From: "Mark B. Withers" <mwithers@one.net> To: Bill Moran <wmoran@mail.iowna.com> Cc: freebsd-questions <freebsd-questions@freebsd.org> Subject: Re: bellsouth dsl? Message-ID: <20010120115453.F3857@arrakis.desert-power.org> In-Reply-To: <3A6765B7.A7840027@mail.iowna.com>; from wmoran@mail.iowna.com on Thu, Jan 18, 2001 at 04:57:13PM -0500 References: <200101182138.QAA03644@smtp6.mindspring.com> <3A6765B7.A7840027@mail.iowna.com>
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I would just like to chime in here. I'm using a DSL modem myself with FreeBSD, but it's not a USB modem. However there are adapters for those types of things. :) Or you could just plug the DSL modem into a hub and use the hub. I connect to my ISP through a text-based web page using Lynx to log in. Pretty primative, however there are Perl utilities to make the connection for you. I just use dhcp client on the ethernet interface and everything else happens without any problems. Mark On Thu, Jan 18, 2001 at 04:57:13PM -0500, Bill Moran wrote: > steve wrote: > > > > > > > > I recently found out that bellsouth dsl will soon be available in my > > > area. > > > So, like any broke college student, their free dialup acct till > > > availability looked good. I called em up and started to sign up for the > > > acct. We got to the OS question and it came to a halt. The woman swore > > > up > > > and down that their modem (usb) would not work with anything but windows > > > or > > > mac. Is this true? (i doubt it). > > The woman you talked to probably has no experience whatsoever with > computers, and wouldn't know Linux from FreeBSD. However, her script > tells her that it's only compatible with Windows, so that's what she > says. I think it's bullshit. Basically, by sticking to Windows only, > they can hire uneducated support personnel who can answer 95% of the > questions off of a script. Thus we have Bill's Law: "For every 1000 > people using a computer, one of them knows what he's doing." > > > > Does anyone have experience setting up > > > dsl from bellsouth on freebsd? I'm fairly sure it'll work, but I wanna > > > know before I call back and lie and say I use windows. =) > > Find out make/model of the modem and send it to the list. If it's a > modem, it's either supported hardware or not. If not, it still might > work, but it's a gamble at that point. > > -Bill > > > To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org > with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message > To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message
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