On Tue 09 Oct 2018 at 15:31:03 -0000, Dan Purgert wrote: > 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.
It's about time some invented a WiFi device which plugs into a USB port. -- Brian.
