[KLUG Members] Re: Members digest, Vol 1 #1376 - 7 msgs

[Robert Roye]

Rusty Yonkers wrote:

>It seems that SBC now has DSL available in this area.  Of course they
>only support Windows and Mac.  But it seems that someone on here said
>that they use SBC and that it is just not documented how they do it. 
>Is this correct?  I really want to dump Charter Cable and move to DSL
>but need to know that it will work ok for me....

Using SuSE 9.0 Pro on my DSL was a cakewalk. The YaST control panel has
an applet for configuring it. From what I've heard Mandrake 10.0 (or
even 9.2) is similarly easy to set up. Those are the distros I use so
I'm not sure about others. I'm sure most of them are easily capable even
if SBC embarrasses itself by saying Linux is not supported.

Also, there is a certain web page you can go to to set up your account
instead of using the SBC software. I'll have to dig around and find it,
but it's much better than installing their bad software on a Windows
box, setting up the account, and uninstalling it. You can actually do it
all in Linux and all of it without needing the command line. Simplicity
is good.

Rob Roye (new guy)
Mishawaka, IN - where there are no good LUGs