So for all your no hacker elite speakers, 'pwned' is slang for 'owned' (since people typing online often miss important keys and the like. To 'own' something is to dominate, control and totally master. That is indeed what I did with my Verizon FIOS on Thursday.
All of the folks that I had talked too had complained of a gradual slowing down of their FIOS internet after they installed FIOS tv. I questioned the installer at length and he was... well, as helpful as a person can be who FIOS is their job and not their passion (let me put it this way, I helped him install the router). But all that aside, he had assured me that no, FIOS boots for on demand programing and I wouldn't loose a drop of my 20 down that I abuse on a daily basis.
Last Monday I noticed that my service was getting slower. Well, perhaps it could have been that my Hard Drive on my MacBook Pro was filling up (again - you would think that 4 external portable hard drives would be enough for a guy, but turns out, nope). Yet, after porting some files to another drive, nothing. I mean my browser was starting to time out. Not a happy Bob.
See the first thing I did when FIOS got installed initially was replace their router with an Apple one (the thing is pretty much a tank and its wireless 'n' so my internal network just hauls and I'm able to pull down lots of info from multiple sources on multiple computers (I've mentioned in the past I'm a geek right?). I was sadden when the installer said, sorry, due to the on demand and what not, we have to use the Verizon router, you can't use yours at all. At which point, I said, "oh really? Step back Jr. and watch." So I had to slave my Apple router to the Verizon one and then I just turned off wireless and let Apple do its thing.
Worked great for the first month... then the suckage set in. Then I got mad.
So, I thought what the heck, let's see how this thing really works.
LONG boring tech story later, I set my Apple router up as the main router, installed the Verizon one as a slave (with the wireless still turned off). Everything still works and the internet is FIOS awesome again.
Verizon: Great fiber optics. Crappy routers :)
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All hail Bob! Oh, to have the tech knowledge that you have in your little finger.
Bob, With the class almost over, I thought I was finally getting it. I guess not. What did you say?? Next time, please speak English! Laura
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