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[sindi keesan <keesan AT sdf.lonestar.org>]

On Thu, 7 Dec 2006 3aoo-cvfd AT dea.spamcon.org wrote:

> sindi keesan wrote:
> > If I chroot to the other computer, can I use its internet connection?
>
> No.
>
> > We have a laptop with Windows and a PCMCIA wireless ethernet
> > card with Windows drivers.
>
> Is there a Linux driver for it?

David compiled one but the card was not even working in Win98 so 
eventually I deleted the driver.  We have the computer because the BIOS is 
not working quite right, and it was not working with a modem (linux was) 
because it was finding too many serial ports.  Somehow we got BIOS/modem 
working and we will try the two cards with Windows and then maybe David 
would be kind enough to compile the driver again.

> > Is there some way to connect to the neighbor's broadband service
> > via the Windows laptop
>
> That's a Windows routing issue.  I know nothing about
> configuring Windows TCP/IP routing (nor even whether
> it is possible).

We have not yet even managed to network with linux and Windows.

> > and then network with a linux computer and use a linux
> > browser on the internet?
>
> If the Windows computer gives you a TCP/IP gateway, then
> Linux will be able to use it.

I will read about what a gateway is.

> > I suppose I could pay money for a PCI wireless card.
>
> Or run a floppy Linux (with wireless module) on the
> Windows laptop.  A Linux router/gateway/IPmask can
> be quite small.  Everything could fit on a single
> floppy.

We have linux on the laptop but not the linux driver.
We can put the pcmcia card into a desktop with pcmcia slot added.

If we get a linux computer working with wireless card, then I will tackle 
the problem of sharing the connection via ssh or Xterminal etc.


> Cheers,
> Steven

Sindi