Setting up a wireless network can unearth a whole range of problems. Well, that didn't take long. Just three months after moving into my new flat, I've finally got my wireless network up and running reliably again. Wireless is a funny combination of anticipation, pleasure and pain, not necessarily in that order. It starts with the anticipation: all those wires you can get rid of; thoughts of putting the printer in the airing cupboard or somewhere else suitably inconspicuous; the ability to surf the Web on the laptop while you sit on the sofa. Everything clean, tidy and clutter-free. It's a marketing Nirvana of healthy-living, Habitat-furniture-buying, beautiful twenty-somethings, relaxing in the bay window with a pair of khakis, a chai latté and a King Charles spaniel while booking their next trip to Krakow on Lastminute.com.
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