At this precise moment all three computers have Net connectivity and can talk to each other. It was all working a bit earlier but somehow it messed itself up again. (I ended up just installing NetBEUI just to get them all to talk to each other. Every time XP wante to create a “Network Bridge” everything just fell apart again.) For the past half-hour, the new laptop has been attempting to connect to AOL every time it needed to do a DNS lookup. That seems to have stopped itsel with several release/renews on the router along with many reboots of the laptop.
Michael Sauers is the Director of Logan Library in Logan, UT. Prior to this he was one of the founding staff and Technology Manager for Do Space in Omaha, NE. After earning his MLS in 1995 from the University at Albany's School of Information Science and Policy Michael spent his first 20 years as a librarian training other librarians in technology along with time as a public library trustee, a bookstore manager for a library friends group, a reference librarian, a technology consultant, and a bookseller. He has written dozens of articles for various journals and magazines and has published 14 books ranging from library technology, blogging, Web design, and an index to a popular horror magazine. In his spare time, he blogs at TravelinLibrarian.info, runs The Collector's Guide to Dean Koontz website at CollectingKoontz.com, takes many, many photos, and typically reads more than 100 books a year.
Unless otherwise stated, all opinions are my own and are not to be considered those of the City of Logan, UT.
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