Well, from what the folks there told me, you should be able to just use straight DHCP, without having to load any other software.
I run my own DNS server, locally, so that I don't have to rely on any other providers', and I run my own mail/web/etc server, so i'm not relying on anyone else, either. On Fri, 2 Aug 2002, Joe Wasserman wrote: > I live right near Chicago, Illinois, in Wilmette. > > Actually, my experience with Ameritech's DSL service has gotten quite > since it started. The first problem was that they sent the wrong > equipment, but it was easy to replace. The original cd with EnterNet on > it had gone somewhere unhappy (I still haven't found it) during the time > it took to ship the new equipment. I called on at least six separate > occassions to be shipped another cd with EnterNet on it, but all of > those times they sent the cd with everything except EnterNet. Somebody > finally told me where I could download it. Next, it took an incredibly > long time to connect to hosts of websites. That wore off after about > four months, though. Their serves haven't been down (at least not while > I was trying to use their service) for a fairly long time, which is > good! > > The main problem that I have with Ameritech is their customer support. > I have a Mac and the Linux box. The customer service representitives > had next to knowledge about Macs, and weren't able to help me with any > problems (except the one that told me where to download EnterNet from). > One representitive said, "I haven't seen a Mac since grade school." > Linux being slightly more obscure, I'm no confident in their software's > ability to support Linux and their knowledge to be able to help me if > anything goes wrong. > > -Joe Wasserman > > > Mike Burger wrote: > > >I for got to add a :) to that. > > > >What kind of issues are you having with their DSL service, and in what > >region? > > >------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ > > Kathy Bielt wrote: > > >Joe, > > >What part of the country do you live in? > >I live in Houston, TX and the local users > >group HAL-PC provides ISP service and > >they use Linux servers so they are Linux > >friendly. They are also modestly priced > >and very reliable. > > > >Kathy Bieltz > > Mike Burger wrote: > > > Don't tell me "unfortunately"...I work for Ameritech...and have an > order > > for their DSL in place. > > Joe Wasserman wrote: > > > > I'm trying to get access to the internet on my computer running Red > Hat > > > Linux. Does anybody know of any good ISP's that support Linux? I'm > > > > (unfortunately) using Ameritech's DSL currently on this computer. > > > Thanks for your help > > > > > > -Joe Wasserman > > > > _______________________________________________ > Seawolf-list mailing list > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > https://listman.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/seawolf-list > _______________________________________________ Seawolf-list mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] https://listman.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/seawolf-list
