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Re: [tlug] A place to connect my laptop



On Fri, 7 Sep 2007, dave@example.com wrote:

One is to bring the laptop into an Internet cafe and ask if I can
just take the ethernet out of the back of the computer that I'll buy
the time for, and put it in my laptop. I did this before, way back
when I was in Windows world. Because internet cafes by and large are
running Windows Share networks, it was easy to hook up. But now that
the laptop is running Linux, I'm not sure I can just plug and play in
a local network....

It should Just Work. In most cases, I would imagine, you just DHCP an address and go. If they're assigning IPs statically, you can do the same; just use the control panel or whatever to find the Windows machine's address, and use the same one.

But, I'm worried that a shared wireless network in a cafe will have it's bandwidth choked by other users.

It will very, very likely be ok.

You could also look at http://www.bmobile.ne.jp/english/base.html ,
which gives you (slow) access even when there isn't a hotspot near by.

You might also consider grabbing a CardBus card that has an antenna
port, and a directional external antenna; that will significantly extend
your reach from any particular location, and there are a few friendly
people out there who run open-access WiFi.

cjs
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