From: "Sam Lewis" <os2-wireless_users@2rosenthals.com>
Message-ID: <438498020812221232y3d4c3c34q6adfefd05af6b3d1@mail.gmail.com>
Date: Mon, 22 Dec 2008 14:32:41 -0600
To: "OS/2 Wireless Users Mailing List" <os2-wireless_users@2rosenthals.com>
Subject: Re: [OS2Wireless] OT: Broadband Connection (was: Re: [OS2Wireless] Broadband Connection)
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Lewis,
I have no problem with going off topic on an educational issue.  While
the solution to this may seem obvious for my situation, I may well
learn something new and understand what other need to go through that
I don't.
Thanks,
Sam

On 12/22/08, Lewis G Rosenthal <os2-wireless_users@2rosenthals.com> wrote:
> Hi, Walter, and welcome to the discussion...
>
> On 12/22/08 07:00 am, W. J. Myles thus wrote :
>> Hi
>>
>> My wife has a new high speed internet connection for her Windows
>> Vista machine and I would like to take advantage of it for my eCS 1.1
>> computer.  I am presently on dial-up using Injoy.
>>
>> Where may I find a good source of information on the hardware and
>> software required to set up a connection.  I expect that I will need
>> a router to take advantage of her broadband connection but I don't
>> need to connect and share files with her computer.  I am, of course,
>> a complete networking novice.
>>
>>
> Okay, we'll need some more information in order to give you details:
>
>    1. What type of internet service does your wife have?
>    2. Who is the internet service provider?
>    3. Is your wife's computer connected directly to the box provided by
>       the internet service provider (cable box, DSL, etc.)?
>    4. What is the make & model of the internet service provider's box?
>       (Look for a label on the back or on the bottom.)
>    5. How do you want to connect to the service? Do you have wireless
>       capabilities in your eCS machine, or will you be using a network
>       cable?
>
> While this topic may fall slightly outside the realm of wireless
> networking with OS/2 and eCS, the list has been quiet, and we often
> delve into tangential matters, usually networking-related. If anyone
> on-list has an issue with this discussion going OT for a little bit
> (I've prepended the subject), please let me know, and I'll take this
> off-list.
>
> Cheers/2
>
> PS - Happy Hanukkah to all who celebrate, and an upcoming Merry
> Christmas. :-)
>
> --
> Lewis
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> Lewis G Rosenthal, CNA, CLP, CLE
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