Hi Mark, Thanks. There is a lot below there!! Tempting topic for a very useful talk + slides for a LUV Beginners or LUV Main meeting!
Making a note + forwarding to LUV Committee! Any LUV Member willing to offer a talk on this topic? Cheers Daniel. On 31/07/15 21:29, Mark Trickett wrote: > Hello Daniel and Ben, > > Some of this relates to what I have been trying to do in setting up a > home network, and a network Printer. It also relates to my Internet > connection, I too am on Telstra Big Pond dial-up, and looking to where > to jump when Telstra drop dial-up when NBNCo take over the copper > network. Where I live, there will be no wired option (maybe dial-up with > another ISP), but fixed wireless broadband. An added complication is > that while the mobile phone tower is close, my mobile phone signal can > vanish, I think wet foliage of trees, mine and a neighbours. I was > looking forward to the fiber to the premises, til the change of > government. > > I have been reading and learning about networking and configuration. > Since I am setting it up on a laptop/notebook, I have considered how to > work in with NetManager, but also how to manually configure. There are > other packages available in Debian for managing multiple locations for > network connection, and I will need to look over. I would also > appreciate comments on the various merits, when I can ask of the > packages, when I can reread and get their names. The other matter is > that if I am to purge NetManager, I would appreciate some advice on > exactly which packages from some of our more senior Debian involved LUV > members to get rid of it, but not damage other capabilities. > > I do know about "ifconfig" and a lot else, even if not familiar with the > detail, but did not know of the "route" command until I found reference > by accident. I would not be alone in appreciating a good primer to > setting up a small home network, with an Internet gateway at some point, > and I have yet to find on the Internet if it already exists. > > It would also be good to know if it is possible to use the USB devices, > and particularly if it is possible to activate them from Linux without > needing to do the activation first from a Windows or Mac. I do know of > modeswitch and the like, and that they can be used once activated, but > that can depend on the chipset of the week. It would be possible to test > an activated one in a Telstra shop, and then purchase and have activated > when shown to work, but I would much prefer to have the capacity on my > Linux system. > > I am also very interested in what might be available in the way of fixed > wireless broadband modems, but that I can use with an ethernet cable and > no wi-fi from the modem, the wi-fi access point being another Linux PC, > obviously more under my control, and better security. > > On Fri, 2015-07-31 at 20:56 +1000, Daniel Jitnah wrote: >> Hi Ben > > Regards, > > Mark Trickett > > _______________________________________________ > luv-main mailing list > [email protected] > http://lists.luv.asn.au/listinfo/luv-main > _______________________________________________ luv-main mailing list [email protected] http://lists.luv.asn.au/listinfo/luv-main
