Re: Please take this as constructive
On Tue 18 Jan 2022 at 11:50:14 -0500, Celejar wrote:
> 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.
Rhetorical? netcat is obviously dependent on a working network. Thank
you for the second solution to avoiding sneakernet.
--
Brian.
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