Strong Wi-Fi. Happy wife. Happy life. How ChatGPT helped me fix our home internet.

A few weekends ago, my spouse remaining on a endeavor trip alongside one instruction: fix the Wi-Fi before I get back.

Her Zoom calls kept dropping during crucial meetings, so I tracked an old Cat 6 ethernet cable from our data closet so I could hardwire her laptop to the interwebs. The lone problem? It ended as a raw, cut end, and I had no idea how to terminate it alongside an ethernet plug.

So I did what I do these days whenever I'm out of my depth: I asked ChatGPT.

I sent it photos at all stage. It told me which tools to buy, showed me how to band the cable, arrange the eight small wires in the correct order, and equal drew small diagrams whenever words weren't enough. When I got frustrated, it gave me a pep talk.

My archetypal attempt lone delivered concerning 100 Mbps alternatively of our 1 Gbps net connection. ChatGPT guessed two wires were faulty, suggested an cheap cable tester, interpreted the flashing lights from a photo, and confirmed the diagnosis. I cut the connector off and started again alongside a simpler plug it recommended.

The result? Around 850 Mbps.

My lone complaint: ChatGPT would occasionally disappear downward a rabbit gap alongside direction that was far additional complex than I needed, so I'd prompt it I wasn't rewiring Silicon Valley. I fair wanted my wife's Zoom calls to halt dropping.

So far, her video calls have been perfect. Without ChatGPT, there's no chance I'd have pulled this off.

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