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In an effort to become an even better domestic network administrator, I
\nfinally managed to setup a VPN<\/a> this
\nafternoon.  The VPN lets me call up any other computer’s monitor on the
\nlocal network or, put another way, I no longer have to traipse my lazy bones to
\nanother room if I want to spy on what Ph. is doing on the internets. 
\nSpying, parenting, call it what you want (split hairs only if you must). 
\nThe VPN is terrific for other stuff, too.  For example, given that Ph.’s
\nclunky old computer is password protected, I can simply veepen (VPN) his
\nmo-chine (his desktop pops up on my desktop) and type in the password without
\never leaving my seat.  Nifty. Also good for remotely running maintenance,
\nlike ad-aware and spybot apps.<\/p>\n

I should probably acknowledge that the setup was possible only with a
\ngenerous lent-hand from my
\nbrother<\/a>. When
\nwe were in Detroit last weekend, he recommended VPN as a solution to a few of
\nthe headaches I was describing to him.  I downloaded it and tried to
\ninstall it myself late last week: a plentitude of time-out errors. I could get
\nthe local system to ping, but the VPN wouldn’t work. And I could not isolate the
\ncause of the error.  Tried everything I could think of.  Today, I
\ncalled my brother (he was at my nephews soccer match and so had to call me
\nback.) After a half hour on the phone this afternoon, both of us were still
\nstumped.  And then J. asked me whether Windows Firewall was on<\/i>. 
\nMe: "Um. No. I’m sure it’s off. I use something else."  But I checked it
\nanyway because nothing else was fixing the mess, and sure enough, Windows,
\nkindly bowling over its numb-skull users, had quietly reactivated the firewall
\nduring the last update.  Once I turned it off, the VPN worked, magically
\nporting Ph.’s computer monitor onto my own.  <\/p>\n

Added irony: I was reading and making notes on Norman’s
\nDesign of
\nEveryday Things<\/i><\/a> before and after the debacle.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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