All About My Network

I’ve slowly been recovering from my bee stings. The swelling has gone down quite a bit, my eye is starting to look normal again and the itching tells me that I’m healing.  My allergic reaction to the stings has been a pain but at least it’s almost over. I had planned to install my new 250 G hard drive in my main computer by now but I’ve been taking it easy. I’ve attempted to use my Vista system as my home server but networking with Vista is quite a challenge. The Public folders are the only ones I’ve been successful with sharing with the other computers and the tivos in my home.

In my office I have a Series 2 Tivo, a desktop system (built myself) running Vista Ultimate and a  Dell desktop running XP. I have to keep XP running because most of my software won’t work with Vista such as my DVD & Movie Authoring software. In my bedroom I have another Series 2 Tivo and my Dell notebook running XP. Downstairs I have a Series 2 Tivo in the living room and a Dell desktop running XP. I also have a Dell Axim X51 PDA running Windows Mobile 5. That’s 4 PCs, 1 PDA and 3 Tivos all on my network which is a D-Link 614+ Router dishing out Cable Hi-speed internet. Oh, yeah, also a Vonage Linksys Router as well that provides me with my home and business telephone service (Voip). I’m amazed my internet speed is still quite fast considering how many things I have on the network! Everything is wireless except for one Tivo and 2 PCs, and they are ethernet cable connected. I ran out of ports in my router or I would have more things wired. Am I a certifiable geek or what?!