Re: [newbie]Linux Isp
Are you just looking for support of your Linux box connection? It shouldn't prove to be to difficult to set up a dialer such as kppp and connect to ANY ISP that uses PAP. I've connected with several. Including, but not exclusive to, EarthLink, local ISPs, employee RAS dial in, and a dial in that is nothing but UNIX. What sort of support or connection problems have you run into? The beauty of UNIX/Linux users to an ISP is they're normally very knowlegedable. When I worked for a local ISP we "supported" UNIX/Linux, but not on the OS level. We just helped run tests to find out where the problem is in them connecting. (i.e. Watching logs as they dialed.) Most cable connections are going with the trend of using MAC addresses to assign DHCP address. I know the RoadRunner service offered through MediaOne/Comcast does this. You have the option of giving them your MAC address, they set up the modem etc; and you're on your own. At which point you should only need to plug in the ethernet and run an /etc/init.d/network restart to get a DHCP address. Every ISP that I've known, save AOL, but I won't voice my opinion for them, doesn't give a rat's $*%^@ what OS you're running. They give you dial in numbers, userID and passwd, mail server, news server, and possible proxy information then you're on your way. At least that's the experience I've had, and the one I've dealt with having worked in the support department of an ISP. I honestly wish I had the knowledge I have now, then! To help Linux users, as well as more UNIX/Linux knowledge. tdh T. Holmes Unixtechs.org [EMAIL PROTECTED] "Real Men use Vi." * Jennifer Davis [EMAIL PROTECTED] [010403 07:20]: | I doubt you wil find any and it's sad as most of the techs at ISPs run | Linux on their home systems. | | | Jenn | (ex ISP tech who was not allowed to support linux users despite the | simplicity of the questions) | | | | Jennifer Davis | [EMAIL PROTECTED] | | On Mon, 2 Apr 2001, phil wrote: | | Anyone know of any Linux friendly ISP?I get the Impression My ISP | is not. | Cable access Roadrunner Time warner!
Re: [newbie]Linux Isp
On Tuesday 03 April 2001 01:11, you wrote: Time Warner is not Officialy Linux Friendly but It does work with Linux at least in my area, Western New York, All I do set my network connection in DrakConf as a cable modem connection for that card and it works with no problem. Aries LA county San Fernando Valley Thanks for the reply ,I am at the point where I suspect it is my Isp Since I get DHCP working and see activity on the cable modem. but then failed??? I will check out those Isp's u suggested. At 09:58 PM 4/2/2001 -0700, you wrote: phil wrote: Anyone know of any Linux friendly ISP?I get the Impression My ISP is not. Cable access Roadrunner Time warner! What part of socal are you in? Orange County or LA County? Right now speakeasy.net walks on water and heals little children when it comes to DSL. If you're looking for dialup, my current ISP has been good (usinter.net) as well as good DSL for me (but they only do Verizon local loop). -- Blue skies... Todd | Get a bigger hammer! | PPPoE: the internet for people who| | http://www.mrball.net | don't want the Internet. | | http://faq.mrball.net | --Aaron Lehmann |
Re: [newbie]Linux Isp
On Tuesday 03 April 2001 00:41, you wrote: Anyone know of any Linux friendly ISP?I get the Impression My ISP is not. Cable access Roadrunner Time warner! I know of one www.celticweb.com. -- Jay ~May the enemies of Ireland never meet a friend~ http://www.mrsnooky.com http://www.celtic.free
RE: [newbie]Linux Isp
so please.. tell us who it is -Original Message- From: Jose M. Sanchez [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] Sent: Tuesday, April 03, 2001 10:51 AM To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: RE: [newbie]Linux Isp Believe it or not I ran accross a DSL provider that ADVERTISES that they support Linux... Amazing! -JMS -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]On Behalf Of Jennifer Davis Sent: Tuesday, April 03, 2001 7:21 AM To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Re: [newbie]Linux Isp I doubt you wil find any and it's sad as most of the techs at ISPs run Linux on their home systems. Jenn (ex ISP tech who was not allowed to support linux users despite the simplicity of the questions) Jennifer Davis [EMAIL PROTECTED] On Mon, 2 Apr 2001, phil wrote: Anyone know of any Linux friendly ISP?I get the Impression My ISP is not. Cable access Roadrunner Time warner!
RE: [newbie]Linux Isp
Believe it or not I ran accross a DSL provider that ADVERTISES that they support Linux... Amazing! -JMS -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]On Behalf Of Jennifer Davis Sent: Tuesday, April 03, 2001 7:21 AM To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Re: [newbie]Linux Isp I doubt you wil find any and it's sad as most of the techs at ISPs run Linux on their home systems. Jenn (ex ISP tech who was not allowed to support linux users despite the simplicity of the questions) Jennifer Davis [EMAIL PROTECTED] On Mon, 2 Apr 2001, phil wrote: Anyone know of any Linux friendly ISP?I get the Impression My ISP is not. Cable access Roadrunner Time warner!
