Richard Owlett wrote: > On 10/09/2018 04:57 AM, Dan Purgert wrote: >> Richard Owlett wrote: >>> On 10/08/2018 06:23 PM, David wrote: >>>> On Tue, 9 Oct 2018 at 06:25, Richard Owlett <rowl...@cloud85.net> wrote: >>>>> >>>>> I have no LAN. >>>>> >>>>> I've a low cap. >>>> >>>> Using the word "cap" suggests that you have an internet service provider. >>> >>> True >>>> >>>> How do you connect to that service provider? >>> >>> The same way as for decades via a "modem" (quotation marks significant). >>> That was not how my ISP describes it. T-mobile sells it as a WiFi >>> Hotspot which is served by the cell network [the WiFi is turned off]. >>> When my former ISP discontinued dial-up service I chose not to use a >>> connection that physically restricted me to a physical point of service. >> >> You have the capacity for a LAN - you'll just need to turn your >> USB-tethered machine into a router. Although, perhaps that is work you >> don't want to bother doing. > > LAN generally requires Ethernet. My second most used machine does not > have a physically available Ethernet port.
Ethernet doesn't require cables though. However the secondary bit that you cannot (will not?) add WiFi to the secondary (tertiary?) machines does throw a wrench into the works. -- |_|O|_| Registered Linux user #585947 |_|_|O| Github: https://github.com/dpurgert |O|O|O| PGP: 05CA 9A50 3F2E 1335 4DC5 4AEE 8E11 DDF3 1279 A281
