Thanks Alan. The laptop and Pi both connected without any problems - possibly because they are within a few feet of the router 😊. I'll investigate the link.
John John Weller 01380 723235 07976 393631 -----Original Message----- From: ProfoxTech <[email protected]> On Behalf Of Alan Bourke Sent: 30 June 2020 12:15 To: [email protected] Subject: Re: Networking Linux and Windows > over WiFi which works most of the time This is why people don't run networks over Wifi. > At the start of > lockdown I bought a Raspberry Pi which inspired me to install Ubuntu > on a redundant laptop to learn Linux. Is there a simple way to > include these in the network? > Well, first of all did you get the laptop onto your Wifi? In my experience Linux can be difficult to get working with older laptop hardware. If you did then https://help.ubuntu.com/community/Samba/SambaClientGuide -- Alan Bourke alanpbourke (at) fastmail (dot) fm [excessive quoting removed by server] _______________________________________________ Post Messages to: [email protected] Subscription Maintenance: https://mail.leafe.com/mailman/listinfo/profox OT-free version of this list: https://mail.leafe.com/mailman/listinfo/profoxtech Searchable Archive: https://leafe.com/archives This message: https://leafe.com/archives/byMID/[email protected] ** All postings, unless explicitly stated otherwise, are the opinions of the author, and do not constitute legal or medical advice. This statement is added to the messages for those lawyers who are too stupid to see the obvious.
