Linux Laptop

[Carl Parrish]

Austin Godber wrote:

>I have installed FC3 on a IBM T42.  Getting the internal wireless
>working was pretty simple.  I think I found step by step instructions on
>the web somewhere.  It should be equally simple on FC4.
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Thanks for responding. Yeah I'll be trying FC4 just because that's what 
I use. I hear a lot of newbies prefer KDE but I don't know it well 
enough to support it.

>However, I have also installed Ubuntu 5.10 on a Sony with a similar
>wireless card (ipw2100, my T42 had the ipw2200) and the wireless worked
>on install.  Nothing to do.  It just worked.
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I have a copy of Ubuntu (not sure what version) here somewhere perhaps 
I'll test with that first.

>I would recommend Ubuntu or second FC4.  Once you have that installed,
>have her try Gaim, log in with her existing screen name and try it out.
> She should see her existing contact list.  Actually, it sounds to me
>like she is using AOL as her dialup.  There are (were) projects that
>allowed you to do this from Linux, but I have never used them so best of
>luck to you.
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I forgot to add that she's been using gaim for instant msgs as well 
(though I think she often had both aim and gaim open at the same time).

>	As far as ssh access, it really depends on how she connects to the
>internet.  If she is going to get broadband, I would pick up a hardware
>router/wireless AP while she is in town and configure it with her laptop
>... reserve IPs for her MAC addresses (wired and wireless), set up port
>forwarding to port 22 on the router to those internal IPs (10022 ->
>IP1:22, 20022 -> IP2:22).  This way you can just ask her if she is
>connected to the wired or wireless and then know which port to connect
>to (if you remeber the mapping).  And just make sure that you have the
>machine configured to start sshd on startup.  (Ubuntu by default doesn't
>install sshd, so "apt-get install openssh-server" package).
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>Good luck
>Austin
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Would her IP always be the same on a laptop?