Wireless not connecting...

[Robert Heller]

At Wed, 29 May 2019 09:40:55 +1000 "Ubuntu user technical support,  not for general discussions" <ubuntu-users at lists.ubuntu.com> wrote:

> 
> On Tue, 2019-05-28 at 17:52 -0400, Robert Heller wrote:
> > Given that this was a freebie donated to the library, spending money
> > on it is conterindicated.
> 
> Ask around in your local (not global) community. You'll almost
> certainly get a free 2.4GHz wifi dongle; they are that cheap.

Actually not all that likely.  There isn't much of a local *Linix* community. 
I'm pretty much the entire Linix community in this towna, and I don't have 
one.  Actually, there probably isn't even a local store that carries them.  
We'd probably have to order it from Amazon.

> 
> >   And given the sorts of people using it (don't ask), getting 
> > a WiFi dongle is probably not going to work.
> 
> Once configured, it stays configured and Linux will just use it all the
> time. No user interaction is required. If theft is the problem, then
> with a freebie just glue the dongle in place.
> 
> Regards, K.
> 

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