Word: ethernet
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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...heard horror stories about how long it would take to install the cable modem. These turned out to be untrue. Since I already had a TV-cable outlet in my home office, it took the cable guy half an hour to plug in the modem, drop an Ethernet card into my PC and configure it all. Bing, bang, I'm online at 5 or more megabits...
Much wailing and gnashing of teeth later, I called Apple's tech support. Its first suggestion was to hook up my iBook to the base station with an Ethernet cable--not included--and do a "hardware reset." Did someone say wireless? Eventually, an Apple product manager discovered the fault. Turns out AirPort needs the arcane "name server address" from my Internet service provider, something it had not asked for during the plug-and-play software setup...
...hooked. Climbing through the ranks of Compuserve, as a teenager, he ran a forum in exchange for free connection. He still surfs for free with his z@compuserve.com email address, but it doesn't mean as much anymore, he says, now that everyone at Harvard surfs for free with ethernet...
...comparison to schools, Harvard is behind in roaming ethernet technology, a delay caused by security concerns, according to Steen...
...Roaming ethernet is definitely coming," Osterberg said. "We know it's been a long wait, and that there have been several delays along the way, but we're very excited about it, and hope that our user population finds it to be as valuable a service as hope it will...