It was the router

little computer, originally uploaded by edrahe.

As far as I know my HP Pavillion laptop is still somewhere being fixed.The last I heard they were waiting for a part from the manufacturer.

I wrote earlier aabout purchasing an Asus Eee to tide me over until my laptop returns. Its a cool little machine but I was frustrated when I got it home and it wouldn't connect to my home wireless router. Quite by coincidence when I was having problems connecting my Dell work laptop at home our company IT guy determined that I must have a bad router. Smart guy he is. I got a new router and now both laptops connect at home. Problem solv ed.

As for the Asus, it is a tiny lille thing. I thought I might have problems touch typing on the smalll keyboard. While its not the same as typing on a big computer I can manage. And I have large fingers.Taken for what it is-- a portable internet device -- I think I'm going to get along fine. Just don't expect doing any photo editing on it.