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Re: Please take this as constructive



On Tue, 18 Jan 2022 13:47:09 +0000
Brian <ad44@cityscape.co.uk> wrote:

> On Tue 18 Jan 2022 at 14:30:45 +0100, Loïc Grenié wrote:
> 
> >     Hi,
> > 
> > On Tue 18 Jan 2022 at 07:48, R. Toby Richards wrote:
> > 
> > > Every time that I search for solutions to my wifi drivers, the solution is
> > > to apt-get install a bunch of drivers. Why does nobody realize that apt'ing
> > > anything is a non-solution: How can I apt-get install <network drivers> if
> > > I don't have network drivers? There are DOZENS of responses to questions

...

> >      I've been hit several time with this same problem, or variants thereof,
> >   and my solution has always been to have a separate computer with
> >   network access and use sneakernet between the two computers.
> >   I've always wondered how to do it better.
> 
> Wonder no longer :). Acquaint yourself with netcat.

How is netcat going to help if there's no networking on one machine?
And if there is (e.g., using a wired connection), then netcat isn't
really necessary, since the machine connected to the internet can be
configured to route packets to the other one.

Celejar


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