Sharon is Karen

This weekend I set up sharing my DSL connection with my cousin.

I first set up DHCP, to simplify networking. Then I made a four floor long ethernet cable and dragged it all the way to the basement. Finally, I configured both the laptop and the desktop to use ethernet instead of dial-up.

Once upstairs, I noticed a dramatic slowdown in download speed—the TCP ACKs were being delayed.

That is a task for the next time I visit home.

On a completely unrelated note, I have a surrogate sister named Karen. My mom often confuses the name Sharon with Karen.