Re: FreeBSD challenged by Internet

2007-01-26 Thread perryh
> The 2 systems, Windows or FreeBSD, cost the same. That is, > assuming that time=money. Which everyone does, except for those > who have so much money they don't have to work for a living, or > those who have nothing and are perectly content to live with - nothing. But I am not comparing Windoz

Re: FreeBSD challenged by Internet

2007-01-25 Thread Ted Mittelstaedt
- Original Message - From: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Cc: Sent: Wednesday, January 24, 2007 12:40 AM Subject: Re: FreeBSD challenged by Internet > > > > > > What I don't get is I see guys walking in > > > > >

Re: FreeBSD challenged by Internet

2007-01-24 Thread perryh
> > > > > What I don't get is I see guys walking in > > > > > dropping $1000 on associated Mac hardware crap > > ... > > > > The most expensive system around here is a Mac Sawtooth that cost > > > > $225 -- including a 17" monitor -- last September. The (Dell) > > > > FreeBSD box I'm using at the

Re: FreeBSD challenged by Internet

2007-01-23 Thread Ted Mittelstaedt
- Original Message - From: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Cc: Sent: Monday, January 22, 2007 12:24 AM Subject: Re: FreeBSD challenged by Internet > > > > What I don't get is I see guys walking in > > > > dropping $1000 on associat

Re: FreeBSD challenged by Internet

2007-01-22 Thread perryh
> > > What I don't get is I see guys walking in > > > dropping $1000 on associated Mac hardware crap ... > > The most expensive system around here is a Mac Sawtooth that cost > > $225 -- including a 17" monitor -- last September. The (Dell) > > FreeBSD box I'm using at the moment cost $10 at a fle

Re: FreeBSD challenged by Internet

2007-01-21 Thread Christian Baer
On Sun, 21 Jan 2007 03:45:27 -0800 Ted Mittelstaedt wrote: > That's $5K difference not $10. Thieves can get away with a lot if they > steal it in small bits. So if I steal $1 from every account of New York's biggest bank they would smile and see that as a sporting achievement? Somehow I doubt th

Re: FreeBSD challenged by Internet

2007-01-21 Thread Ted Mittelstaedt
- Original Message - From: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Cc: Sent: Saturday, January 20, 2007 3:51 PM Subject: Re: FreeBSD challenged by Internet > > What really grates is that I have to pay Verizon *more* if I want > *less* from them! Would you

Re: FreeBSD challenged by Internet

2007-01-20 Thread perryh
> > > > I doubt there is any reasonably priced ISP that will help in > > > > troubleshooting a problem that's not reproducible on Windows. > > > > > > $19.95 a month for DSL (ISP charges) is not reasonably priced? > > > WTF? > > > > Dunno about your neck of the woods, but last time I checked around

Re: FreeBSD challenged by Internet

2007-01-20 Thread Ted Mittelstaedt
- Original Message - From: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Cc: Sent: Friday, January 19, 2007 12:47 AM Subject: Re: FreeBSD challenged by Internet > > > I doubt there is any reasonably priced ISP that will help in > > > troubleshooting a prob

Re: FreeBSD challenged by Internet

2007-01-19 Thread Brian
RW wrote: On Thu, 18 Jan 2007 23:14:33 -0800 "Ted Mittelstaedt" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: - Original Message - From: "RW" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: Sent: Thursday, January 18, 2007 7:43 AM Subject: Re: FreeBSD challenged by Internet On Thu,

Re: FreeBSD challenged by Internet

2007-01-19 Thread RW
On Thu, 18 Jan 2007 23:14:33 -0800 "Ted Mittelstaedt" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > - Original Message - > From: "RW" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > To: > Sent: Thursday, January 18, 2007 7:43 AM > Subject: Re: FreeBSD challenged by Internet

Re: FreeBSD challenged by Internet

2007-01-19 Thread perryh
> > I doubt there is any reasonably priced ISP that will help in > > troubleshooting a problem that's not reproducible on Windows. > > $19.95 a month for DSL (ISP charges) is not reasonably priced? > WTF? Dunno about your neck of the woods, but last time I checked around here Verizon was charging

Re: FreeBSD challenged by Internet

2007-01-18 Thread Ted Mittelstaedt
- Original Message - From: "RW" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: Sent: Thursday, January 18, 2007 7:43 AM Subject: Re: FreeBSD challenged by Internet > On Thu, 18 Jan 2007 00:43:02 -0800 > "Ted Mittelstaedt" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > Al

Re: FreeBSD challenged by Internet

2007-01-18 Thread bobmc
t attracts flies - but any UNIX - be it Linux, MacOS X > or whatever, you would get that response. > > Anyway, I think you should have availed yourself of your ISP's > tech support department first. And if your ISP's support > department stinks - some unfortunately do - th

Re: FreeBSD challenged by Internet

2007-01-18 Thread RW
On Thu, 18 Jan 2007 15:43:49 + RW <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > The OP said that there was no problem with linux and windows, Correction: "the OP said that there was no problem with linux" ___ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.f

Re: FreeBSD challenged by Internet

2007-01-18 Thread RW
On Thu, 18 Jan 2007 00:43:02 -0800 "Ted Mittelstaedt" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Also, these companies simply > cannot afford to put their best programming and design > talent on solving things like slow DNS resolver queries > through their proxy, when these problems are reported. The OP said t

Re: FreeBSD challenged by Internet

2007-01-18 Thread Ted Mittelstaedt
7;s plenty more ISP's in the phone book. Ted - Original Message ----- From: "Bob McIsaac" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Monday, January 15, 2007 10:32 PM Subject: FreeBSD challenged by Internet > Hi: > > This is not exactly a question r

Re: FreeBSD challenged by Internet

2007-01-16 Thread RW
On Tue, 16 Jan 2007 01:32:58 -0500 Bob McIsaac <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Hi: > > This is not exactly a question rather it is wrapup for a > series of questions. I had a tricky, confusing problem > getting FreeBSD on the net but I was able to solve it > with help from this list.. Ian Smith in

FreeBSD challenged by Internet

2007-01-15 Thread Bob McIsaac
Hi: This is not exactly a question rather it is wrapup for a series of questions. I had a tricky, confusing problem getting FreeBSD on the net but I was able to solve it with help from this list.. Ian Smith in particular. The DHCP lease from my ISP set the nameserver address as being 192.168.1.