One night in Bisto

Like I told my host idahoswede earlier, it's not only about the amount of sleep one gets, it's also about the quality of sleep. Me, I've grown used to cars and trucks and the occasional ambulance driving past my bedroom window and the people in the flat above me being nocturnal and playing marbles during the night, so the utter silence of a Bisto night was extremely restful, and even though I had a dream bordering on nightmare of trying to set up the new office computers while everyone was busy and there was a meeting going on in the next room.

Last night, there were stars in the sky. When I was outside just now, enjoying my cancer stick in the fresh air of an overcast morning, I heard birdsong, and church bells. That was when I fell in love with Bisto, hook line and sinker.

I think I'm going to like it here.

Yesssssss

I am online from the office.
Strangely, wireless doesn't want to work, but Ethernet does. That's good enough for the moment, and wireless will be figured out later.
Anyone know why this may be?

Halp...

I was afraid this would happen. I can't seem to figure out the network setup. I can get the computers connected either to the internet or the intranet, but not both.
Damn, damn, damn...

I have coffee, and I have chocolate

What I don't have (yet) is an answer to the question why the computers won't talk to each other and the internet at the same time.
I think I need more hardware. And a handbook. Which doesn't exist.

The server acts as gateway... except when it doesn't

I've been reading up on networking and our server for the past couple of hours, thanks to sandykins57 (and many, many thanks to her!). My brain is buzzing from the information and from a very good red wine, but it is also shutting down slowly, and my eyes are kept open by sheer willpower, which is in danger of running out.

I'm going to bed. It will be an interesting day tomorrow, to say the least.