Brian Smith wrote: > It worked but it wouldn't connect to the Internet or the wifi because > the wireless card is WEP and my hub is WPA. And you really do need to > be connected.
there isn't such a thing as a WEP wireless card, the driver *might* not have WPA but that would be fairly unusual. It might also need a "WPA supplicant" installing, what's the wireless card (or the Dell model). > Then I had a bright idea. Use a cable! Bingo. Firefox connects - > though I can't find the home network (where is it?) from memory under Places you find Network if you're looking to access other PCs on the same network. > So far so good but I can't do much, not even test the Internet > connection because it won't install Flash without the admin password > which the owner has forgotten. Bloody Hell. What is it with me and > Linux? There's a jinx going on here. why do you need flash to test the internet connection ? just download a file if its the throughput you want to test. > So do I have a duff CD/DVD drive? It must have worked when 8.10 was > installed! the CD and DVD use different lasers in the drive so it is possible that a drive will read DVDs but not CDs or vice versa. Phil _______________________________________________ Peterboro mailing list Peterboro@mailman.lug.org.uk https://mailman.lug.org.uk/mailman/listinfo/peterboro
