My trip to White River Junction, Wiliston and Rutland, sponsored by Airgas.
Trip #2 is here.
Wednesday, August 17, 2005.
08:20 leave home.
10:00 Arrive in WRJ.
Run a cat5 cable from network nook to
front counter.
Add jetdirect box.
Lend Dale a drill bit to cut another hole in counter.
Disconect HPLJ1200 from PC and connect to jetdirect box.
Reconfigure CU to work correctly.
Wash hands.
11:00 Depart.
11:02 McDonalds
11:15 Depart.
12:45 Arrive in Williston.
12:50 find store.
Looks cleaner from this angle.
Across parking lot is new site.
Twice the space.
Convenient loading dock.
Executive parking lot.
New showroom.
I made myself comfortable.
Internet Access:
Split line to fax machine, send one half to DSL Modem.
Send output from Modem to Data Port 14.
The Warehouse
Trying to fit into network room.
Can't quite make it in.
Built shelves, Installed UPS and Switch.
Send Data Port 14 to Switch via Yellow cable.
Feed Data Ports 1-13 and 15 from Switch via RG&B cables.
14:00 contact corporate office to get Router configured.
Thursday, August 18, 2005.
99th Anniversary of HSP.
13:15 router still not configured, losing daylight, depart for Rutland.
Looking southwest from South Burlington.
The Adirondacks.
Mt Mansfield.
More Adirondacks.
15:30 Arrive in Rutland,
directions were simple: Turn Right at Blockbuster, then turn Left at
cornfield.
Rutland's Network nook.
Across the street from Blockbuster
What I've learned about installing DSL.
1) It "should" just work.
To test it, fill in the following:
All five values should be specified by the ISP.
Then you should be able to surf.
2) Make sure Richard really told Bill Johnson that the router was going
to need configuring.
3) Expect to go back in a week.