diff --git a/handbook/computing/netconfig.html b/handbook/computing/netconfig.html index aa3186662..3d0452055 100644 --- a/handbook/computing/netconfig.html +++ b/handbook/computing/netconfig.html @@ -46,7 +46,7 @@ as does any other laptop or phone connecting to this wifi. (Apart from Crowley,
The Acer Aspire One netbook is running Debian Linux operating system -(Buster oldstable v10.13 in 2023) +(Bookworm stable v12.6 in 2024) with the lightweight [xfce] window mananger. It runs a script once every 60s which checks whether it can access the internet. If it can't, it attempts a re-login to the Gasthof wifi system, which takes 5-10 seconds. If it still can't access the internet it deletes nearly all the configuration and reloads everything - which takes about 30s. The mere fact that it accesses the internet every minute is enough for the Gasthof system to keep the connection open - until it times out completely which it does after an hour or so.
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