Monday, February 02, 2009

Cascading routers ... or is it modems

I bought a wireless router nearly two months ago but I couldn't get it to work. I would have taken it back but I threw the box away. The trouble was I have a cable modem complete with a VOIP Gateway, another modem.

The Linksys directions weren't prepared for that and gave no direction on how to fix the problem.

At wit's end, I found the customer service line - 24 hours. After only a 10 minute wait, I got my operator.

I had hooked it up perfectly but he had to create cascading routers, or modems. And he did this pretty efficiently. While waiting for the computer to catch up, I asked what country he was located it.

When he said the Philippines, I figured we had something that connected us in this big world - bakitwhy.com.

He loved the name and told me that most Pilipinos in LA were nurses. He said he would be sure to check it out.