[Novalug] sneaky ways to get to the internet

Daniel Copeland daniel.l.copeland@gmail.com
Fri Dec 23 13:24:43 EST 2011


Heh, wasn't jumping to conclusions.  I was misled by the title "sneaky ways
to get on the internet".  My fault.

On Fri, Dec 23, 2011 at 9:20 AM, Nino Pereira <ninorpereira@gmail.com>wrote:

> Thanks for all your suggestions.Hopefully I won't have to go this
> route, but it gives hope that something can definitely be don.
>
> Please be assured: I'm not stealing access from a stranger:I'm just tapping
> into the same FiOS line that is already in the house, lorded over by by
> spouse who protects it like a lion her cubs, on the suspicion that my linux
> somehow messes up her Apples. I know this isn't the case since I've been to
> the web often through her connection, including now, and everything works
> fine.
>
> The smartphone option isn't applicable 'cause I'm still in the 20'th
> century,
> with a cellphone that barely does texting: I haven't bothered to learn
> anything else on it.
>
> Nino
> On Thu, Dec 22, 2011 at 9:52 PM, Igor Birman <igor_birman@yahoo.com>
> wrote:
> > Well, it is not a typical configuration, but I suppose it is possible:
> >
> >
> http://www.fishpool.org/post/2009/01/15/How-to-share-a-wireless-connection-with-others-using-Ethernet-and-Fedora
> >
> > You would need to connect through a switch or use a crossover cable.
> >
> > Igor
> >
> > ________________________________
> > From: Nino Pereira <ninorpereira@gmail.com>
> > To: NOVALUG <novalug@calypso.tux.org>; Jon LaBadie <jon@jgcomp.com>
> > Sent: Thursday, December 22, 2011 8:30 PM
> > Subject: [Novalug] sneaky ways to get to the internet
> >
> > Hi,
> >
> > my attempt to get to the internet by adding a wireless card to my desktop
> > computer has almost succeeded, thanks in large part to Jon's suggestions
> > and encouragements. There is one problem just yet: somehow, I can't get
> > through the password check on the wireless modem, and for reasons that
> > I don't want to go into right now I can't turn the password on the router
> > off
> > and then on again.
> >
> > However, I have a laptop whose wireless works fine with this same router.
> >
> > In principle I could connect the two with a wire, make a locical
> connection
> > through the software, and then use the laptop's wireless to reach the
> > internet.
> >
> > Is this ever done? Does it make sense to do (given my particular
> > restrictions: ootherwise, it makes no sense at all).
> >
> > Any thoughts?
> >
> > Nino
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