October 28, 2007

October 28, 2007 Word07 Inspiron
With some trepidation I started to put the new airport extreme wireless network into play. First I installed the software that came with it on the MacBook Pro, revised versions of airport utility and airport disk utility. Then I connected the WAN port on the airport to a port on the switch that has Earthlink DSL on it. Next I connected the shared hard drive BT6 to the USB port on the airport. I was then ready to turn on the airport and run airport utility. It immediately recognized the airport extreme which I was then able to connect to the internet by supplying the ID and password for my Earthlink DSL account. At this point I was able to log the Inspiron on but it was an unsecured service. At earlier times I have tried to log PCs on to an airport network with the message, a 15 or 5 character network password is required. I then went back to airport utility and set up a 15 character network password. I was then able to get on the internet with both the Inspiron and the Alienware laptops. The MacBook, of course is also connected to the internet. I also accessed the Ed 603 Gradebook file on the shared disk drive, made a correction to it, saved it, then saved it as a web page and put it on the MSUM web site with Fetch. I am delighted that everything works so well. I still have to see if Barbara’s iBook can connect and also that all four computers can print on the two connected network printers, the HP Color LaserJet 4600 and the HP LaserJet 2200, but I anticipate that this will work out fine.

Now I can get to work and incorporate the editorial changes brother Bill sent to me for the Passion For Grasses documentary.