[PLUG] Devices mentioned at the PLUG clinic

[Ted Mittelstaedt]

Yes, this is the main use case for them.   For example last year I bought 75 off-lease HP Elitedesk desktops from a vendor for use at work.   Every one came with one of those wifi dongles in the box as a "courtesy"

(not really a courtesy - it's just the company reselling off-lease gear had so many of them coming in from PC's they pulled that they didn't want to throw them away)

(and of course, don't forget the Luddites who have antique laptops that have not yet frayed their video cables through the hinge to the point the screen goes dark on 'em! ) LOL

Ted

-----Original Message-----
From: PLUG <plug-bounces at lists.pdxlinux.org> On Behalf Of Russell Senior
Sent: Monday, July 21, 2025 1:02 PM
To: Portland Linux/Unix Group <plug at lists.pdxlinux.org>
Subject: Re: [PLUG] Devices mentioned at the PLUG clinic

On Mon, Jul 21, 2025 at 11:48 AM Rich Shepard <rshepard at appl-ecosys.com> wrote:
>

> All my laptops (except the very earlist ones) have Wi-Fi built in so I 
> am curious when an external WAP would be needed.

A good example is a desktop box in places where only wifi is available for networking.

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Russell Senior
russell at personaltelco.net