Thursday, May 18, 2006

Amtrak internet connection, part 2

A week after recycling the power on Amtrak's wireless router in the D.C. Club Acela, I again was traveling and offline most of the day, before arriving a little early at the Amtrak station to send and receive email. This time 8 1/2 x 11 pieces of paper with the note "Sorry Internet Access is Down" were taped to the monitors in the computer room.

Just for kicks, I took out my own ethernet cable (I've learned to travel with my own) and plugged it into a wall jack (not the same one the router was plugged into). It worked.

I don'’t know what was wrong with the router or the other PCs. I had a train to board.

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