Re: LUG: LInux and DSL - Fri, 12 Aug 2005 00:56:11 -0400

Subject : Re: LUG: LInux and DSL

From : nilbus <nilbus@nilbus.[redacted]>

Date : Fri, 12 Aug 2005 00:56:11 -0400

If you hook your dsl connection up to a router, then you'll be fine.
It'll be like any other lan connection.

When they say they don't support linux, they mean technical support, not
that it doesn't work on linux.

Any reason you're not getting cable instead? ;)

Ed Anderson

Baird Hendrix wrote:
> If you have a router you can use, or buy cheap/get for free from a
> friend, then you can set up the router with the PPPoE settings (the ISP
> should help you with this if you need help), and just hook the Linux
> computer into the router. It offers a little extra security anyways,
> since you aren't exposing all your ports for potential attackers to see
> from the get go. Linksys routers are everywhere, and you can probably
> find them pretty easily since alot of people have ditched their old
> routers for wireless ones.
>
> orangecat246@yahoo.[redacted] wrote:
>
>> Hello all,
>>
>> I am very, very new to Linux and will be installing Mepis Linux on my
>> laptop this weekend. My question is which DSL service can I sunscribe
>> to that supports Linux? The only one I looked into is BellSouth and
>> they told me they don\'t support Linux.
>>
>> Thanks for your help.
>>
>> Kevin
>>
>>

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