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Please can someone help us? I have been asked by a man of 74 to help him get on line,his computer is running Linux a system that i have never used, his broadband from is power supplier states it must run on Window's or mac,he has paid out for the kit and i can not see how i can get it to work,
the only thing i can tink of is to load Windows on to his computer as well as Linux,can this be done if so how? or do i have to delete the Linux system,he is now get on with ok. if i do have to delete the Linux system how do you do it?
I have spent over 3 hours trying to get this to work for him today,and i so want to get him on line so he can have a interest.
My job is warden to the elderly so my self have very limited skills on the computer (windows only) so if some one could help in very plain form I would be very gratful so will he.
Thank You
Graham
My response based on your situation would be to get a DSL router (30-50GBP) and let that handle the connection and then link up the PC to the router and just tweak the network settings (alot easier than trying to get a usb modem to work). But this might not be suitable as OAPs don't nessesarily have money to spare.
A few questions that might help pinpoint a solution:-
What is the make and model of the DSL modem/router?
What Distribution/version of Linux is he running?
KDE is the desktop i.e. GUI. A linux distribution is Redhat, Mandrake, SuSE, Slackware etc. Since this is a modem / router it should be relatively easy if the PC is connected via ethernet cable. All you need to do is setup the network for a lan connection using DHCP. Follow the instruction manual in the kit to configure the modem/router.
There could be a problem... Some DSL ISPs require the CD to setup the modem which requires windows.
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