Connecting the Linux laptop to an external modem.....

I'm posting this from the new laptop, on which I installed Ubuntu Linux 7.10. I still haven't figured out how to get the PCMCIA modem to work. But they were throwing out a USRobotics Sportster 33.6 FAxmodem at work. And so I thought about using it for the interim. A little twiddling with wvdial, and editing the configuration file, and I'm online.

Now to go to my favorite wi-fi hangout and test the network card.

Back to my regular laptop.....

I just noticed that the post I made a few hours ago is dated March 19, 4:50pm -- the time and date of the system clock at the time I posted. That obviously wasn't right, and it's been fixed.

I went to Panera for dinner, with the Linux laptop in tow. I was able to detect their wireless internet, but I couldn't connect to it. I tried several times. I think there's something more I need to do before it will work. (At home, I can detect my neighbors' wireless connections, and all but one have them locked down.)

As for the boycott, I sort of participated. I read the posts of the people who chose not to participate, but I didn't start responding until about 4 pm. Plus today's posts are the first I made since Monday.

( My test results and observations from the past week. )