usb internet hookup

Jim mickeyboa at sbcglobal.net
Sat Jun 28 18:25:53 UTC 2008


Frank Cox wrote:
> My wife is off visiting her mother and she took her Fedora 8 laptop with her.
>
> I set up network manager on it so it will just log into any available Internet
> connection without any user intervention required.   It works fine here.
>
> She just sent me this:  "I don't know if I will be able to use my laptop.
> Esthel's modem is linked to her computer with a USB cable. Strange. I
> tried to use both cable that's linked to the router but none worked. Maybe I'm
> doing something wrong or as Esthel said we have to install something on
> my computer but who knows if it has Linux."
>
> The Internet there is a DSL connection from Mauritius Telecoms.  I've never
> dealt with a setup like that, so does anyone know where to go from here?
> Perhaps she's just out of luck?
>
>
>   
It's unusual that it does not have Cat5/RJ45 off the ISP/modem. She's 
having a physical connection problem only.
Does the ISP/Modem have Wireless ? 
Does your laptop have wireless capabilities  ?    If your laptop had a  
USB internal Eathernet/NIC , no problem.
 From what I can see is that Wireless is your only option.




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