On Friday 19 August 2016 13:55:39 Richard Owlett wrote: > On 8/18/2016 4:13 PM, Lisi Reisz wrote: > > On Thursday 18 August 2016 20:46:14 Charlie Kravetz wrote: > >> -----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- > >> Hash: SHA256 > >> > >> On Thu, 18 Aug 2016 11:50:23 -0700 > >> > >> David Christensen <dpchr...@holgerdanske.com> wrote: > >>> On 08/18/2016 06:58 AM, Richard Owlett wrote: > >>>> On 8/17/2016 8:07 PM, David Christensen wrote: > >>>>> 3. Internet modem or gateway. > >>>> > >>>> 3. N/A > >>> > >>> So, the laptops are not connected to the Internet? How do you access > >>> the Internet to post and read this list, download Debian ISO's, etc.? > >>> > >>> > >>> David > >> > >> Why do they have to be connected to the Internet? I have four computers > >> here. Three are not connected, one is. > > > > So one of Richard's two has to be connected. > > Not really ;) > As I had said in last paragraph of > https://lists.debian.org/debian-user/2016/08/msg00609.html : > "Why would I be interested in ssh as both machines are sitting on > my desk and _neither_ will be connected to the internet when > ethernet connection is live?" > > The sole purpose of the Ethernet connection is to avoid > sneakernet when transferring small preseed.cfg and script files > from the WinXP machine to my Debian experiment.
Correction - or rather, expansion to include what was clearly inferred. ;-) So one of Richard's two has to be connected., AT LEAST FOR SOME OF THE TIME. ;-) Lisi
