On Thu 02 Jun 2022 at 08:53:12 (-0500), Richard Owlett wrote: > On 05/31/2022 08:13 AM, Richard Owlett wrote: > > I'm using firmware-11.3.0-amd64-netinst.iso to install Debian onto > > a Lenovo T510 [Thinkpad]. > > > > I know the netinstaller works on this laptop as I have done a > > successful install when within range of of local library's wifi > > and the installer is successfully detecting multiple local wifi > > sources. > > > > I am doing a fresh install from home using an Alcatel Linkzone to > > connect to my T-mobile account. I have had no problems doing this > > with standard netinstallers. > > > > After an install over library wifi the system had no problem > > connecting to the internet via the Linkzone. > > This is just a status report. > The above referenced installer *WILL* work when the target machine is > connected to the internet via an Alcatel Linkzone. > > The failed installs were evidently triggered by the immediately > previous Linkzone usage history.
So it would appear that these unsupported statements: . it effectively reacts as a traditional modem . The Alcatel [with WiFi disabled] is physically plugged into a USB port. To the unsophisticated user there is no way to distinguish it from a modem which has auto-dialed a specific server. have been contradicted by observation. > I still owe David a response to his last post. No need. The above clears up the point made in the body of your OP, and I have nothing more to add on the Subject line, as what I've already posted pretty much exhausts my knowledge of DHCP. Cheers, David.
