[geeks] Home Router Support

[Lionel Peterson]

Isn't this why the Geek Squad was invented?

Most people that have a hard time with things like this either have a close-
by relative that will help them OR leans on their ISP to help them reset their
ISP-supplied cable modem router.

I casually thought about setting up a PC repair/support business but once you
take it out of your basement/garage you really have to ask for Geek Squad-like
fees, which nearly eliminates any real market advantage you might have had,
IMHO.

Lionel

On Jul 5, 2012, at 8:38 PM, Brian Dunbar <brian.dunbar at gmail.com> wrote:

> Is there anyone in the business of setting up home routers for people
> and managing them?
>
> Got a friend in Green Bay.  I setup his router for him - a Linksys
> WRT54.  A few weeks ago he was having issues (he lost the password)
> and brother it was a chore walking him through resetting it over the
> phone.
>
> I really wanted to just login and fix things.  So much easier than
> walking him through it on the phone: (okay, enter 127.0.0.1 in the
> address bar ... the white space where you type in the URL .. no not
> start - run ... okay first open Internet Explorer ..)
>
> Made me wonder if there isn't someone making a living cranking out
> (DD-WRT / Open-WRT / Whatever) on routers, then supporting them over
> the net.
>
> Heard of anything like that?
>
> ~brian
>
> "Display some adaptability"
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