Trent Shipley wrote:
> It is past time to insult my wallet with high speed internet.
>
> After the recent thread on Qwest I am planning to go with Qwest DSL.
Your email address says you have some dealings with Deru. From what
I've heard, they're good people to deal with. I would suggest keeping
them as your ISP while using Qwest to provide the DSL connection.
> 0. Is Qwest non-hostile to Linux? Some ISPs (e.g. AOL, Earthlink) think
> Linux isn't worth having. They want to save support costs by having everyone
> use pre-packaged internet software--good luck finding parameters to access
> their services yourself.
Currently I have Qwest as my ISP as well as providing the DSL service.
They sent me an actiontec DSL router. I access it via a web browser.
So it doesn't matter if I use a Linux or Windows box. By default the
router I got from (Actiontec GT701 WG) them assigns IP addresses via
DHCP. For me it was a simple matter of configuring eth0 on the linux
box to use DHCP. With a few mouse clicks I made sure the wireless part
was turned off since I don't have any wireless bits on my network. It
also includes a firewall which is also controlled via a web browser.
It was easy. Setup took only a few minutes.
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