[olpc-help] connecting to Ethernet instead of going wireless
Larry J. Maltin
lmaltin at suffolk.lib.ny.us
Wed Dec 26 19:45:08 EST 2007
Great. Now to get the appropriately plugged cable. Err, can I do the
same thing at my home computer's internet connection? I have a cable
modem that is connected to my PC with a "phone" wire. If I get the
"appropriately plugged cable" do you think I can get online that way?
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Larry Maltin
Dix Hills, NY 11746-8021
USA
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ffm wrote:
> 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
> <mailto: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>
> > <mailto: 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>>
> > > <mailto: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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