Date: 14 Feb 2001 13:01:38 +0100 From: Dag-Erling Smorgrav <des@ofug.org> To: Stephen McKay <mckay@thehub.com.au> Cc: Haikal Saadh <wyldephyre2@yahoo.com>, chat@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: Broadband downunder Message-ID: <xzp8zn9tqvx.fsf@flood.ping.uio.no> In-Reply-To: Stephen McKay's message of "Wed, 14 Feb 2001 21:36:55 %2B1000" References: <20010214020152.5079.qmail@web1604.mail.yahoo.com> <200102141136.f1EBatG18850@dungeon.home>
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Stephen McKay <mckay@thehub.com.au> writes: > Nobody who sells cable or ADSL in Australia officially supports non-M$ > operating systems. As far as I know they even shaft the Mac users. > > The usual deal is to pretend to be an avid Windoze user while the > technician is there, then plug the network into your unix cluster > when they've left. The exact details on how to connect from FreeBSD > or Linux vary, and I don't currently know any details. Heh. Norwegian cable providers also officially insist on Windows, but IRL they're happy as clams to have the customer install the network adapter and drivers himself, as long as he doesn't come whining to them if it doesn't work. As for ADSL, the provider from which I've ordered my line (not installed yet) says you can use anything you want as long as it talks TCP/IP over Ethernet. They're happy to draw the line between "mine" and "yours" at the router. DES -- Dag-Erling Smorgrav - des@ofug.org To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-chat" in the body of the message
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