bestbuy's wifi? - Page 2

NinjaPablo · 03-31-2004

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Originally posted by deepblue
if we plug a customers computer into the network to get updates or some software we get a phone call about 15 minutes later yelling at us, my store has been hit with this alot , the other techs are umm lets just say stupid

Ever since Rhapsody came out, the connection has sucked because of all the display stations streaming. Not sure if you guys do this, but the one I was at, we made a CD (updated weekly) which had all the Windows Updates, Norton/McAfee DATs, PC Certify, SpyBot, and some other utilities on it. Then you write up a little batch file to run it all, maybe put together a nice autorun file, and tada! 1 click for customizations, tune ups, etc etc.

deepblue · 03-31-2004

yes we do the same thing as well we use a combonation of pen drives for all the techs and multiple cds for the big stuff

but still sometimes it would be nice to plug in a computer into a wired conection, and yess rhapsody is a pain since it does hog the conection

i dont know about you store but they are looking into getting the techs there own conection a 1mb cable line, wich we can actually view websties

the stupid company firewall blocks us form alot of usefull things\\

by the way were you the tech who came out with that little auto run cd that was spreadung around at the tech benches

NinjaPablo · 03-31-2004

I worked on a CD like that, but it wasn't passed around much that I know of. The one from my store (480, Muskegon) was passed to 409, 406, and 464 (Grand Rapids). Dunno if they passed it around or not.

The one I made used CDAuto for the menu, had the BBY logo in the background, and about 10-12 items on the menu, with a lot more stuff on it if you explored the CD.

deepblue · 03-31-2004

yes i do belive that is the one, if i rember right we found it on the little employe chat system some one said here i made this and we had to go to a seperate off network computer jsut to download it.

so we fired up a good old dail up conection. o ya 56k and downloaded it over night

ya my store 874 look us up some time store wise we are like 599 out of 608 yes we suck that bad

but are tech bench is ranked alot better

are hometheater or should i say now home esentials is pulling us down they never never never never make budget

they are allways like at 45% to budget while the computer department is allways over 100% o well
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me like being tech, black shirt all the way

Xenon · 05-05-2004

The AP at BestBuy where I live is a public AP. Thy encourage people to use it. They even advertise it in their entrance. There's a decent-sized poster that says "Welcome to the Best Buy Hotspot", and there are info cards on how to hook up into it via laptop or PDA. It is also used for their Wireless Networking demos. I love the HP wireless printer

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Novilio · 05-06-2004

Quote:

Originally Posted by Xenon

The AP at BestBuy where I live is a public AP. Thy encourage people to use it. They even advertise it in their entrance. There's a decent-sized poster that says "Welcome to the Best Buy Hotspot", and there are info cards on how to hook up into it via laptop or PDA.

The real problem Best Buy is going to have is prosecuting an intruder into one of their unprotected APs that isn't intended for public use, if they have a sign in the door inviting all the world and their little sisters to connect to another one on the same premises. In this case Best Buy may find itself without recourse if a clever cracker hooks into a cash register AP and then claims he was looking for the public hotspot.

I simply do not comprehend companies the size of Best Buy who claim that turning WEP on is "too hard."

--73--

--Novilio

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03-31-2004	#17 (permalink)
deepblue Registered Member Join Date: Jul 2003 Posts: 5	yes we do the same thing as well we use a combonation of pen drives for all the techs and multiple cds for the big stuff but still sometimes it would be nice to plug in a computer into a wired conection, and yess rhapsody is a pain since it does hog the conection i dont know about you store but they are looking into getting the techs there own conection a 1mb cable line, wich we can actually view websties the stupid company firewall blocks us form alot of usefull things\\ by the way were you the tech who came out with that little auto run cd that was spreadung around at the tech benches

03-31-2004	#18 (permalink)
NinjaPablo Unvisibual Join Date: Feb 2003 Location: West Michigan Posts: 91	I worked on a CD like that, but it wasn't passed around much that I know of. The one from my store (480, Muskegon) was passed to 409, 406, and 464 (Grand Rapids). Dunno if they passed it around or not. The one I made used CDAuto for the menu, had the BBY logo in the background, and about 10-12 items on the menu, with a lot more stuff on it if you explored the CD.

03-31-2004	#19 (permalink)
deepblue Registered Member Join Date: Jul 2003 Posts: 5	yes i do belive that is the one, if i rember right we found it on the little employe chat system some one said here i made this and we had to go to a seperate off network computer jsut to download it. so we fired up a good old dail up conection. o ya 56k and downloaded it over night ya my store 874 look us up some time store wise we are like 599 out of 608 yes we suck that bad but are tech bench is ranked alot better are hometheater or should i say now home esentials is pulling us down they never never never never make budget they are allways like at 45% to budget while the computer department is allways over 100% o well \ me like being tech, black shirt all the way

05-05-2004	#20 (permalink)
Xenon Registered Member Join Date: May 2004 Posts: 2	The AP at BestBuy where I live is a public AP. Thy encourage people to use it. They even advertise it in their entrance. There's a decent-sized poster that says "Welcome to the Best Buy Hotspot", and there are info cards on how to hook up into it via laptop or PDA. It is also used for their Wireless Networking demos. I love the HP wireless printer .