Networking with both ethernet & wireless
Howard Krakower <[email protected]>
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Currently I have Ubuntu 8.04 running on a laptop. I can connect to either the ethernet (wired) or the wireless, but not both at the same time. Here is what led to this question. I recently purchased a Brother HL-2170W printer -- it has both a wired ethernet port and also has wireless capability. (BTW, down here in AZ, I was able to get this for $99.) Because of the space limitations and the setup in my RV, the printer sits at one end of the RV, and on the table at the other end I have a Linksys wireless router acting as an access point. I'm not using the router for internet access - that is done either through wi-fi at the campground (which is less than satisfactory, as they are sharing a Hughes.Net satellite connection, and Hughes has a "fair use policy" which drops the speed of connectivity to dial-up speed for 24 hours if they deem the connection to be excessive), or I use a USB-aircard on Verizon's network. but only in Windoze, because I have not as yet been able to figure out how to set up the dial-up networking in Ubuntu to do this; Verizon doesn't provide any technical support for linux - too bad, because their air card connectivity is really quite good. The laptop is connected to the router (wired) and the printer is wireless to the router. This setup works fine in Windoze, as both the wireless and the wired NICs can work simultaneously, but when I use Ubunto (8.04), at this time I can only have either the wired or the wireless active, but not both. I figure that if Windoze can do it, surely linux can too. Howard -- ZedNet Technologies visit us at http://www.zed.net -- OCLUG general discussion list [email protected] http://oclug.on.ca/mailman/listinfo/oclug