RE: [newbie]Linux Isp
Depends of a Country! Ananyev Vladimir Teleport-TP/Portal ISP [EMAIL PROTECTED] On Tue, 3 Apr 2001, Jose M. Sanchez wrote: Believe it or not I ran accross a DSL provider that ADVERTISES that they support Linux... Amazing! -JMS -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]On Behalf Of Jennifer Davis Sent: Tuesday, April 03, 2001 7:21 AM To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Re: [newbie]Linux Isp I doubt you wil find any and it's sad as most of the techs at ISPs run Linux on their home systems. Jenn (ex ISP tech who was not allowed to support linux users despite the simplicity of the questions) Jennifer Davis [EMAIL PROTECTED] On Mon, 2 Apr 2001, phil wrote: Anyone know of any Linux friendly ISP?I get the Impression My ISP is not. Cable access Roadrunner Time warner!
RE: [newbie]Linux Isp
http://www.compuhelp.com/ It's even posted on their web site... -Original Message- From: Sparks, Charley [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] Sent: Tuesday, April 03, 2001 11:08 AM To: '[EMAIL PROTECTED]'; [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: RE: [newbie]Linux Isp so please.. tell us who it is -Original Message- From: Jose M. Sanchez [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] Sent: Tuesday, April 03, 2001 10:51 AM To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: RE: [newbie]Linux Isp Believe it or not I ran accross a DSL provider that ADVERTISES that they support Linux... Amazing! -JMS -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]On Behalf Of Jennifer Davis Sent: Tuesday, April 03, 2001 7:21 AM To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Re: [newbie]Linux Isp I doubt you wil find any and it's sad as most of the techs at ISPs run Linux on their home systems. Jenn (ex ISP tech who was not allowed to support linux users despite the simplicity of the questions) Jennifer Davis [EMAIL PROTECTED] On Mon, 2 Apr 2001, phil wrote: Anyone know of any Linux friendly ISP?I get the Impression My ISP is not. Cable access Roadrunner Time warner!
Re: [newbie]Linux Isp
yes, please tell us.. - Original Message - From: Sparks, Charley [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]; [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Tuesday, April 03, 2001 10:07 AM Subject: RE: [newbie]Linux Isp so please.. tell us who it is -Original Message- From: Jose M. Sanchez [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] Sent: Tuesday, April 03, 2001 10:51 AM To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: RE: [newbie]Linux Isp Believe it or not I ran accross a DSL provider that ADVERTISES that they support Linux... Amazing! -JMS -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]On Behalf Of Jennifer Davis Sent: Tuesday, April 03, 2001 7:21 AM To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Re: [newbie]Linux Isp I doubt you wil find any and it's sad as most of the techs at ISPs run Linux on their home systems. Jenn (ex ISP tech who was not allowed to support linux users despite the simplicity of the questions) Jennifer Davis [EMAIL PROTECTED] On Mon, 2 Apr 2001, phil wrote: Anyone know of any Linux friendly ISP?I get the Impression My ISP is not. Cable access Roadrunner Time warner!
RE: [newbie]Linux Isp
who is the provider ?? At 10:50 AM 4/3/2001 -0400, Jose M. Sanchez wrote: Believe it or not I ran accross a DSL provider that ADVERTISES that they support Linux... Amazing! -JMS -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]On Behalf Of Jennifer Davis Sent: Tuesday, April 03, 2001 7:21 AM To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Re: [newbie]Linux Isp I doubt you wil find any and it's sad as most of the techs at ISPs run Linux on their home systems. Jenn (ex ISP tech who was not allowed to support linux users despite the simplicity of the questions) Jennifer Davis [EMAIL PROTECTED] On Mon, 2 Apr 2001, phil wrote: Anyone know of any Linux friendly ISP?I get the Impression My ISP is not. Cable access Roadrunner Time warner!
