would it work for someone to download Ruby for me. Then to load it from a disk? On Thu, Feb 25, 2010 at 7:29 AM, Stephen wrote: > That would have been my suggestion. then you can network any number of > things easily > > this might take some configuration work however. > to load it from a disk? > For example make sure your on the same subnet but make your windows > machine is .x.5 and the router .x.1 and when you set DHCP to only give > out IP's from .x.10 and higher this will help solve possible IP > conflicts. > > On Wed, Feb 24, 2010 at 7:00 PM, Michael Havens wrote: > > hey... I think it will work. I just need to share the connection with my > > router! > > > > On Wed, Feb 24, 2010 at 6:56 PM, Michael Havens > wrote: > >> > >> lovely..... I d/l the ruby tar ball on M$and upack in ubuntu to compile > it > >> on my own. I then find out that "By default, Ubuntu does not come with > the > >> tools required [to compile programs]." It goes on to say that I need to > >> apt-get a package to enable it. Well shoot! > >> > >> On Wed, Feb 24, 2010 at 6:43 PM, Michael Havens > wrote: > >>> > >>> does anyone know how to get the Linux box to talk to the network? > >>> practicallynetworked only has to do with sharing the connection between > >>> windows boxes..... or should it automagically do it? > >>> > >>> On Wed, Feb 24, 2010 at 8:22 AM, Stephen wrote: > >>>> > >>>> Here is something to look at then, use windows to share its connection > >>>> to yoru ubuntu box? > >>>> > >>>> http://www.practicallynetworked.com/sharing/xp_ics/ > >>>> > >>>> On Tue, Feb 23, 2010 at 8:30 PM, Michael Havens > >>>> wrote: > >>>> > I am 'sharing' someones unsecure wireless account. I do not have a > >>>> > wireless > >>>> > card for ubuntu but rather just a router from when I could afford > >>>> > internet. > >>>> > Now I am on disability and all I can do is beg and plead for mercy! > I > >>>> > am to > >>>> > afraid to put the hackware on the router for fear of turning it into > a > >>>> > brick > >>>> > and my insecurity of not ever doing anything like that before. I > think > >>>> > that > >>>> > what one would do is connect the either net cable up and copy the > >>>> > program > >>>> > onto it but from what I read it is much more complicated than that. > >>>> > > >>>> > On Tue, Feb 23, 2010 at 7:07 PM, Eric Shubert > wrote: > >>>> >> > >>>> >> Michael Havens wrote: > >>>> >> > Okay. The majority of the noise out there is telling me to learn > >>>> >> > Ruby; > >>>> >> > therefore, Ruby is what shall be learned! My next question is how > >>>> >> > should > >>>> >> > I install it seeing as how I do not have internet access from the > >>>> >> > ubuntu > >>>> >> > box but I do have it from the windows computer? > >>>> >> > >>>> >> How is it that you have internet on windoze but not ubuntu? > >>>> >> > >>>> >> -- > >>>> >> -Eric 'shubes' > >>>> >> > >>>> >> --------------------------------------------------- > >>>> >> PLUG-discuss mailing list - PLUG-discuss@lists.plug.phoenix.az.us > >>>> >> To subscribe, unsubscribe, or to change your mail settings: > >>>> >> http://lists.PLUG.phoenix.az.us/mailman/listinfo/plug-discuss > >>>> > > >>>> > > >>>> > > >>>> > -- > >>>> > :-)~MIKE~(-: > >>>> > > >>>> > --------------------------------------------------- > >>>> > PLUG-discuss mailing list - PLUG-discuss@lists.plug.phoenix.az.us > >>>> > To subscribe, unsubscribe, or to change your mail settings: > >>>> > http://lists.PLUG.phoenix.az.us/mailman/listinfo/plug-discuss > >>>> > > >>>> > >>>> > >>>> > >>>> -- > >>>> A mouse trap, placed on top of your alarm clock, will prevent you from > >>>> rolling over and going back to sleep after you hit the snooze button. > >>>> > >>>> Stephen > >>>> --------------------------------------------------- > >>>> PLUG-discuss mailing list - PLUG-discuss@lists.plug.phoenix.az.us > >>>> To subscribe, unsubscribe, or to change your mail settings: > >>>> http://lists.PLUG.phoenix.az.us/mailman/listinfo/plug-discuss > >>> > >>> > >>> > >>> -- > >>> :-)~MIKE~(-: > >> > >> > >> > >> -- > >> :-)~MIKE~(-: > > > > > > > > -- > > :-)~MIKE~(-: > > > > --------------------------------------------------- > > PLUG-discuss mailing list - PLUG-discuss@lists.plug.phoenix.az.us > > To subscribe, unsubscribe, or to change your mail settings: > > http://lists.PLUG.phoenix.az.us/mailman/listinfo/plug-discuss > > > > > > -- > A mouse trap, placed on top of your alarm clock, will prevent you from > rolling over and going back to sleep after you hit the snooze button. > > Stephen > --------------------------------------------------- > PLUG-discuss mailing list - PLUG-discuss@lists.plug.phoenix.az.us > To subscribe, unsubscribe, or to change your mail settings: > http://lists.PLUG.phoenix.az.us/mailman/listinfo/plug-discuss > -- :-)~MIKE~(-: