OT: Help with simple Linux maintenance

[geoffrey mendelson]

On Jun 16, 2009, at 2:44 AM, Gal Goldschmidt wrote:


> I guess I can buy a router, configure it and sent it to her, the  
> problem is who will connect the right cables in the right place.


It should be pretty simple.  With one computer, it's 2 cables. If you  
go with the wireless option you can do it with only one and no work at  
all if the network is unprotected and depending upon which linux she  
is running, it may be relatively easy to use a protected one.

It took about 30 seconds to set up access to my WiFi network under  
Ubuntu before they went with network manager (pre-9.04) and with 9.04  
it took even less. All you need to know is the SSID of the network and  
the WPA/WEP key.

Some routers use color coded jacks, some don't. A little piece of  
colored tape would help if not.

If she speaks English, gets a TP-Link router from Ivory, and has a  
landline phone, I'd gladly call her and walk her through everything.

I'm also familar with EDIMAX routers and the BEZEQ Siemens one, but  
that's aDSL only.


Geoff.

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