Two questions for me to research. Thanks! I don't know the answers, myself, and I'm uncertain how I'll go about finding out about it. But the questions will go on a list of things to learn. -- <URL: http://wiki.tcl.tk/ > Even if explicitly stated to the contrary, nothing in this posting should be construed as representing my employer's opinions. <URL: mailto:lvirden@xxxxxxxxx > <URL: http://www.purl.org/NET/lvirden/ > -----Original Message----- From: Mark Haney Virden, Larry W. wrote: > > I've inherited a really old Dell laptop, on which is installed a > really old version of Redhat - I believe it is redhat 4. > The laptop does have a wireless card. I've never used a linux laptop > before, nor ever used wi-fi, so I'm uncertain what, if anything, I > need to do to go from booting the system to being able to actually > make use of the local library's free wi-fi network to access the internet. > > Does anyone have any pointers to useful guides, HOWTOs, books, or > whatever that would help someone as new to all of this as I? > I really only have one or two questions about this. Does the wireless card work with RH4? Back in that day wireless was still just about a pipe dream. And if it does, will any hotspot still support the protocol that card uses? -- redhat-list mailing list unsubscribe mailto:redhat-list-request@xxxxxxxxxx?subject=unsubscribe https://www.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/redhat-list
