[gentoo-user] Gentoo + wifi

[Philip Webb]

After many years living in the same apartment, I am going to move soon.
Since before I started using Gentoo in 2003, I have been accessing the I/net
via a landline phone jack, a splitter & (more recently) DHCPCD.
I have never had a cell phone or accessed the I/net via Wifi.

Where I'm moving to, there is free Wifi + free use of broadband ;
there's also a phone jack, tho' it's not in the best location.
I need to decide whether to get Bell Canada (my phone) + my ISP
to transfer my connections to the new place & carry on as always
or to use the offered Wifi services, which would save me  CAD 70 / month .

My phone needs are quite basic -- dental appointments + emergencies --
& my ISP has been very reliable, a small Canadian company in Waterloo.

My basic question, if I use the Wifi services,
is whether I would need to add hardware to my machine
& whether I would need to add any packages to my Gentoo system.
I built my computer in 2015 & the mobo came with the usual connectors.

For I/net, I need a DNS address ; for e-mail -- vital -- , an e-ddress.
If I use Wifi, how would these be provided ?

Any advice wb very welcome ; please remember I know nothing re cell phones,
tho' of course I'm quite willing to buy one (brand suggestions ? ).

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