Hey gang we definitely need a newbie How2 on this also a list of questions to ask the DSL provider
On Mon, 2003-06-09 at 22:39, Thomas Williams wrote: > OK, so here's the deal. Come Monday I will be getting DSL from sprint installed. > When I mentioned running linux it didn't seem to be a problem for them. I'm still > running 8.1 and will be until after I get the DSL up and working. I want to continue > the connection sharing that I've been running with the PPP setup. I believe I can > still do this with the DSL. I have a mini-hub. I have a bunch of questions: > > 1). Do I connect the DSL modem to the hub and then direct my machine to communicate > with the IP configuration they give me? > > 2). Assuming that is the case (Yeah, I know all about _assuming_) will the current > configuration of connection sharing continue to work with the DSL? In other words, > is all I have to do is reconfigure my internet connection to use the DSL and the > other machine on my mini-lan will still see it using the current connection sharing > configuration? > > 3). Provided this all works as I think it will the next step is to download the 9.1 > images. Are there any gotchas I should be worried about? > > 4). Will 9.1 also do the connection sharing like 8.1 does? > > Here's my real concern, I don't want to be spending two or three days trying to get > everything squared away and working. I want to be able to know all the hazards and > gotchas upfront so that it will be a relatively painless switch over. Can this be > done? Bear in mind that while I am a programmer that was for macs, on linux I'm > somewhere between novice and intermediate. > > Tom Williams > > > ______________________________________________________________________ > > Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? > Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com -- Aron Smith <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
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