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|    Ed Vance to August Abolins    |
|    to wifi or not to wifi    |
|    28 May 24 20:46:56    |
      TZUTC: -0500       MSGID: 1590.fido-gen@1:2320/105 2abbc546       REPLY: 1:153/757.21@fidonet 14d23d47       PID: Synchronet 3.20a-Linux master/acc19483f Apr 26 202 GCC 12.2.0       TID: SBBSecho 3.20-Linux master/acc19483f Apr 26 2024 23:04 GCC 12.2.0       BBSID: CAPCITY2       CHRS: ASCII 1              > Hello Ed Vance!              > So.. your only source of internet right now is at the        > cellphone?       Yes.       > If so, I don't think there is an cat5 adaptor for the phone to        > feed ethernet to your devices. Usually the only possibility        > with eth/cat5 adaptors that connect to smartphones is when you        > want to provide internet TO the phone.       Not wanting cat5 for the phone, in my earlier searches I saw a photo of a       Bluetooth dongle that had a hole in it for a cat5 plug               The first time I heard about Bluetooth was when I was in line at store and the       person behind me was talking a lot and when I asked who they were talking to I       learned they had a earpiece with a mike that used Bluetooth to talk over their       cellphone.              > Your easiest solution (as has been mentioned before) is to        > simply get a wifi dongle for your pc, and enable mobile hotspot        > on your phone.       I'm a hardhead.       Ed       --- SBBSecho 3.20-Linux        * Origin: capitolcityonline.net * Telnet/SSH:2022/HTTP (1:2320/105)       SEEN-BY: 105/81 106/201 116/17 18 128/260 129/305 153/7715 218/700       SEEN-BY: 226/30 227/114 229/110 112 113 300 307 317 426 428 470 664       SEEN-BY: 229/700 282/1038 291/111 320/219 322/757 396/45 712/848 2320/0       SEEN-BY: 2320/105 401 5075/35       PATH: 2320/105 229/426           |
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