On Wed, Feb 18, 2026 at 09:50:48PM -0500, Steve Litt wrote:
> Haines Brown via Dng said on Wed, 18 Feb 2026 07:48:29 -0500
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> >I normally do a netinst installation while connected wirelessly. 
>                                                       ^^^^^^^^^^

>
> Right there you're making your job harder. In this day and age most
> Ethernet RJ45 cable connections *just work*. On the other hand, wifi is
> one of the roughest edges of Linux hardware/driver compatibility.

Understood. I only meant that I usually a onstall wirelessly
without problem. Further, by wife (she who must be obeyed)
objects to triping over an Ethernet cable strung across room.

> There's a thing called a "Travel Router". Everyone should have one.
> When properly configured (perhaps with another computer), it enables
> you to install without a working wifi adapter on your computer, even if
> your Internet provider neglected to give you an Ethernet cable
> connection and gave you only wifi.

Ineresging. Is this what Amzon calls a mobile router. If so it needs
to have access to an access point, and so unless one's compter were
a laptop. that would not be useful.

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     Haines Brown