Thank you Scorpio.
I have already told Comcast about my vision problem but that does not mean
as much to its supervisor as making money.
I guess we'll take a shot at it. Your discussion will make it somewhat
easier. I think. I hope.
Lloyd fuge
----- Original Message -----
From: "Scorpio Forever" <scorpio...@gmail.com>
To: <blind-computing@jaws-users.com>
Sent: Thursday, July 08, 2010 10:54 PM
Subject: Re: [Blind-Computing] how hard to install a wireless router
Hello Lloyd,
While setting up a wireless router is fairly easy in terms of setting up
encryption and the like, in other words, a Wireless password so only
people
who have the password can access it, the hardware setup can be moderate to
advanced, depending on the type of service you have.
If you have or are looking to install a wireless router on a service
utilizing DSL service, then it may be difficult without sighted help, as
the
installation required the installation of filters to the existing phone
jacks, and those phone jack filters are rarely easy for a blind person to
be
able to distinguish between the line in and line out. for the router and
the
phone line.
Having said that, you said your friend is colour blind, and so the
difficulty level drops significantly for him, as he can look at the
diagrams
on the filters to be able to distinguish between the two jacks that have
to
be plugged in.
The only problem I could see him encountering, and this would be with both
services, cable and DSL, is being able to tell whether the router is
online
or not.
This part requires some colour identification with the lights on the
router,
and so if he cannot tell what colour the lights are, he can't advise the
rep, if he calls, what colour they are.
With the cable service, it's a bit more simplified, as it does not involve
any filtering of the lines, and just requires straight lines into the
router, and those are fairly hard to miss.
In most cases though, as soon as you tell the service provider that you're
blind/visually impaired, or even colour blind, in most cases, they are
required to send out a tech to install the piece of equipment, as it does
require sight to distinguish the colours on the router.
You should enquire about that.
Once the hardware is set up, the rest is fairly simple, and just involves
logging into the router to set up any firewall, although this part is
already configured by default, unless your friend operates a server or
something else that would require remote access, and setting up a password
for the wireless.
Advanced users will often access the router to increase the time out
protocols and connection types, but these are better left alone for people
who have little experience with those types of settings.
It's all done through your Internet browser, like Firefox or Internet
Explorer, and does require a username and password, but that can be given
to
you by your ISP tech support.
Hope this helps.
Scorpio
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