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
