On 7/11/05, Glenn English <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > On Mon, 2005-07-11 at 11:42 -0500, Debian User Leonard Chatagnier wrote: > > > While talking to > > the rep, found out that their DSL service wont work on Linux OS(they say > > just MSWindows and > > MacIntosh OS). I find this hard to believe > > You're right; they're wrong. They (almost) all say this. As someone else > said, "clueless." > > What comes out of the DSL modem is TCP/IP on Ethernet. TCP/IP is *nix > native networking protocol. > > SBC may send a CD to new subscribers, full of M/W software -- that won't > work. And the glossy "Quick Start" instructions won't either. > > But the TCP/IP networking will work fine. Plug it into the Linux box, > configure it's networking (probably just tell it to use Ethernet instead > of PPP), and you're on the air. > > -- > Glenn English > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > GPG ID: D0D7FF20 > > > BodyID:377323878.2.n.logpart (stored separately) > >
You could also use a Linksys, D-Link or some other brand of DSL/Cable nat device, I have heard ads for DSL that included such a device. -- Matt Okeson-Harlow Sen gutoj malgrandaj maro ne ekzistus
