 For her birthday, I ended up getting Chris a Kobo Touch eReader. I did a bunch of research, talked to friends who had one etc. and in the end decided it was a better option than the Kindle, mostly because it used an open source book format and because it's more friendly to Canadians (Kindle has a lot of US only features). And while we already have an iPad, the iPad really isn't a good eReader between the glossy screen, larger size, and heavier weight. Overall she's been really happy with it. the eInk based screen looks terrific, much like the pages of an actual book look like. Today she asked me to hook it up to our WiFi network. Now normally this is a straightforward process, but I've put in some advanced security features such as not broadcasting the SSID (network name) and employing MAC filtering - only devices I authorize can join the network. So I wrote down the MAC address of the Kobo, plunked it into my Apple Airport Router's exception list, went to the Kobo network settings and punched in the info, hit the Join button....and....it gave me an error saying the password was incorrect. I then spent about an hour mucking with it and swearing until I finally got it to work. I searched Google and it seems a lot of Kobo users have issues with getting WiFi to connect. It works at a friends house or at a Starbucks, but when they try it at home they get the same error I was getting. So I read through the forums and tried the various suggestions (Factory reset, turning off MAC filtering, switching from WPA2 to WPA etc. etc.) with no luck. I also tried updating to the latest firmware but it still wouldn't work. Finally I came across one posting where the person said they got it working after power cycling their router. At this point I had exhausted all other options so I tried it and it connected! So the moral is, when all else fails, yank the bloody power cord. Now off to download some smutty romance novel... |