Russell Butler wrote:
That's an interesting suggestion. I've never heard of these adaptors before - can you tell me the make/model of the one you're using? Of course there's no guarantee that the same one would be available in the UK, but at least I could go to a shop and say "I want one...like this"!
And you had no trouble with the USB side of it? I had to abandon a USB printer that insisted on being reinstalled & reconfigured every time I switched it on...but my USB scanner works fine!
Hi Margot
For some reason, there has been difficulty posting to gmane.linux.mandrake.newbie, and I sent the last message three times and it still does not show on the gmane thread, so I hope I don't clog up inboxes with multiple copies of this.
The USB LAN dongle was a generic one I picked up at a local computer store. Driver is said to be from http://www.admtek.com.tw, but I have not been able to reach that site, and it ran/runs with hotplugging on my laptop (Acer 510) without requiring any setup other than the usual networking settings. I should comment that on a reboot it appeared to hang (KDE splash stalled at 28%, but pulling the USB dongle out allowed it KDE to load, and plugging it in again restarted the network without other intervention. I am sure there is some clever/knowledgeable subscriber to the list who will tell me what I should configure to allow automatic logon.
I haven't tried using it on my desktop, as I have a PCI card in there. Actually, I just tried it and it installed as eth1, and would talk to my router/modem, though in the few minutes I tried, did not allow me to surf the net.
That was on another Mk 10 installation. Hardrake cheerfully showed:
Vendor: âADMtek Incorporated Bus: âUSB Description: âUSB Network Adapter Module: âpegasus
Have a look at some local hardware suppliers and see what you can find, but if you have a spare USB port and don't want to open your box, it may be a viable alternative.
Russell
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