Laptop for truck driving job

[Jeremy Turner]

On Sat, Jan 22, 2005 at 04:05:04PM -0600, djgoku wrote:
> may not be able to use the networking part, but I guess you could just
> try pinging 127.0.0.1.

But note that pinging the 127.0.0.1 address will most likely use the
loopback device (lo) rather than an ethernet or wireless device.  In
fact, you could ping 192.0.0.1 successfully on a machine with no
physical networking devices.  A better alternative when using Knoppix
would be to let it auto-detect, and then run /sbin/ifconfig to see if it
gives you an eth0, eth1, wifi0, wlan0 or similar.  If that doesn't work,
try running lspci and lspci -v to get a good listing of pci info.

To the original poster, if you're looking for rugged portability, you
might also look into the Panasonic ToughBook line.  The added benefit is
that their repair center is in Leawood, so definitely a quick return
time from the metro area.

http://www.panasonic.com/computer/toughbook/home.asp
http://www.heartlandsi.com

Jeremy