Hi larry <br><br>Np,, understood completly :).<br><br><div class="gmail_quote">On Dec 26, 2007 7:08 PM, Larry J. Maltin <<a href="mailto:lmaltin@suffolk.lib.ny.us">lmaltin@suffolk.lib.ny.us</a>> wrote:<br><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="border-left: 1px solid rgb(204, 204, 204); margin: 0pt 0pt 0pt 0.8ex; padding-left: 1ex;">
No, no, no; quite clearly my question was misunderstood. I will purchase<br>for myself the necessary cable, that goes from Ethernet to USB. I only<br>want to know whether I can simply plug into the hotel's Ethernet and
<br>into the Lappie with a USB. I would like to know this before I went to<br>the trouble of locating and purchasing the connector. And, yes I am<br>fully aware that the project's target... . This is NOT a complaint, but
<br>merely a question. I think what you guys and gals are doing is beyond<br>laudable.<br><div class="Ih2E3d"><br>Larry<br><br>~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~<br>Larry Maltin<br>Dix Hills, NY 11746-8021
<br>USA<br>~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~<br><br><br><br></div><div class="Ih2E3d">ffm wrote:<br>> It would increase the cost of the laptop by about 10-20 USD if we<br>> included an ethernet port on the laptop, and our target users (kids
<br>> with schoolservers with wifi) have no need for ethernet.<br>><br>> -ffm<br>><br>> On Dec 26, 2007 6:23 PM, Larry J. Maltin <<a href="mailto:lmaltin@suffolk.lib.ny.us">lmaltin@suffolk.lib.ny.us</a><br>
</div><div><div></div><div class="Wj3C7c">> <mailto:<a href="mailto:lmaltin@suffolk.lib.ny.us">lmaltin@suffolk.lib.ny.us</a>>> wrote:<br>><br>> Heck, you mean it is more than simply "plugging into the Ethernet port
<br>> in my hotel room?"<br>> L<br>><br>> ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~<br>> Larry Maltin<br>> Dix Hills, NY 11746-8021<br>> USA<br>> ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
<br>><br>><br>><br>> Rafael Enrique Ortiz Guerrero wrote:<br>> > Hi larry<br>> ><br>> > Yes you can, see:<br>> > <a href="http://wiki.laptop.org/go/USB_ethernet_adaptors" target="_blank">
http://wiki.laptop.org/go/USB_ethernet_adaptors</a><br>> ><br>> ><br>> ><br>> > On Dec 26, 2007 6:19 PM, Larry J. Maltin <<br>> <a href="mailto:lmaltin@suffolk.lib.ny.us">
lmaltin@suffolk.lib.ny.us</a> <mailto:<a href="mailto:lmaltin@suffolk.lib.ny.us">lmaltin@suffolk.lib.ny.us</a>><br>> > <mailto:<a href="mailto:lmaltin@suffolk.lib.ny.us">lmaltin@suffolk.lib.ny.us</a><br>
> <mailto:<a href="mailto:lmaltin@suffolk.lib.ny.us">lmaltin@suffolk.lib.ny.us</a>>>> wrote:<br>> ><br>> > I've had the disappointing experience of not being able to get<br>> > onto the
<br>> > internet while away from home. However, had I had the means to<br>> > plug into<br>> > an available Ethernet, there would have been no problem. How<br>> can I<br>> > do it?
<br>> > Larry<br>> ><br>> > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~<br>> > Larry Maltin<br>> > Dix Hills, NY 11746-8021<br>> > USA
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