On Tue 18 Jan 2022 at 11:50:14 -0500, Celejar wrote: > On Tue, 18 Jan 2022 13:47:09 +0000 > Brian <a...@cityscape.co.uk> wrote: > > > On Tue 18 Jan 2022 at 14:30:45 +0100, Loïc Grenié wrote: > > > > > Hi, > > > > > > On Tue 18 Jan 2022 at 07:48, R. Toby Richards wrote: > > > > > > > Every time that I search for solutions to my wifi drivers, the solution > > > > is > > > > to apt-get install a bunch of drivers. Why does nobody realize that > > > > apt'ing > > > > anything is a non-solution: How can I apt-get install <network drivers> > > > > if > > > > I don't have network drivers? There are DOZENS of responses to questions > > ... > > > > I've been hit several time with this same problem, or variants > > > thereof, > > > and my solution has always been to have a separate computer with > > > network access and use sneakernet between the two computers. > > > I've always wondered how to do it better. > > > > Wonder no longer :). Acquaint yourself with netcat. > > How is netcat going to help if there's no networking on one machine? > And if there is (e.g., using a wired connection), then netcat isn't > really necessary, since the machine connected to the internet can be > configured to route packets to the other one.
Rhetorical? netcat is obviously dependent on a working network. Thank you for the second solution to avoiding sneakernet. -- Brian.
