Baffled by Airport: the epilogue

[C. C. Wood]

On Wed, 7 Apr 2004, Clinton MacDonald wrote:

> Mr. Maier:
> 
> Francis X. Maier wrote:
> > Folks, trust me, I'm 55 and I've worked with computers for 20 years. So 
> > this is embarrassing.
> > 
> > The Airport card wasn't working because, uh, I hadn't plugged in the 
> > antenna to the card.
> 
> Well, it's nice to know that you *finally* found your solution -- and 
> learned an awful lot about wireless networking in Linux to boot!
> 
> I am only slightly younger than you, and I make such mistakes every day 
> before breakfast, so don't be embarrassed.
> 
> I just finished troubleshooting a vexing firewall problem in Mac OS X. 
> Got several members of our IT department involved. It turns out I forgot 
> to turn off some software I had installed 1-1/2 years ago. Now *that* 
> was embarrassing.
> 
> Good night!
> 
> Best wishes,
> Clint
> 
> 

The last two messages in this thread are an excellent example of what 
makes the YDL lists such a pleasure.  Thank you both.  Thank you all.

Cheers,

Chris