On 5/5/08, Rony gnulinuxist@gmail.com wrote:
Here the net is the simple triband modem. However during install, since I had all the DVDs I chose to not use any mirror and the entire installation was off-net. Does that lock up the OS from the net in any way. It should not, at least in theory.
No it shouldn't. I'm not a big fan of Debian though but try this:
It should save a file index.html. When you open it up, you should see google's home page but if this doesn't work then theres some connectivity issue. Try disconnecting the USB wire all together from the modem.