Re: Saint Louis area Broadband

[wllmundrwd@netscape.net (William Underwood)]

KoReE wrote:
>On another note with this, I can say that my friend called *MANY* DSL and
>cable providers today, and absolutely none were Linux-friendly.  In fact,
>they weren't anything but Windows friendly.  They were even skeptical of
>Macs.  More than one actually told her that Linux wouldn't work with their
>system.
  Charter also does not support any form of OS other than Windows or Mac.  
However, I used Solaris as my firewall for a little over a year, and am now 
building my new Linux firewall.  Just because they won't support it, 
doesn't mean it won't work. :-)  If they say it *WILL NOT* work, I'd be 
hard pressed to believe them.  After all, they terminate to a device with 
an ethernet port, and Linux, from what I've heard about it, does support 
TCP/IP connections over ethernet media, right?

  Just make sure that there's a Winblows box around for the tech to get his 
warm fuzzies off of, then as soon as he leaves, switch it over to the Linux 
box.

>Koree
William

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William Underwood
wllmundrwd@netscape.net



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