Linux-friendly ISPs?

Scot L. Harris webid at cfl.rr.com
Thu Aug 26 18:09:56 UTC 2004


On Thu, 2004-08-26 at 14:04, Rick Stevens wrote:

> 
> Using dial-up, it rather depends on whether the ISP requires some
> funky private negotiation to log on.  Most ISPs worth their salt use
> a standard PPP protocol to do the work.  You log in using a standard
> username/password sequence, get your IP and away you go.
> 
> Personally, I use Road Runner broadband on Time/Warner cable.  I have
> the hideously ugly "shark fin" cable modem feeding a D-Link 614 wireless
> router/switch and Linux all the way.  Linux works fine even without
> the router.

Did you get linux to work with Road Runners dial up service?

I tried a couple of months ago with out success.  Did not spend much
time on it though.

-- 
Scot L. Harris
webid at cfl.rr.com

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Assure us that it must be so.
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What nobody is sure about.
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