> Has anyone any experience with Verizon DSL? I use it with Debian as my gateway and firewall (Woody, the current stable release). Overall, I'm very happy with it. I get great speed (not many people using it in my town) and have had no hassles with Verizon.
Verizon's setup software makes you create their account with Windows or a Mac. So I installed Windows, then installed their software, created my account (which I'm guessing grabbed my NIC's MAC address and who knows what else). Then, with my account info written down, I reformatted the machine and installed a barebones install of Debian Woody. Using PPPoE I created my account with the info I wrote down, and have never looked back (nor reinstalled Windows:-). I haven't bothered to check to see if Verizon is using a proxy. They give you access to a pretty-much-complete news server (which is throttled during the day, 180K+ in the night/mornings). To me, they're like an ISP should be: everything I try works, they don't bother me, and I don't pester them. :-) Regards, . Randy -- While we sit comfortably using our computers, soldiers paid for with our taxes are killing and torturing innocent people half a world away in order to steal their oil; we have blood on our hands. _______________________________________________ gnhlug-discuss mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://mail.gnhlug.org/mailman/listinfo/gnhlug-discuss
