Subj : to wifi or not to wifi To : August Abolins From : Ed Vance Date : Mon May 27 2024 18:30:12 Pardon, if this is a Dupe. As I was entering a reply I tapped an area off of the reply screen and all I wrote vanished. Such is life for a beginner with his newish toy. > On 27 May 2024 12:32, you wrote to ED: > Ubi > I've seen "free" wifi hotspots password protected. > I think Ed said his router does offer wifi, (and perhaps he's using the home > wifi to his phone?) But he prefers a wired connection to his PC. If his XP > machine supports wifi, he'd be good to go, but he has suspicions about using > wifi. My router used to have a DSL Modem on its WAN output. I wish to use a cat5 Bluetooth device in its place to let the router use data that is on the phone even tho I know there will be an upcharge for my doing that . Thanks for the idea to use Aftershock app. Will look into it. Ed --- SBBSecho 3.20-Linux * Origin: capitolcityonline.net * Telnet/SSH:2022/HTTP (1:2320/105) .