From owner-freebsd-chat Thu Feb 15 4:40: 0 2001 Delivered-To: freebsd-chat@freebsd.org Received: from bne003m.webcentral.com.au (bne003m.server-mail.com [202.139.235.99]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with SMTP id 72E8D37B401 for ; Thu, 15 Feb 2001 04:39:56 -0800 (PST) Received: (qmail 1603 invoked from network); 15 Feb 2001 12:39:45 -0000 Received: from unknown (HELO warhawk) (203.147.160.62) by bne003m.server-mail.com with SMTP; 15 Feb 2001 12:39:45 -0000 Message-ID: <006d01c0974c$e9a02870$0100a8c0@warhawk> From: "Haikal Saadh" To: "David Scheidt" , "Dag-Erling Smorgrav" Cc: "Stephen McKay" , References: Subject: Re: Broadband downunder Date: Thu, 15 Feb 2001 22:42:51 +1000 MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-Priority: 3 X-MSMail-Priority: Normal X-Mailer: Microsoft Outlook Express 5.00.2919.6700 X-MimeOLE: Produced By Microsoft MimeOLE V5.00.2919.6700 Sender: owner-freebsd-chat@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk X-Loop: FreeBSD.org ----- Original Message ----- From: "David Scheidt" To: "Dag-Erling Smorgrav" Cc: "Stephen McKay" ; "Haikal Saadh" ; Sent: Thursday, February 15, 2001 1:54 PM Subject: Re: Broadband downunder > On 14 Feb 2001, Dag-Erling Smorgrav wrote: > : > :Heh. Norwegian cable providers also officially insist on Windows, but > :IRL they're happy as clams to have the customer install the network > :adapter and drivers himself, as long as he doesn't come whining to > :them if it doesn't work. As for ADSL, the provider from which I've > :ordered my line (not installed yet) says you can use anything you want > :as long as it talks TCP/IP over Ethernet. They're happy to draw the > :line between "mine" and "yours" at the router. > : > Shockingly, I had the same experience ordering DSL from Verizon. I was > quite clear that I wasn't a Windows user, and was told that wasn't a > problem, as long as my equipment did IP over ethernet and DHCP. We'll see, > if the hardware ever shows up. Hardware compatability should not be an issue, should it? It's just a black box that plugs into an ethernet card? And in the case of cable modems all DOCSIS modems are equal, right? All the sites I've come across have a fair bit of helpful info on setting up the hardware, but not much info on the hardware itself, and unfortunately, there is not a LINT in sight atm to grep thru. To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-chat" in the body of the message