A slight correction:
Internet access requires an IP address.
My ISP (speakeasy.net) figures that if I'm on the end of my particular DSL line, I must be me, or at least authorized by me to use the 'net.
<soapbox>
usernames and passwords are required for more draconian ISP's who can't understand their hardware well enough to figure out who's on the end of which wire.
</soapbox>
--Matthew
-----Original Message-----
From: Stephen Kuhn [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]
Sent: Monday, June 09, 2003 3:54 AM
To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Subject: Re: [newbie] DSL
On Mon, 2003-06-09 at 10:53, Aron Smith wrote:
> Anyone Know of a DSL provider here in the Bay Area
> that if not supporting Linux is at least linux Friendly?
> eg. easy to set up under Mandrake
"Linux Friendly" is a really bad term to use. Any ISP that REQUIRES the
usage of linux unsupported hardware is another issue.
Any internet access is dependent on three things - a username, a
password, and SOME means by which to gain and IP address from them.
If you can get a stand-alone ADSL router that allows for you to plug it
into either an ethernet card or into a hub, you can get DSL going.
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