<html><head><meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html; charset=utf-8"></head><body style="word-wrap: break-word; -webkit-nbsp-mode: space; line-break: after-white-space;" class=""><div class="">Hello Linux Community,</div><div class=""><br class=""></div><div class=""><div class="" style="orphans: 2; widows: 2;">We are seeking a knowledgeable Linux specialist who can help us solve some Linux-related issues on older computers that we convert into<span class=""> </span><span class="">educational information servers. As well, we are also seeking </span>someone who is interested to help us provide refurbished computers with free educational information to people around the world who do not have access to or cannot afford high-speed Internet.</div><div class="" style="orphans: 2; widows: 2;"><br class=""></div><div class="">Currently, we have a Lenovo IdeaPad V460 laptop computer that has been converted into <span class="" style="font-variant-ligatures: normal; orphans: 2; widows: 2; text-decoration-thickness: initial;">a Linux Mint-based educational information server using this instruction: </span><a href="https://docs.google.com/document/d/10Koxtp8j5HRypqpw_TEeYUDNuvRAYwP5x1FkfghvIPc/edit?usp=sharing" target="_blank" rel="noopener" class="" style="transition: color 0.2s ease-out 0s; font-variant-ligatures: normal; orphans: 2; widows: 2;">Setting Up An Educational Information Server (Linux Mint)</a>. Unfortunately, the hotspot feature did not work on the built-in WiFi hardware so we added this <span class="" style="font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-position: normal; white-space: pre-wrap;">USB-based WiFI transmitter/receiver; </span><span class="" style="font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-position: normal; text-decoration-skip: none; white-space: pre-wrap;"><a href="https://www.linksys.com/ca/ae6000-wireless-ac-mini-usb-adapter/AE6000-CA.html" class="">Linksys AE6000 Wireless USB Adaptor</a>. It works but other devices are not able to connect to it. My phone says “it cannot obtain an IP address” from the SSID transmitting from this laptop.</span></div><div class=""><div class=""><span class="" style="font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-position: normal; text-decoration-skip: none; white-space: pre-wrap;"><br class=""></span></div><div class=""><span class="" style="white-space: pre-wrap;">I look forward to your reply.</span></div></div><div class=""><span class="" style="white-space: pre-wrap;"><br class=""></span></div><div class=""><span class="" style="white-space: pre-wrap;">Regards,</span></div><div class=""><span class="" style="white-space: pre-wrap;">Paul</span></div></div><div class=""><span class="" style="white-space: pre-wrap;"><br class=""></span></div></body></html>