{"id":825,"date":"2009-08-10T11:07:46","date_gmt":"2009-08-10T17:07:46","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/bezaires.com\/blog\/?p=825"},"modified":"2012-01-28T23:57:47","modified_gmt":"2012-01-29T06:57:47","slug":"works-better-plugged-in","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/bezaires.com\/blog\/post-id\/825","title":{"rendered":"Works Better Plugged In"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"Fishing<\/a> WiFi Internet access has become a common feature at RV parks, and, here in Valdez, the service was about average: not too speedy with all too common service drops. Today I learned one of the causes.
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\nWe received mail here in Valdez, so I needed to spend a few hours catching up on a couple weeks of bills and records. It’s all computerized, of course, and Internet enables downloading transactions, reconciling balances, etc. I was off to a good start with pretty good WiFi service in the morning, but about noon it died.<\/p>\n

I resorted to my Verizon telephone for a backup Internet connection which, in this area, is about as slow as the dial-up modems we used in the 1980s. After a couple hours of frustration I walked to the office to ask if anything had changed that might cause their WiFi to be down.<\/p>\n

\"Tanker<\/a> “No. Nothing new,” replied the owner. “Ever since we put in the second access point, it has been acting a bit strange. You might just have to bring your computer up here to the office so you get a stronger signal.”<\/p>\n

Back at the RV I found that the “second access point” — the only one strong enough to reach out to the RVs —\u00a0 wasn’t available. I walked back up to the office with my IPOD Touch — which is a pretty good WiFi sniffer.<\/p>\n

\"Sea<\/a> When I mentioned that access point “Sea Otter 2” was not available at all, she led me toward the door and started talking about having to do something to her truck. A bit perplexed, I followed and watched her unplug the vacuum cleaner that was next to the open doors of her pickup. She then plugged a yellow extension cord into the open receptacle. It looped several feet down to the ground and then up fifteen feet to disappear behind the eave.<\/p>\n

“Try it now,” she said. Naturally, the IPOD reported a strong, healthy “Sea Otter 2” signal, and here I am back at the RV with a good connection once again.<\/p>\n

It’s funny how it always seems to work better when it’s plugged in!<\/p>\n

Fortunately,there’s more to Valdez (and life!) than Internet, and we enjoyed our stay here. Take a look at the photos in the album titled 07-31 Valdez<\/a> at the right.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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