Just found another use for the little $25.00 ASUS RT-N12.
Wife has been on work from home since a year ago. She has to use a work-issued Lenovo laptop though she has 3 big screens, keyboard, mouse and all the goodies in her own little workspace. Lapop connects to the internet via wireless network adapter to a wifi router down in the basement, high speed rural broadband Rogers Internet25. She had been using her FIDO mobile data up until recently, same method of wireless networking to the mobile hotspot.
So the other morning she is freakin' out. no Internet. No Rogers, no FIDO. She's tried rebooting the computer, and it won't hold a wireless connection. And she has a big meeting in 10 minutes. But I am using FIDO mobile data and it works fine.
So I login to the UI on the little ASUS I use as the go-between for my phone. Enter SSID and password for her Rogers box. Now it is a repeater for her Internet. Unplug and take into her office, plug in, power up, connect mighty little ASUS to Lenovo with 5' ethernet cable. Bypasses the wireless network adapter, computer thinks it ethernet connected. It works.
Don't know what is up with computer wireles adapter. Corporate IT will have to fix. No Admin privileges for the users to troubleshoot or fix anything, and since it isn't mine I shouldn't bother. But I can build a network workaround if i have a few materials on hand. like MacGyver. or a Master Builder. Everything is awesome!
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