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Date:      Mon, 7 Aug 2000 22:17:23 -0500
From:      "David J. Kanter" <djkanter@northwestern.edu>
To:        FreeBSD questions <freebsd-questions@freebsd.org>
Subject:   Getting DSL for FreeBSD?
Message-ID:  <20000807221723.A48000@localhost.localdomain>

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I'm thinking of getting a DSL but am a bit confused on what to ask the
companies to ensure that the line will work with FreeBSD. I assume that even
if they don't advertise it to work with FreeBSD, in some cases it probably
does.

If a company doesn't explicitly advertise "works with UNIX" (Telocity is the
only one I've seen that does this), what questions can I ask that will
convince me that it does?

Do I just have to be sure that the NIC card they want to install has a
driver that can be added to the kernel config? Also, I've read that the
local telco (Ameritech) "will only work with Windows" and uses an ATM NIC.
Is that bad?

And I guess I could throw this in: And DSL company recommendations?
-- 
David Kanter
djkanter@northwestern.edu


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