Router and modem demons are monkeying with my equipment!
Thursday, January 20, 2005
Have you ever noticed that if you leave your router or even your modem unattended for longer than 2 days that the router demons will come to attack it?
Seriously! Every time i leave for any significant amount of time (i.e. whenever i go home for vacation) i come back to a router that seems to hate the world so much that it has committed suicide without my daily mollifications of “there there, you really *are* necessary and loved!” Then the modem goes and throws a hissy fit and decides to RESET THE PROVIDER ID and PASSWORD *BY ITSELF!!!* Yes, this should never happen.
I have no idea what causes these things, except that perhaps there are small internet demons lurking near my computer, waiting for me to leave so that they can work their mischief in my absence. The must speak lies and deceit to the router and modem and cause them to turn to self-loathing and destructive behaviors. Sounds a lot like Wormtongue from LOTR.
As you can tell, I am getting a little sick of the wee beasties that cause me such angst. It drives me up the wall, but it especially makes my roommate go absolutely nuts! And to top it off, she has that huge virus (AOL) installed on her machine which makes it even harder to connect even when we *do* have a good connection!! Whatever the case, the things the internet demons do are so random and unpredictable. And it’s always something new and different. (Hey, you know what they say about variety...)
Anyway, maybe i can pray away the router demons or exercise them or something...foul creatures from the pits of hell.
(By the way, i don’t *really* believe that there are demons attacking my router.)
y’mean make your router demons do push-ups? that’d sure be good exercise =)
man, i know what you mean - even if i’m gone for the weekend i have to reset our router, although it usually hasn’t changed the password or anything like that… but lucky for your roommate you’re tech support, eh? =)
Posted by kimi =) on 01/21 at 11:31 AMyou could maybe harness their evil powers for your use. and send them to someone elses house that you know.
Posted by Ryan Moore on 01/26 at 05:04 PM