From: Philip Webb <purslow@ca.inter.net>
To: Gentoo User <gentoo-user@lists.gentoo.org>
Subject: [gentoo-user] update catch-22 with Wifi
Date: Mon, 23 Dec 2024 18:45:43 -0500 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <Z2n2J91jj-YYNKTy@ca.inter.net> (raw)
I no longer have a landline available (even via friends)
& rely on Wifi for I/net service, incl software downloads.
I've been a happy Gentoo user since 2003,
but want to be able to use Wifi with my 15 yr-old netbook (32-bit),
which has always had Gentoo installed & whose hardware incl's Wifi.
This presents a Catch-22 : how can I install Wifi software ?
-- I need the I/net to download the files,
but can't access the I/net without that software installed.
Is there any way around it ? -- eg could I download files on my desktop,
then transfer them to the netbook & get that system to use them ?
Can anyone offer suggestions ?
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2024-12-23 23:45 Philip Webb [this message]
2024-12-23 23:53 ` [gentoo-user] update catch-22 with Wifi Jack Ostroff
2024-12-25 11:58 ` Michael
2025-01-08 1:06 ` Frank Steinmetzger
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