Tag: network

Just can’t stand Lenovo any longer

Another personal hit against Lenovo has shown up. I recently needed to replace the WLAN card in one of my laptops. I grabbed an older Intel-2230 off the shelf and put it in.

I did it while the PC was hibernating (I know… testing in production and all that.) The OS recognized it immediately upon coming back up.

Later on however when I went to restart the thing, I received a cold warning from Lenovo. The apparently well-known 1802 Error.

In short the 1802 error means only a very specific set of add-ons such as WLAN, WWAN, and HDDs are whitelisted. You are not allowed to use something that Lenovo doesn’t want you to.

If I wanted to be restricted and cave and operate only according to a manufacturer’s demands, I would use Apple.

Between this, the Superfish incident, and the pre-installed malware that came on TWO Lenovo Yogas, I am again ruling out Lenovo from ever being part of my deployments again.

Pile of product for wireless network

Wireless network setup: Day 1

Tablets for the Oldsters

This week I’m volunteering at my favorite non-profit Elderhaven, setting up a wireless network and teaching the elderly residents of the care home how to Skype.

We originally thought of this project several months ago when a grant opportunity was announced for Southern Arizona-based non-profts that deal with the issues of aging. The idea lay dormant for a few weeks after we didn’t make the grant cut. But the idea had merit, and I decided when trying to do the next annual Arizona Gives Day fundraiser, we should bring the project back. Instead of copying and pasting all the “please donate” text from the previous years, I suggested that Elderhaven take a different approach to donations.

The plan that was formulated included fundraising for the distinct goal of reducing the isolation many of the elderly residents feel in their old age. We wanted to use modern technology to bring a new mechanism for human connection into their lives. And so the plan was born.

We ran the Arizona Gives Day campaign not as a general fundraiser, but as a platform for money to go directly to the “Tablets for the Elderly project at Elderhaven.” Over the course of 24 hours we raised $1425 towards the project. Although this amount was only a fraction of the way to our goal, it was enough to adopt Plan B where yours truly installs the wireless network and develops the training.

 

It’s going to be a great week!

 

 

 

 

 

 

(Here’s what Plan B *really* looked like until I flew in this AM)

(totally taken from boardgamegeek.com)
(totally taken from boardgamegeek.com)