[olpc-help] connecting to Ethernet instead of going wireless

[ffm]

Sorry for the misunderstanding. It should not require any further user
intervention.

-ffm

On Dec 26, 2007 7:08 PM, Larry J. Maltin <lmaltin at suffolk.lib.ny.us> wrote:

> No, no, no; quite clearly my question was misunderstood. I will purchase
> for myself the necessary cable, that goes from Ethernet to USB. I only
> want to know whether I can simply plug into the hotel's Ethernet and
> into the Lappie with a USB. I would like to know this before I went to
> the trouble of locating and purchasing the connector. And, yes I am
> fully aware that the project's target... . This is NOT a complaint, but
> merely a question. I think what you guys and gals are doing is beyond
> laudable.
>
> Larry
>
> ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
> Larry Maltin
> Dix Hills, NY  11746-8021
> USA
> ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
>
>
>
> ffm wrote:
> > It would increase the cost of the laptop by about 10-20 USD if we
> > included an ethernet port on the laptop, and our target users (kids
> > with schoolservers with wifi) have no need for ethernet.
> >
> > -ffm
> >
> > On Dec 26, 2007 6:23 PM, Larry J. Maltin <lmaltin at suffolk.lib.ny.us
> > <mailto:lmaltin at suffolk.lib.ny.us>> wrote:
> >
> >     Heck, you mean it is more than simply "plugging into the Ethernet
> port
> >     in my hotel room?"
> >     L
> >
> >     ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
> >     Larry Maltin
> >     Dix Hills, NY  11746-8021
> >     USA
> >     ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
> >
> >
> >
> >     Rafael Enrique Ortiz Guerrero wrote:
> >     > Hi larry
> >     >
> >     > Yes you can,  see:
> >     >   http://wiki.laptop.org/go/USB_ethernet_adaptors
> >     >
> >     >
> >     >
> >     > On Dec 26, 2007 6:19 PM, Larry J. Maltin <
> >     lmaltin at suffolk.lib.ny.us <mailto:lmaltin at suffolk.lib.ny.us>
> >     > <mailto:lmaltin at suffolk.lib.ny.us
> >     <mailto:lmaltin at suffolk.lib.ny.us>>> wrote:
> >     >
> >     >     I've had the disappointing experience of not being able to get
> >     >     onto the
> >     >     internet while away from home. However, had I had the means to
> >     >     plug into
> >     >     an available Ethernet, there would have been no problem. How
> >     can I
> >     >     do it?
> >     >     Larry
> >     >
> >     >     ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
> >     >     Larry Maltin
> >     >     Dix Hills, NY  11746-8021
> >     >     USA
> >     >     ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
> >     >
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