Computers and Shawarmas

That was an odd time in computerdom.

In order to watch Wimbledon tennis, we had signed up for month of live-streaming with the sports channel. But we were getting horrendous internet timeouts. I called our internet provider, and they had me reset the router. It worked.

It worked but resulted in concomitant issues 

The network name changed. The first thing we noticed was that we had to reset the thermostat, but that was just the beginning.

We couldn’t reconnect Sue’s computer to wifi because both the network name and password had reverted to something or other and we didn’t know what.

This went on into the next day when with some thought on my part some input from others, I found how to talk to my router and re-input my former network names and passwords.

Alexa had also been affected, but we got her talking to us again as well.

Strangely enough our Apple phones and tablets had adapted to the new configuration seamlessly both with the original change and then setting the network name and passwords back again. Go figure.

The difficulty had also been compounded by the collapse of one of the three main internet and cellular providers in the country. When I was still confused about what to do about my wifi problems (although we did figure it out later) I couldn’t even make a phone call to my internet provider who largely used the Rogers infrastructure. Anyone who used Rogers was affected. Many couldn’t even make purchases when out and about. Sue met her Friday coffee gals at McDonalds and noted that many Rogers customers were there just to text relatives as McDonalds had a different internet provider.

When we met Sha and the kids for shawarmas, the lady before us couldn’t pay with her Visa card, but our Mastercard went through without a hitch. However, we had also made sure to take enough cash, just in case.

We did enjoy our shawarmas outdoors next to town hall by the river and then came back to ours for Wizard and contemplations about addressing my own computer issues that had nothing to do with the Rogers collapse.

Just for a change, I have photos of our lunch by the river.