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Re: Upgrading with a low data cap

From	rhkramer@gmail.com
Newsgroups	linux.debian.user
Subject	Re: Upgrading with a low data cap
Date	2018-10-10 16:00 +0200
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On Tuesday, October 09, 2018 04:01:49 PM Gene Heskett wrote:
> On Tuesday 09 October 2018 12:20:25 Brian wrote:
> > It's about time some invented a WiFi device which plugs into a USB
> > port.
> 
> Not needed, you can buy such a dongle from netgear for at least half a
> decade or longer. I was out of ports on the 4 port in the shop, so I
> bought one, moved an old router (running dd-wrt) out there and turned
> its radio on, and rigged a teeny desk for my lappy so I could ssh into
> the machines and write gcode in the comfort of a folding chair, then
> exercise it while being able to see the machine move. But I had to turn
> the radio off because it was also bridged to the main router, and thence
> to the backbone.  One of my neighbors got by the simple ssid, and used
> 80 gigs of my bandwidth one month so the radio got turned off and I now
> have it hardwired when its out there. So now the radios stay off unless
> one of my boys brings in a smartphone and needs a connection.

And that reminds me that there are also somewhat similar devices that plug 
into a USB port and provide (in my case) 4 more USB ports and one RJ-45 
Ethernet port.  I bought a couple of those on eBay (surely from the far east) 
for less than $10 each a few years ago.

I use them to connect tablets without Ethernet ports to my LAN.

I suppose you could then plug the Ethernet into a WiFi adapter, but I've never 
tried that, and I'd begin to worry that some timing issue or similar might 
prevent it from working.

