Marcus Brinkmann <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > I hate you :) I hate you all :)). > > For $60 Canadian, you would neither get a cable nor a modem and *never ever* > get a full time connection here in Germany.
While we're off topic, I just made a truly aggravating discovery, and I wanted to see if anyone here had suggestions. Time Warner Cable is about to roll out the "RoadRunner" cable modems here for $40-50 a month, and I'm on the early notification list. They just announced the upcoming release and posted a FAQ. When I read the FAQ, I got an uneasy feeling when I saw "supported OSes: Win95/NT/Mac", so I sent mail asking if I might be allowed to try it with Linux anyway. Here's what they said: Subject: rr response To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> I am so sorry, but it is Road Runner/ Time Warner Cable policy to only = support NT and Win 95/Mac. We are sorry for the inconvenience, but for = the success of our program, those operation systems really run the most = efficiently. Time Warner Cable Barf. Now my question, since I don't know too much about cable modems, is what's the chance that I could get one of these (by letting them install it for Win95 on a useless partition) and then set it up under Debian? I know they're using Motorola cable modems that connect to your machine via an ethernet card, and I know that you get a dynamic IP whenever you initially fire up your computer and click their "start button", but that's the extent of my knowledge. Mainly I don't know if they've got some proprietary way to configure the connection. Thanks -- Rob Browning <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> PGP fingerprint = E8 0E 0D 04 F5 21 A0 94 53 2B 97 F5 D6 4E 39 30 -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
