Shannon Town Men's Shed

 Unfortunately, on Tuesday Tony found that our existing PC wouldn't connect to our new WiFi router. Though curiously it will connect to a mobile phone hotspot! After trying different Windows 7 adaptor settings with no success (i.e. disable IPV6 and use fixed IP rather than DHCP) as it would continue to hang while identifying the network. So today Tony tried booting a Mint 20 Linux Operating System (OS) from a USB (rather than Windows 7 from the hard disk). And, after configurating the data and time, he could successfully browse and play YouTube videos :) He then removed the flat CR2032 cell battery from the motherboard which he will replace.

Today Tony installed WiFi in the Mens Shed.  This had been discussed in the last monthly committee meeting and it was decided to go with an LTE Router from Bilal Tech Shop in Shannon Town Shopping Centre and an An Post top up SIM from the Post Office in the shopping centre. Tony had got these last Tues and tested them at his home before installing today. It used mobile phone technology and acts as a mobile phone hotspot so you just pay 15 euro a month. Tony and other shedders then successfully connect to this WiFi router. Unfortunately, the Windows 7 PC couldn't but that will be covered in another blog post.