wireless

I bought a 3 Prepaid mobile broadband Internet USB key modem so that I'm able to hook my eeePC up to the net wherever I am.. sometimes one is in between source and destination and needs to re-attach screen and fix a problem that Nagios has alerted one to :)

Today I finally stopped um-ing and ah-ing and went and bought a new Asus EeePC 1000HE :)

I originally bought a 701SD and loved it, but gradually grew frustrated with the tiny screen. The smaller netbooks get a bad rap for their keyboards being to small, but I actually got used to them. The screen was the bigger issue for me.

I bought a second hand 900 a couple of months back and that was a lot better screen-wise, but the Celeron processor and short battery life proved troubling again.

I recently acquired a Fujitsu Lifebook T2010 tablet for use as my work machine (finally giving me the opportunity to put aside a very tired Dell Dimension 4700). This tablet has an Intel Pro/Wireless 4965 wireless card. I'd used the 3945 before on a Dell Inspiron with minimum fuss (install the firmware, make a wpa_supplicant.conf, Bob's your uncle), so I figured I'd have a similar situation.