I'm not upset :), what gave you that idea ? I've read tdwtf for a while, I know what to expect.
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Ha !! I want to see you get a gold medal with your post #1 ! In your face !!
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Seems TDWTF hates konqueror; and forum admins hate edits made minutes later with firefox.
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This is a translated conversation between me and a coworker:
Him: sorry to bother you but I have a problem configuring a Linux distro: Slackware12. I can't connect to the net. Unlike other distributions this doesn't automatically connect to the internet. How do I do it, do you have any suggestions ? If you're busy and can't help me that's ok, it's just that I don't know who to ask for help, especially since I don't really have much experience configuring a linux
Me: and to what net source do you want to connect ?
Him: I want to connect at work
Me: wireless or utp ?
Him: and besides this I want to connect from home
Him: utp here, wireless homeMe: do you know on what interface your network card is (eth0 or eth1 or etc) ?
Him: eth1
Me: ok, try (as root) "dhclient eth1"
Me: with the condition that the cable is plugged into your computerHim: only this ?
Him: look like it
Him: is this valid for wireless too ?Me:it's a little more complicated for wireless
Me: wep or wpa ?Him: no security
Me: then it's easy :)
Me: is eth0 the wireless ?Him: i think so, don't really know
Me: well, let's pretend it is
Me: as root, "iwconfig eth0 essid your_SID"
Me: and then dhclient eth0 so that the dhcp server can give you an ipHim: does it also work for mac
Him: if I specify the mac instead of SIDMe: i think so, 2 sec
Me: iwconfig eth0 ap xx:xx:xx:xx:xx:xxHim: right
Him: and if it has security what must i do ?
Him: what's different ?Me: depends on the distro
Me: if you want to do everything manually, you must also execute "iwconfig eth0 key key_in_hex"
Me: or if you want ascii, "iwconfig eth0 key s:key_in_ascii"
Me: this is for wep
Me: for wpa, you need a helper program, wpasupplicant or xsupplicant, one of those
Me: and you need to modify a configuration file
Me: once again, all of this is for manual set-up
Me: but for sure there's a scripted way to do this
Me: unfortunately, it's distro-specificHim: do you know the slackware specific way ?
Him: or how can i find it ?Me: no; search for slackware forum
Him: k
Him: thank you and sorry for bothering youMe: np
Me: here's a link that sounds nice: http://www.slackware.com/book/Now it would have been the perfect moment to end the conversation, and feel good the rest of the day that I helped somebody learn somehing new. But of course, I didn't.
Me: a question now: why did you installed slack ? is it a requirement or you just wanted to ?
Him: well it has kdevelop and a ton of other functionalities that I didn't found on other distros
(What???)
Him: why do you ask ?
Me: because it's not a very user-friendly distro
Him: i didn't install it i'm using the virtual machine that i run with vmplayer
Me: even so
Me: and wait a minute
Me: you're using a virtual machine ?
Me: then why did you ask about the wireless ?Him: well i also run it at home on laptop, and at home i connect wirelessly
Me: at home on the bare hardware or also inside a VM ?
Him: under Xp
Me: then the question remains, why have you asked me about wireless ?
Me: you use windows to connect to the wireless network
Me: in your virtual machine you have virtual network adapters
Me: and they all emulate a cable network adapterHim: well yes in the virtual machines i connect wirelessly with NAT
Me: the connection with your AP is made from windows
Him: yes
Me: inside the VMs you have virtual adapters
Me: and none of them emulate a wireless cardHim: yes they do
Him: VMnet8
Him: it's the NAT network
Him: and through NAT i connect to the wireless card(I give up)
Me: ok
Him: and through Bridge(VMnet0) i connect to the net by cable
Him: like it is at work
Him: and VMnet1(HostOnly)
Him: when you install vmplayer it creates these virtual networks
Him: only VMnet1 and VMnet8 are vizible, VMnet0 I don't know
Him: haven't you worked with vmplayer by now ?Me: yes I did
Him: but you haven't connected to the net with it ?
Me: yes I did
Him: k
Him: i tried to call you but failed
Him: don't you have phone ?Me: no
After that last line, I quickly packed my stuff and rushed for the exit.
Now, this isn't such a WTF by itself, but I happen to work for a company that is large and sky like. I'm a tester. He's a developer.