using Glassfish. Probably would write some comments in here a bit later to talk about what I feel about it. Care to recommend any books or other forms of resources for newbies like me?

Prologue (prō'lôg', -lŏg')

So I've decided to separate my technical blog from my other blog which I share with my wife. Consider this a repository of my ideas, thoughts, experiences and so called wisdom with respect to matters concerning technology. Its a place that I could simply write as I like and not care much as to whether others may understand the terminology I am using.

Wait a minute, but isn't the title of the blog - "Preaching Tech Wisdom In Layman's Term"? Then if it is, isn't that going against what I said earlier. Oh well it is in a way. But what I am saying is that I don't have to over simplify things here. The title serves me a purpose of reminding myself not to go too deep into the techno-jargons or techno-babbel. Of course when it can be help, I'll write it in plain English. But at times though, it is simply impossible to do so, so I won't be bothered then to change things.

Any thoughts or opinions here are of my own and my own only. It doesn't reflect that of the company I am associated with (if you know where that is of course! Nope! It's no longer Big Blue, although my name, "thewebsphereguy" may imply so), nor does it reflect any other forms of organization that I am link to.