From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: Received: from lists.gentoo.org (pigeon.gentoo.org [208.92.234.80]) (using TLSv1.2 with cipher ECDHE-RSA-AES256-GCM-SHA384 (256/256 bits)) (No client certificate requested) by finch.gentoo.org (Postfix) with ESMTPS id 1E1DE1382C5 for ; Mon, 22 Mar 2021 01:25:44 +0000 (UTC) Received: from pigeon.gentoo.org (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by pigeon.gentoo.org (Postfix) with SMTP id E2561E0863; Mon, 22 Mar 2021 01:25:37 +0000 (UTC) Received: from mail-1.ca.inter.net (mail-1.ca.inter.net [208.85.220.69]) (using TLSv1 with cipher DHE-RSA-AES128-SHA (128/128 bits)) (No client certificate requested) by pigeon.gentoo.org (Postfix) with ESMTPS id 7A690E0841 for ; Mon, 22 Mar 2021 01:25:37 +0000 (UTC) Received: from localhost (offload-3.ca.inter.net [208.85.220.70]) by mail-1.ca.inter.net (Postfix) with ESMTP id 024182EA006 for ; Sun, 21 Mar 2021 21:25:37 -0400 (EDT) Received: from mail-1.ca.inter.net ([208.85.220.69]) by localhost (offload-3.ca.inter.net [208.85.220.70]) (amavisd-new, port 10024) with ESMTP id AUnVYbu43GfN for ; Sun, 21 Mar 2021 21:07:53 -0400 (EDT) Received: from ca.inter.net (host-45-58-213-236.dyn.295.ca [45.58.213.236]) by mail-1.ca.inter.net (Postfix) with SMTP id A9FC92EA002 for ; Sun, 21 Mar 2021 21:25:35 -0400 (EDT) Received: by ca.inter.net (sSMTP sendmail emulation); Sun, 21 Mar 2021 21:25:35 -0400 Date: Sun, 21 Mar 2021 21:25:35 -0400 From: Philip Webb To: Gentoo User Subject: [gentoo-user] Gentoo + wifi Message-ID: Mail-Followup-To: Gentoo User Precedence: bulk List-Post: List-Help: List-Unsubscribe: List-Subscribe: List-Id: Gentoo Linux mail X-BeenThere: gentoo-user@lists.gentoo.org Reply-to: gentoo-user@lists.gentoo.org X-Auto-Response-Suppress: DR, RN, NRN, OOF, AutoReply MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline X-Archives-Salt: 864c4b0e-4376-4f7b-aa20-e3efdb1a5e6b X-Archives-Hash: a1a8021f929b1a2f457ae3ee58aed22d After many years living in the same apartment, I am going to move soon. Since before I started using Gentoo in 2003, I have been accessing the I/net via a landline phone jack, a splitter & (more recently) DHCPCD. I have never had a cell phone or accessed the I/net via Wifi. Where I'm moving to, there is free Wifi + free use of broadband ; there's also a phone jack, tho' it's not in the best location. I need to decide whether to get Bell Canada (my phone) + my ISP to transfer my connections to the new place & carry on as always or to use the offered Wifi services, which would save me CAD 70 / month . My phone needs are quite basic -- dental appointments + emergencies -- & my ISP has been very reliable, a small Canadian company in Waterloo. My basic question, if I use the Wifi services, is whether I would need to add hardware to my machine & whether I would need to add any packages to my Gentoo system. I built my computer in 2015 & the mobo came with the usual connectors. For I/net, I need a DNS address ; for e-mail -- vital -- , an e-ddress. If I use Wifi, how would these be provided ? Any advice wb very welcome ; please remember I know nothing re cell phones, tho' of course I'm quite willing to buy one (brand suggestions ? ). -- ========================,,============================================ SUPPORT ___________//___, Philip Webb ELECTRIC /] [] [] [] [] []| Cities Centre, University of Toronto TRANSIT `-O----------O---' purslowatchassdotutorontodotca