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Re: USB wireless dongle not detected

From Richard Hector <richard@walnut.gen.nz>
Newsgroups linux.debian.user
Subject Re: USB wireless dongle not detected
Date 2019-07-18 20:20 +0200
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On 19/07/19 4:02 AM, Dan Ritter wrote:
> Richard Hobson wrote: 
>> Richard Hector wrote:
>>> Richard, you haven't said why you don't want to use the card - can you
>>> use it temporarily? That might at least let you get on line, and be able
>>> to copy/paste things into email.
>>
>> The router is on the other side of a corridor which is used by my wife in a
>> power wheelchair. I think a twisted pair cable would be in ribbons within a
>> few passes.
> 
> Up and over is a good plan, too. If you can't go through the
> ceiling, U-shaped staples to secure cables are cheap and
> hammerable.

You really don't want the kind that will crush the cable. Plastic clips
are fine (with the nail on one side). Or I've used the plain staples
(generally used for wire fencing, around here, anyway) under the house,
with a cable-tie to hold the cable.

Running over the cable in a wheelchair is clearly a bad idea, too :-)

Richard

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Re: Re: USB wireless dongle not detected Richard Hobson <hobsonrj@gmail.com> - 2019-07-17 18:30 +0200
  Re: USB wireless dongle not detected Gene Heskett <gheskett@shentel.net> - 2019-07-17 22:00 +0200
    Re: USB wireless dongle not detected Richard Hector <richard@walnut.gen.nz> - 2019-07-18 08:30 +0200
      Re: Re: USB wireless dongle not detected Richard Hobson <hobsonrj@gmail.com> - 2019-07-18 17:20 +0200
      Re: Re: USB wireless dongle not detected Richard Hobson <rjhobson@myphone.coop> - 2019-07-18 17:20 +0200
        Re: Re: USB wireless dongle not detected deloptes <deloptes@gmail.com> - 2019-07-18 17:30 +0200
          Re: USB wireless dongle not detected Richard Hector <richard@walnut.gen.nz> - 2019-07-18 20:20 +0200
        Re: USB wireless dongle not detected Gene Heskett <gheskett@shentel.net> - 2019-07-18 17:40 +0200
          Re: Re: USB wireless dongle not detected Richard Hobson <hobsonrj@gmail.com> - 2019-07-18 18:20 +0200
            Re: USB wireless dongle not detected Gene Heskett <gheskett@shentel.net> - 2019-07-18 19:00 +0200
        Re: USB wireless dongle not detected Roger Price <debian@rogerprice.org> - 2019-07-18 17:50 +0200
        Re: Re: USB wireless dongle not detected Dan Ritter <dsr@randomstring.org> - 2019-07-18 18:10 +0200
          Re: USB wireless dongle not detected Richard Hector <richard@walnut.gen.nz> - 2019-07-18 20:20 +0200
        Re: USB wireless dongle not detected Brad Rogers <brad@fineby.me.uk> - 2019-07-18 18:20 +0200
          Re: Re: USB wireless dongle not detected Richard Hobson <rjhobson@myphone.coop> - 2019-07-18 19:20 +0200
            Re: USB wireless dongle not detected Brad Rogers <brad@fineby.me.uk> - 2019-07-18 19:40 +0200
        Re: USB wireless dongle not detected Richard Hector <richard@walnut.gen.nz> - 2019-07-18 20:20 +0200
          Re: Re: USB wireless dongle not detected Richard Hobson <rjhobson@myphone.coop> - 2019-07-19 01:40 +0200

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