Before beginning this story, which ends
with be3ing able to actually watch #Instant #NetFlix (movies delivered directly
to my TV set with no discs involved), I need to warn the reader that two
technical terms will be used: modem and
router.
Both are small, gray towers which sit side
by side on my desk. One, the modem, has
more than a half dozen green lights.
Green is good because that indicates that all is well. The other, the router, has one green light.
I would like to define what the modem and
the router do. Unfortunately, I
cannot.
All I know is that they are important for
delivering access to the Internet and Instant NetFlix. For all I know, they may also be broadcasting
messages from aliens, irradiating our food or delivering insights that can only
be understood by our dog.
Now that we understand the terms, I will
proceed with the story:
After three years of struggling, after
three experts were baffled by the problems, we are now able to watch Instant
Netflix on Netflix through our Blu-Ray.
In years previous, my son-in-law, Mark,
who can make robots respond with accuracy and alacrity in the movies and who has,
to my knowledge, never been defeated by anything based on computers, gears or
wheels, was frustrated by this installation in Santa Fe. He entered various passwords, changed the
position of the router, etc., but could not get a signal from the desk in my
office to the living room TV set and Blu-Ray.
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