Thread

Upgrading with a low data cap Richard Owlett <rowlett@cloud85.net> - 2018-10-07 15:40 +0200
  Re: Upgrading with a low data cap Dan Purgert <dan@djph.net> - 2018-10-07 16:00 +0200
    Re: Upgrading with a low data cap Richard Owlett <rowlett@cloud85.net> - 2018-10-07 16:10 +0200
      Re: Upgrading with a low data cap David Wright <deblis@lionunicorn.co.uk> - 2018-10-08 03:30 +0200
        Re: Upgrading with a low data cap Richard Owlett <rowlett@cloud85.net> - 2018-10-08 13:40 +0200
          Re: Upgrading with a low data cap Dan Purgert <dan@djph.net> - 2018-10-08 14:10 +0200
            Re: Upgrading with a low data cap Richard Owlett <rowlett@cloud85.net> - 2018-10-08 14:40 +0200
              Re: Upgrading with a low data cap Dan Purgert <dan@djph.net> - 2018-10-08 17:10 +0200
          Re: Upgrading with a low data cap Dan Ritter <dsr@randomstring.org> - 2018-10-08 14:50 +0200
          Re: Upgrading with a low data cap David Wright <deblis@lionunicorn.co.uk> - 2018-10-08 18:00 +0200
            Re: Upgrading with a low data cap Richard Owlett <rowlett@cloud85.net> - 2018-10-08 21:30 +0200
              Re: Upgrading with a low data cap Brian <ad44@cityscape.co.uk> - 2018-10-08 21:50 +0200
                Re: Upgrading with a low data cap Richard Owlett <rowlett@cloud85.net> - 2018-10-08 22:40 +0200
                Re: Upgrading with a low data cap Brian <ad44@cityscape.co.uk> - 2018-10-08 22:50 +0200
                Re: Upgrading with a low data cap Brian <ad44@cityscape.co.uk> - 2018-10-09 10:50 +0200
              Re: Upgrading with a low data cap Brian <ad44@cityscape.co.uk> - 2018-10-08 21:50 +0200
              Re: Upgrading with a low data cap David <bouncingcats@gmail.com> - 2018-10-09 01:30 +0200
                Re: Upgrading with a low data cap Richard Owlett <rowlett@cloud85.net> - 2018-10-09 03:50 +0200
                Re: Upgrading with a low data cap Kenneth Parker <sea7kenp@gmail.com> - 2018-10-09 04:40 +0200
                Re: Upgrading with a low data cap Richard Owlett <rowlett@cloud85.net> - 2018-10-09 16:50 +0200
                Re: Upgrading with a low data cap Dan Purgert <dan@djph.net> - 2018-10-09 12:10 +0200
                Re: Upgrading with a low data cap Richard Owlett <rowlett@cloud85.net> - 2018-10-09 17:00 +0200
                Re: Upgrading with a low data cap Dan Purgert <dan@djph.net> - 2018-10-09 17:50 +0200
                Re: Upgrading with a low data cap Richard Owlett <rowlett@cloud85.net> - 2018-10-09 18:20 +0200
                Re: Upgrading with a low data cap Brian <ad44@cityscape.co.uk> - 2018-10-09 18:30 +0200
                Re: Upgrading with a low data cap Gene Heskett <gheskett@shentel.net> - 2018-10-09 22:10 +0200
                Re: Upgrading with a low data cap Curt <curty@free.fr> - 2018-10-10 10:00 +0200
                Re: Upgrading with a low data cap Richard Owlett <rowlett@cloud85.net> - 2018-10-14 14:10 +0200
                Re: Upgrading with a low data cap David <bouncingcats@gmail.com> - 2018-10-15 11:10 +0200
                Re: Upgrading with a low data cap Richard Owlett <rowlett@cloud85.net> - 2018-10-15 14:10 +0200
                Re: Upgrading with a low data cap Gene Heskett <gheskett@shentel.net> - 2018-10-15 16:10 +0200
                Re: Upgrading with a low data cap Dan Purgert <dan@djph.net> - 2018-10-15 17:00 +0200
                Re: Upgrading with a low data cap Gene Heskett <gheskett@shentel.net> - 2018-10-15 17:00 +0200
                Re: Upgrading with a low data cap Richard Owlett <rowlett@cloud85.net> - 2018-10-17 16:50 +0200
                Re: Upgrading with a low data cap Dan Ritter <dsr@randomstring.org> - 2018-10-17 17:20 +0200
                Re: Upgrading with a low data cap John Hasler <jhasler@newsguy.com> - 2018-10-17 17:20 +0200
                Re: Upgrading with a low data cap rhkramer@gmail.com - 2018-10-10 16:00 +0200
                Re: Upgrading with a low data cap Gene Heskett <gheskett@shentel.net> - 2018-10-10 17:00 +0200
                Re: Upgrading with a low data cap David Wright <deblis@lionunicorn.co.uk> - 2018-10-10 17:20 +0200
                Re: Upgrading with a low data cap Gene Heskett <gheskett@shentel.net> - 2018-10-10 17:50 +0200
                Re: Upgrading with a low data cap Gene Heskett <gheskett@shentel.net> - 2018-10-09 21:50 +0200
                Re: Upgrading with a low data cap Brian <ad44@cityscape.co.uk> - 2018-10-09 22:00 +0200
                Re: Upgrading with a low data cap Gene Heskett <gheskett@shentel.net> - 2018-10-09 22:20 +0200
              Re: Upgrading with a low data cap Alexandre Rossi <alexandre.rossi@gmail.com> - 2018-10-10 15:10 +0200
                Re: Upgrading with a low data cap Richard Owlett <rowlett@cloud85.net> - 2018-10-14 14:30 +0200
  Re: Upgrading with a low data cap Reco <recoverym4n@enotuniq.net> - 2018-10-07 16:00 +0200
  Re: Upgrading with a low data cap Brian <ad44@cityscape.co.uk> - 2018-10-07 16:40 +0200
    Re: Upgrading with a low data cap Brian <ad44@cityscape.co.uk> - 2018-10-08 20:20 +0200
  Re: Upgrading with a low data cap Cindy-Sue Causey <butterflybytes@gmail.com> - 2018-10-07 17:00 +0200
  Re: Upgrading with a low data cap songbird <songbird@anthive.com> - 2018-10-07 22:00 +0200
    Re: Upgrading with a low data cap mick crane <mick.crane@gmail.com> - 2018-10-08 11:40 +0200
      Re: Upgrading with a low data cap songbird <songbird@anthive.com> - 2018-10-08 13:20 +0200
        Re: Upgrading with a low data cap mick crane <mick.crane@gmail.com> - 2018-10-08 13:50 +0200
          Re: Upgrading with a low data cap songbird <songbird@anthive.com> - 2018-10-11 00:00 +0200
  Re: Upgrading with a low data cap David Wright <deblis@lionunicorn.co.uk> - 2018-10-08 03:10 +0200
    Re: Upgrading with a low data cap Tixy <tixy@yxit.co.uk> - 2018-10-08 08:00 +0200
      Re: Upgrading with a low data cap David Wright <deblis@lionunicorn.co.uk> - 2018-10-08 17:30 +0200
        Re: Upgrading with a low data cap Tixy <tixy@yxit.co.uk> - 2018-10-10 11:20 +0200
    Re: Upgrading with a low data cap Richard Owlett <rowlett@cloud85.net> - 2018-10-08 13:50 +0200
  Re: Upgrading with a low data cap David Christensen <dpchrist@holgerdanske.com> - 2018-10-08 05:40 +0200
  Re: Upgrading with a low data cap Curt <curty@free.fr> - 2018-10-08 10:10 +0200
    Re: Upgrading with a low data cap David Wright <deblis@lionunicorn.co.uk> - 2018-10-08 17:10 +0200

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