Hi Dave, First would be to make sure there really isn't support for it. If you can get to a bash shell, and get logged in as root, you can run ifconfig, and see if it lists the USB ethernet adapter. I say this from the perspective of an even older laptop, for which I had (of all things) a parallel port to ethernet adapter - and the installation I did recognized the presence of the adapter, and initialized it. Run ifconfig -a and note what interfaces it comes up with - probably just the loopback interface, but if the laptop has an infrared port, it might also be reported. Then plug in the USB ethernet dongle, wait 10-15 seconds for Linux to enumerate the device, or if you're running from CD, perhaps longer - wait for the CDROM drive to spin down? Then run ifconfig -a again and see if there's a new interface. At that point, if it's connected to a network with a dhcp server, you'll probably have a working network connection. Hope that helps! 73, Bob, KD7NM
_____ From: digitalradio@yahoogroups.com [mailto:digitalra...@yahoogroups.com] On Behalf Of Dave 'Doc' Corio Sent: Friday, May 15, 2009 5:09 PM To: digitalradio@yahoogroups.com Subject: RE: [digitalradio] Question for the Linux gurus Thanks for the response, Rik. Not having any idea how to run Linux from a USB stick, I tried the next best thing. I booted up under Linux from the CD and plugged the stick in. I can look at the contents of the stick with no problem, so I do know the USB port works. But how on earth can I connect to the internet through the USB adapter with no driver for it? Tnx es 73 Dave KB3MOW -----Original Message----- From: digitalradio@yahoogroups.com [mailto:digitalra...@yahoogroups.com]on Behalf Of Rik van Riel Sent: Friday, May 15, 2009 7:46 PM To: digitalradio@yahoogroups.com Subject: Re: [digitalradio] Question for the Linux gurus Dave wrote: > There is no NIC, however it does have two USB ports. I have a USB interface > that connects to my cable modem, but it doesn't have a Linux driver available > for it. Can anyone guess if it will work? It's a Linksys model USB10T > > I'm trying to locate additional memory for the laptop, but unsure if I can > find any. You may be able to fix both of these at the same time by running Linux from a USB stick. USB sticks may be slower than hard disks for huge transfers, but they are faster for small transfers (no seek time). That also allows you to try out whether the USB ethernet interface works, without having blown away the OS that is currently on the laptop. -- All rights reversed.
