October 9, 2007

October 9, 2007
Might as well write today's journal in an OpenOffice.org Writer document. I notice that when I opened OppenOffice an xterm window opens too with line 67-40-125-196:~ John$ When I enter ls and hit return it shows me a number of files which turn out to be the same files as in the home directory of the MacBook (John). This seems to be the default place to store odt documents. Speaking of which I have been trying to get the MacBook to access the internet through the airport extreme, again with no apparent success. I called the apple care site where I was put on hold, told the waiting time was 8 minutes and then after 5 or 6 minutes the line went dead. So much for Apple Care. I do not seem to have done much today.

I took down the cable modem to return to Charter as Barbara called and canceled our internet connection which costs $50 per month and from which we are getting virtually no connectivity. I plugged the ethernet connection (switch) that had been plugged into the cable modem in to the switch for the Earthlink DSL connection but it did not immediately give internet access. Connected to this switch is the Gateway Computer which runs ClarkConnect software and is the server for wassons.com, the old airport, The G4, the Dell Inspiron (running linux), and the HP 2200 printer. I had to remove the G4 from the EarthlinkDSL switch so I had a port to connect the other switch. It does not do much, but I was able to print a document from the G4 to the HP 4600 which is on the other switch, by using its IP address which was 10.0.1.3

I will continue trying to get the network working and connect to the internet, but I am afraid wassons.com is off the air until Thanksgiving at which time I might be able to get Paul to help me get it going again. Lacking a wireless connection to the internet, my iPhone is also unable to send out email by WiFi. I can however use any of my computers as long as they have an ethernet connection to the switch that is connected to EarthlinkDSL. Also in the success column I have been able to install the upgrade to Final Cut Pro and have been using it to edit the videos for the prairie projects of Rud, Bill, Al, and Bob.