Eli Marmor wrote: >I'm afraid it was a mistake to raise this problem here. > >I thought that *ISP's problems*, which are raised only when Linux is on >the other side, would interest the list. As it already happened in the >past. The ISP's don't give a damn, because 99% of their users use >Winodws. They just ask you whether you use the "haigan" of Bezeq or of >them, and ask you what the error code is. And please don't tell them >about CHAP and PAP. They've never heard such terms. Not to mention >Linux. > .. snip ...
> >Tomorrow they will tell me what was the exact fix in Barak, but I don't >believe that 012 will change anything. So I'll buy a third ADSL account; >After all, somebody must fund the ISP's in such a hard time, don't you >think so? > >And just one last question for other 012 ADSL users (or users of other >ISP's): Has any of you experienced similar problems recently? i.e. when >connectiong with a Linux connected to the Alcatel modem, and using IP >masquerading, have you experienced (sometimes) problems with external >HTTP sites? Please write. I don't want to leave 012 for another ISP >that has the same problem. And in any case, it's probably the time to >add a list of "safe-ISP's" to the great ADSL FAQ of mulix/Dani/etc. > >P.S. I must admit that the performance of 012 (when it works...) are >great. I'll miss them. > I recently changed my ISP from Internet Zahav to Actcom. Zahav were blocking http requests to my home site, and also charged extra for a fixed IP. (As an aside, when I told Zahav why I was closing my account, they were prepared to drop their rate by 50%! But wouldn't fix the problem. It was really hard to get them off my back) In general, it seems that Actcom are more Linux friendly, and I haven't had any serious problems. Occasionally, once every few of weeks, their link to overseas goes down for a couple of hours, I haven't kept exact statistics. Otherwise, I have no complaints. I am masquerading my home network (not large only 4 computers) seamlessly. Malcolm ================================================================= To unsubscribe, send mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with the word "unsubscribe" in the message body, e.g., run the command echo unsubscribe | mail [EMAIL PROTECTED]
