sbcglobal

[Phillip T. George]

Mike Burger wrote:

>On Sun, 10 Oct 2004, Phillip T. George wrote:
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>>Alexander Dalloz wrote:
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>>>Am Mo, den 11.10.2004 schrieb steve banyai um 4:07:
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>>>>HI, I AM IN TEXAS. I LOADED FEDORA AND WINDOWS XP.
>>>>FEDORA DOESNT FIND SBCGLOBAL. WHAT DO I HAVE TO DO?
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>>>Wow, what an unfriendly manner to post. All uppercase means crying.
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>>>Please closely read
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>>>http://www.catb.org/~esr/faqs/smart-questions.html
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>>>and reask your question in a way which makes it possible to answer
>>>without need to wildly guess what internet connection you might have and
>>>what you already did to go online. And please read the docs
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>>>http://www.redhat.com/docs/manuals/linux/RHL-9-Manual/custom-guide/
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>>>Alexander
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>>Steve,
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>>Unless you're using busness services from SBCGlobal or have a router, 
>>then you're going to have to set up PPPOE.  I'm not sure what the steps 
>>are for this, but someone else on the list may know.
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>Even with business class service (DSL, that is), current/new accounts need 
>to use PPPoE.  They stopped allocating via straight DHCP quite some time 
>ago (I'm using a business class SBC DSL account, and I work for SBC).
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OUCH.  Personally I prefer Cox cable.  DSL seems to suck, especially 
when its PPPOE.

-Phillip