...more than 10 years ago... I just had a momentary heart attack... no way !it was not 10 years ago! It was.. yesterday... fine.. maybe a few months ago... cant be 10 years ago!! On Thu, Sep 23, 2021, 22:02 Nico Kadel-Garcia <[log in to unmask]> wrote: > On Thu, Sep 23, 2021 at 8:54 PM Montague Bestes > <[log in to unmask]> wrote: > > > > Greetings, > > > > I have Scientific Linux release 4 Beryllium, on Dell studio slim > desktop. I use a android phone with USB tethering and a hard cable. The > phone seems to recognize the command and responds, indicating a successful > connection, but unable to browse. Multiple dhcp requests are sent out but > none returned. > > Backup and upgrade the Scientific Linux, immediately, or replace the > hardware with a new system. Support for that operating system ended > more than 10 years ago. Do *not* expect it to work reliably with > modern peripherals. Replacing that system will be much faster, and > cheaper in your time spent, than trying to keep it alive. >