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| SkippyX | Any signs of life in here this fine Sunday? | 17:28 |
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| j1mc | howdy SkippyX | 17:29 |
| j1mc | i'm working on docs now, so i'm kind of busy, but did you need help w/ something? | 17:29 |
| j1mc | i can help if it's not too complex. :) | 17:29 |
| SkippyX | Sort of. I'm afraid it seems a bit complex to me. Might not to you (I hope). | 17:29 |
| SkippyX | Thanks for the offer. | 17:29 |
| SkippyX | Hullo, btw! | 17:29 |
| j1mc | SkippyX: Hullo :) | 17:30 |
| j1mc | well, feel free to ask your question, and I'll see if I can answer, or . . . maybe someone else will be around | 17:30 |
| SkippyX | Here's my circumstance. My father lives down 4 miles of dirt road in the middle of a national forest. His only internet option is dial-up. | 17:30 |
| SkippyX | He has 3 computers - 2 laptops and a desktop. | 17:30 |
| j1mc | ok | 17:30 |
| SkippyX | He would like to be able to sit in his rocking chair with his laptop and connect w/out stringing wires. | 17:31 |
| SkippyX | So, I thought "no big deal. do a dial-up server/router sort of thing". | 17:31 |
| j1mc | Hm, well, it's not really a question for the doc team, but I can tell you that he would need a router... | 17:31 |
| j1mc | and i don't think there are any wireless routers that connect to dial-up services | 17:32 |
| j1mc | at least none that i know of | 17:32 |
| SkippyX | True. | 17:32 |
| SkippyX | None I know of either. | 17:32 |
| SkippyX | So, I was thinking of a pc/dial-up server/router mashup | 17:32 |
| SkippyX | I posted in the forums, and someone said there was some documentation to be found in the docs, but I can't seem to find it. | 17:33 |
| SkippyX | I was hoping someone in here might be able to point me in the right direction. | 17:33 |
| j1mc | hmm... if it exists, it would be in the community wiki | 17:33 |
| SkippyX | k - let me go check the wiki. | 17:33 |
| j1mc | https://help.ubuntu.com/community | 17:33 |
| SkippyX | thank you. | 17:34 |
| SkippyX | Actually, I'm surprised this isn't a relatively common thing. It's my understanding that dial-up is still widely used. | 17:34 |
| j1mc | this page looks like it may be a good place to check: https://help.ubuntu.com/community/NetworkDevices | 17:35 |
| j1mc | i have to go, but best of luck. | 17:35 |
| SkippyX | Ok - Thank you again for your help! | 17:36 |
| j1mc | you're welcome. :) | 17:38 |
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