From: adam@address.invalid   
      
   Moe Trin wrote:   
   > On Mon, 01 Oct 2012, in the Usenet newsgroup alt.os.linux.mandriva, in   
   article   
   > , Adam wrote:   
      
   "stolid" (HP desktop, my main system) came back from repair (see my   
   other post in this thread), so I hurried on getting it set up and   
   putting "eris" (secondary desktop system) back in the other room where   
   connectivity is wireless only.   
      
   [multi-interface systems]   
      
   > That's why you should get both working "now", because unless you're   
   > keeping copious notes, you're going to waste time later coming back   
   > up to speed.   
      
   I tried, but didn't put too much time into it because I wanted to get   
   stolid up.  Current state of the seven partitions for distros/OSs on   
   eris are:   
      
        1    Wired & wireless, network printer (Mageia)   
        2    Wireless only, also network printer (CentOS, Fedora)   
        1    Wired only, no network printer (Debian)   
        1    No connectivity yet (FreeBSD, which now works)   
        2    no working distro at the moment (was Slackware, Arch)   
      
   >> How many distro-specific groups do you follow??? :-)   
   >   
   > "Follow"?  about a dozen.  "Scan"?  maybe about 40 (some are virtually   
   > dead, but who knows) out of 79 groups total.   
      
   Have you /ever/ seen a nearly-dead NG come back to life on topic?  I   
   know some dead ones have been taken over by people with a different agenda.   
      
   > Debian has some excellent on-line documentation   
   > that is reasonably up-to-date   
      
   I'm not delving heavily into any of the distros on eris, just a little   
   curious about them.  I chose Debian mainly because of its influence --   
   there must be dozens of Debian-based distros out there.   
      
   [Verizon-supplied DSL modem/router]   
      
   >>>> It has four LAN ports (one switchable between LAN and WAN)   
   >   
   >> What would the WAN port be used for, anyway?   
   [...]   
   >> Could I plug another router into that for a separate, totally   
   >> independent LAN with a different range of LAN IPs?   
   >   
   > That would sound reasonable, but what does the manual (or other   
   > documentation) for the router say?   
      
    From a quick look, I couldn't tell.  I figure I can wait on   
   understanding it until there's a need for it, if ever.   
      
   Adam   
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