[GTALUG] DSL to wifi

[Astrid R]

Ok thanks for that information. I was hoping I could use the laptop with my wifi, wirelessly, so I don't have to be so close to the modem when I'm using the laptop.

Years ago when I still had the DSL with the laptop I tried to use wifi at a library and got a message on the screen that I had to change the setting first.

I know the wifi password. It's the password to change time and date on the laptop, that I've lost.

Attivato lun, ago 3, 2020 alle 16:53, James Knott via talk <talk at gtalug.org> ha scritto:

> 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
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