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Jeff Wrangler:
--- Quote from: CellarDweller on March 13, 2020, 10:38:12 pm ---This week they started doing "stress tests" of the system, to make sure the system would work with a large number of employees working from home.
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At my work, we're doing that on Tuesday. I hope working at home remains optional. It is seriously inconvenient for me. Till I get the ethernet cord, the power cord, and the mouse tether all plugged in, I've got wires running every which way. Then, of course, there is the whole matter of the laptop screen and keyboard.
--- Quote ---I had wanted to go back to the office today, and get my full-sized keyboard, mouse and extra monitors so I could work from home more effectively. However, a second email went out saying that we are not allowed to take the extra equipment home. We are supposed to work on our laptops only.
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We had an e-mail yesterday that we can take monitors home (I don't remember what it said about keyboards. Imagine me carrying a 17-inch monitor on the subway--let alone two of them! :laugh:
--- Quote ---I placed an order for pick up tomorrow, as I do my shopping every two weeks, so we'll see what is in stock and what is not. LOL I do have some food in the freezer, so I'm not worried, I will be fine.
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I hope you ordered plenty of toilet paper. :laugh:
serious crayons:
--- Quote from: Jeff Wrangler on March 14, 2020, 01:23:42 pm ---Till I get the ethernet cord, the power cord, and the mouse tether all plugged in, I've got wires running every which way.
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Can you access your condo's wireless service with your computer? If you can do that, you wouldn't need the ethernet cord, right? And you can get a mouse that works with a USB plug and has no tether -- inexpensive and available for order from Best Buy, Amazon, etc. And if the laptop has a good battery you could unplug the power cord except when charging it. And voila! If all three work, no wires.
Jeff Wrangler:
--- Quote from: serious crayons on March 15, 2020, 12:17:02 pm ---Can you access your condo's wireless service with your computer? If you can do that, you wouldn't need the ethernet cord, right? And you can get a mouse that works with a USB plug and has no tether -- inexpensive and available for order from Best Buy, Amazon, etc. And if the laptop has a good battery you could unplug the power cord except when charging it. And voila! If all three work, no wires.
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The building doesn't supply WiFi service. You have to get it on your own. My assumption is that I do not have it because when the tech from Verizon came to install my FiOS, he asked me if I wanted it, and I said No, because the only device I have is my desktop PC, which is not WiFi enabled. Then I was thinking of WiFi in the sense of having a laptop or some other device to use in the bedroom, and I wasn't interested in that. I might think about trying the company laptop without plugging in the ethernet cord just to see what happens.
I have a wireless mouse to use with the laptop that I now keep at my dad's, and I really like it. I have a kind of philosophical objection to spending my money on equipment for my job, but if it turns out that I'll be working at home for any length of time, I may have to bite the bullet and buy a full-size keyboard for my own comfort. It might be that I could go into the office just to get my office keyboard to bring home to use. (We are able to do that; I just meant being allowed to go back in the building to get the keyboard if I decided I need it. I don't want to have to carry it home on public transportation if I don't have to.
It also crossed my mind to see if there is such a thing as a "splitter" of some kind that could be placed in an ethernet port so you could plug two cords into one port. I don't like having to unplug my own PC to plug in the office laptop.
brianr:
I through ethernet was dodo technology. I have had wifi through the house since I moved in nearly 10 years ago and had fibre installed to the house (free) about 5 years ago. I cannot remember when I last needed to use an ethernet cord in a hotel when travelling.
serious crayons:
I've used ethernet when my wireless was malfunctioning. Never, that I can recall, in a hotel. Though I do remember the days when I traveled without a laptop, and I would have to use the hotel-provided computers ... to visit BetterMost! :laugh:
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