[GTALUG] DSL to wifi

[James Knott]

On 8/3/20 4:43 PM, Astrid R via talk wrote:
> I don't have DSL anymore, nor the modem or router I used when I did 
> have it (I was using an ethernet cable) and I now have a different ISP 
> (for the wifi): rogers. The rogers modem is called 'ignite'.  I'm 
> trying to use rogers wifi at home on my laptop which only ever used 
> DSL before.  I'm already using wifi at home on my phone.
>
> On the desktop I don't see any way of connecting to wifi.

Since you're on Rogers, you will have a modem.  You connect to it with 
an Ethernet cable, just as you did with DSL.  You just connect the cable 
from your computer to the modem and it should just work. As for the WiFi 
password, you can always get Rogers to reset it, but you'd then have to 
change it on the phone too.  Did you set the password?  Or did someone 
else?  If someone else, they may remember what it is.

As I mentioned, you might be using the Network Manager to configure your 
network connections.  If so, you can have both WiFi and Ethernet 
connections.  By default, WiFi would be used, if the Ethernet cable is 
not connected.  If it is, Ethernet will be used. If you're not using 
Network Manager, you will have some manual configuration, which will 
vary by Linux distribution