An Apple and its User
I never thought I'd actually be happy to have an Apple in the house, but DW just got a new iBook G4. This means no more ranting about how slow the 'ol Celeron 600 notebook is, and no more recovery from Windows ME crashing. (I'm going to take over the old clunker and give it a new lease on life as a Debian laptop).
From setup (not an exact record, but gets the point):
DW: Can you help me get on the Internet?
Me: Sure. :: looks over at the broadband router ::
The light for you computer isn't on. (( This, of course, implies that it's not connected )).
DW: It's not set up yet.
:: shows me a screen asking for DHCP information. That's what she was asking for. Seems odd that the laptop wouldn't turn on the ethernet card until it got DHCP information, but what do I know ::
Me: Yes, you get your IP by DHCP. You don't need to enter a client ID.
DW: :: clicks "Continue" ... of course, an error message pops up saying it can't connect ::
Me: :: looks at the computer, wondering why there's a telephone cable in the modem slot, and the ethernet slot is empty ...
follow telephone cable ...
to a 2-sided ethernet extension device, which has an ethernet cable connected out the other side that is connected to LAN port 2 on the router ::
You know you just connected your ethernet to a telephone jack?
:: LOL ::
Needless to say, once the cables were sorted out, everything worked.
From setup (not an exact record, but gets the point):
DW: Can you help me get on the Internet?
Me: Sure. :: looks over at the broadband router ::
The light for you computer isn't on. (( This, of course, implies that it's not connected )).
DW: It's not set up yet.
:: shows me a screen asking for DHCP information. That's what she was asking for. Seems odd that the laptop wouldn't turn on the ethernet card until it got DHCP information, but what do I know ::
Me: Yes, you get your IP by DHCP. You don't need to enter a client ID.
DW: :: clicks "Continue" ... of course, an error message pops up saying it can't connect ::
Me: :: looks at the computer, wondering why there's a telephone cable in the modem slot, and the ethernet slot is empty ...
follow telephone cable ...
to a 2-sided ethernet extension device, which has an ethernet cable connected out the other side that is connected to LAN port 2 on the router ::
You know you just connected your ethernet to a telephone jack?
:: LOL ::
Needless to say, once the cables were sorted out, everything worked.