On Wed, Feb 20, 2008 at 11:54:27PM -0800, Tyrion wrote: > MattyJ wrote: > > I live in the Los Angeles area so I'm not sure if this is relevant to > > San Diego, but when I got Road Runner nearly two years ago it worked > > fine with a Linux box connecting directly to the cable modem. I think > > it's just a standard dynamic connection. ... I'm in San Diego and have had Road Runner here a few years. It ordinarily works fine for me too with a Linux box connecting directly to the cable modem, but I usually have an inexpensive router in between,which also normally works.
> > It might also be worth noting that I'm a complete nerd and have never > > had to call support. When the tech guy was here setting up I happened > > to have a laptop with Windows on it and didn't want to bother him with > > Linux questions during the initial setup. I've occasionally had good luck telling support people that my problem is probably just the same with Linux as Windows. I sometimes apologize in advance for accidentally using Linux terminology instead of Windows. Paul G. Allen's current problems with Road Runner sound worse than anything I've encountered, but I may only do comparatively trivial things with Road Runner and I am only guessing that his problems are worse. > > I didn't bother to contradict the teacher because it would have just > confused people, but I wanted to know for myself. The funniest part was > when I asked if other OSs were supported, the teacher laughed, saying > "There are no other Operating Systems!" and when I mentioned linux, she > said, "What is this 20 years ago?" Ah the uninformed, how they love to > be put in charge :-) > > Tyrion I hope the teacher eventually realizes that some people are bypassing 20 years worth of problems :-) Stewart Strait -- [email protected] http://www.kernel-panic.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/kplug-list