Re: [newbie]Linux Isp
I came across this back when I was doing dialup with Slackware. I switched over to ADSL just before I started using Mandrake, so I am not sure if their help is terribly useful. It is from my old ISP. They claim that they don't support Linux, but maybe the documentation could help someone. http://www.comnet.ca/support/connections/linux.shtml jenn
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You should check out http://www.eskimo.net They provide nation wide dial up service as well as ISDN and DSL support. There are also shell accounts for those the have a need. Barry :-) On Tue, 03 April 2001, Jennifer Davis wrote: I doubt you wil find any and it's sad as most of the techs at ISPs run Linux on their home systems. Jenn (ex ISP tech who was not allowed to support linux users despite the simplicity of the questions) Jennifer Davis [EMAIL PROTECTED] On Mon, 2 Apr 2001, phil wrote: Anyone know of any Linux friendly ISP?I get the Impression My ISP is not. Cable access Roadrunner Time warner! Surfree.com - nationwide internet access http://www.surfree.com
[newbie]Linux Isp
Anyone know of any Linux friendly ISP?I get the Impression My ISP is not. Cable access Roadrunner Time warner!
Re: [newbie]Linux Isp
phil wrote: Anyone know of any Linux friendly ISP?I get the Impression My ISP is not. Cable access Roadrunner Time warner! What part of socal are you in? Orange County or LA County? Right now speakeasy.net walks on water and heals little children when it comes to DSL. If you're looking for dialup, my current ISP has been good (usinter.net) as well as good DSL for me (but they only do Verizon local loop). -- Blue skies... Todd | Get a bigger hammer! | PPPoE: the internet for people who| | http://www.mrball.net | don't want the Internet. | | http://faq.mrball.net | --Aaron Lehmann |
Re: [newbie]Linux Isp
LA county San Fernando Valley Thanks for the reply ,I am at the point where I suspect it is my Isp Since I get DHCP working and see activity on the cable modem. but then failed??? I will check out those Isp's u suggested. At 09:58 PM 4/2/2001 -0700, you wrote: phil wrote: Anyone know of any Linux friendly ISP?I get the Impression My ISP is not. Cable access Roadrunner Time warner! What part of socal are you in? Orange County or LA County? Right now speakeasy.net walks on water and heals little children when it comes to DSL. If you're looking for dialup, my current ISP has been good (usinter.net) as well as good DSL for me (but they only do Verizon local loop). -- Blue skies... Todd | Get a bigger hammer! | PPPoE: the internet for people who| | http://www.mrball.net | don't want the Internet. | | http://faq.mrball.net | --Aaron Lehmann |
Re: [newbie] linux isp
Ummm...that pretty much depends upon where you live. And, this thing about "Linux Friendly" ISP's is a misnomer. Since the ISP, except for AOsmeLl don't care what OS you're running, there really isn't any such thing as a Linux friendly ISP. When you sign up with an ISP for service you normally get certain information from them to facilitate a connection to their computers for service. This would be a username, (which you choose as well as a password for authentication), the name of the mail server, (so you can pick up your mail), the phone number to tell your modem where to dialup to make a connection, and two DNS numbers to let TCP/IP where to start looking. If this is friendly to anyone it's "User friendly". But then again, this would be the norm outside the fortified walls of the evil empire better known as "AOL". -- Mark /* I never worry about the to-jams. * Once I've stuck my foot in my mouth * it's already too late...just make sure * you chew them thoroughly before swallowing! */ Registered Linux user #182496 * Pine 4.21 * On Sun, 15 Oct 2000 10:20pm ,[EMAIL PROTECTED] spake passionately in a message: ANY SUGGESTIONS FOR RELIABLE, CHEAP, AND FAST INTERNET PROVIDERS FRIENDLY TO LINUX. THANX
Re: [newbie] linux isp
In a message dated 15-Oct-00 23:31:16 Central Daylight Time, [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: Seriously - look around your local area - ask your colleagues It should not matter whether the ISP is "Linux Friendly" data is data is data and that is all you exchange with the ISP some isps want specific data such as windows aps that run on the system
Re: [newbie] linux isp
Seriously - look around your local area - ask your colleagues It should not matter whether the ISP is "Linux Friendly" data is data is data and that is all you exchange with the ISP some isps want specific data such as windows aps that run on the system Huh? Sure haven't seen that. If so, tell them you use Netscape. Better still, tell them that you just want their pop and smtp server names. I suspect that anyone who's asking what "windows apps" you're using won't be able to answer those questions but it'll probably get you someone who can. Cheers --- Larry
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[EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: ANY SUGGESTIONS FOR RELIABLE, CHEAP, AND FAST INTERNET PROVIDERS FRIENDLY TO LINUX. THANX It depends on where you are located. How about I set you up from here - $US4.45 month - sound good Downside though - you pay the international hookup.. Seriously - look around your local area - ask your colleagues It should not matter whether the ISP is "Linux Friendly" data is data is data and that is all you exchange with the ISP. Cheers -- ICQ# 89345394 Mailto: [EMAIL PROTECTED] "The number of UNIX installations has grown to 10, with more expected" (The UNIX Programmer's Manual, 2nd Edition, June 1972.)
