Of routers and Chrome

Three routers, three different brands (Linksys, TRENDnet & Gateway) and whenever I log into the router using Google Chrome, change a setting and click the button to commit my changes I get this screen:

What is it about routers and .tri pages that Chrome doesn't like?

2008 WiFi Connectivity Grants

Seven months of planning has led the announcement of my first (as in totally my idea) state-wide project here in Nebraska. I'm totally stoked! IN the past 24 hours we've had ten libraries apply including one that chose the "less traditional" computer option.

Nebraska’s public libraries are invited to apply for WiFi Connectivity Grants, funded by the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation, to put WiFi into as many as 75 public libraries without such access. A WiFi router and a choice of portable computers will be provided to successful applicants to enable them to provide wireless Internet access in the library itself to their customers. Applications are due no later than 2 September 2008. Michael Sauers, Technology Innovation Librarian, is heading up this project as part of the Nebraska Library Commission’s effort to make 2008, “the year of WiFi in Nebraska.”

For questions contact Michael Sauers at 800-307-2665 or 402-471-3106, or Richard Miller at 800-307-2665 or 402-471-3175.

Do your patrons know your WiFi policy?

In my tech support & security workshop I discussed WiFi and why you should offer it in your library. We also talked about basic WiFi security and the dangers of open, unsecured WiFi from the user's point of view. I was asked about policy issues and was able to remember most of what I talked about in my article on the issue published last year in Computers in Libraries. However, I had totally forgotten that that morning when I connected to the open WiFi at the Omaha Public Library I had to click through a short, to the point, yet completely wonderful screen that made me accept their policy. It covers everything. So, for the benefit of yesterday's workshop attendees and for all my other library readers, here it is.

CL2007: The WiFi Situation

WiFi in the rooms is $10 a day through T-Mobile unless you're running Vista. If you are running Vista, T-Mobile is offering free access through the end of the month. Find the right link on the T=Mobile home page for the free access.

In the main ballroom, and I assume in the other conference rooms, there is free WiFi! Just look for the SSID "CIL1"

Gamer busted for "borrowing" library WiFi after hours - Engadget

Engadget is reporting the story of someone being hassled by the police for using open WiFi from the library in Palmer, Alaska after the library was closed for the day. No link to an article from a local source is present in the Engadget report. Can anyone confirm or deny this story?

I feel ethical again

Yes folks, the 6MB/sec DSL line is up and running and the (WPA secured) WiFi works throughout the house. (I'm blogging from my living room sofa right now.) I no longer have to mooch off the weak yet open signal from the neighbors.