[ubuntu-in] BSNL Broadband conncetion in ubuntu 9.10

[Narendra Diwate]

On Mon, Aug 9, 2010 at 17:31, suranjan jii <suranjan.suranjan at gmail.com>wrote:

> So i want to download updates in cybercafe who has BSNL modem and
> connection. They are telling me that there wifi is on and i should do
> it via wifi. IP and DNS server no. are there's. I can't use username
> and password. B/c they will not provide. and DNS no. there and it is
> working fine.
>
> Is there any way to do this ?
>


If Updates are the only thing that you want to download from this cyber cafe
and you are using the Airtel connection for all your regular usage, then
probably you should look at Offline Update. I have used it and can say that
it is very usefull and easy. If you can update atleast the package database
in your sytem using Airtel, then its is just going to a Internet cafe and
just downloading the updates.

Go to System -->Admin-->Synaptic PM. Once the root password is given click
on reload and wait for the databases to be updated. This does not need much
bandwidth.

Once done select "Sections" at the bottom left part of Synaptic. On the top
left you will see "Installed Upgradeable". Select that and a lot of packages
will come into the main Synaptic window. Click there and Select all with
CTRL+A. Right click there and select "Mark for Upgrade". Now Click File
-->Generate Package download script and save the file somewhere.

Copy this file to a Pendrive, carry it over to a Internet cafe or another
computer with fast net, dowload wget to your pendrive from
http://users.ugent.be/~bpuype/wget/ <http://users.ugent.be/%7Ebpuype/wget/>.

If this is a windows computer Go to START-- RUN-- cmd. On the dos prompt cd
into the Pendrive. Type wget.exe -i name-of-your-file and enter. The Script
will download all packages needed and finish. Now carry this to your
computer, plug in, Open Synaptic, Click File -- Add Downloaded Packages and
select the Pen drive and let the system update. You are done.

 If this is a linux machine, then open terminal and type ./name-of-your-file
and enter. The rest of the process is similar to above.

This process is very usefull and can also be used to update machines that
are completely offline, with no intrernet at all. This is also usefull when
you have to update many machines that may require the same updates.

Narendra
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