From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 From: chuck gelm Subject: but does Verizon support Unix/Linux; was Re: pppoe * rp-pppoe * pppd????? Date: Thu, 01 Dec 2005 21:51:02 -0500 Message-ID: <438FB696.3080107@gelm.net> References: <20051127200334.GA1427@lnx2.w8mch.ampr.org> <438B0490.5050506@gelm.net> <20051128161122.GA1398@lnx2.w8mch.ampr.org> <438B7D4A.2030202@gelm.net> <20051201214001.GB1320@lnx2.w8mch.ampr.org> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Return-path: In-Reply-To: <20051201214001.GB1320@lnx2.w8mch.ampr.org> Sender: linux-newbie-owner@vger.kernel.org List-Id: Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii"; format="flowed" To: haltec@kvinet.com Cc: linux-newbie@vger.kernel.org That's a very good idea but does Verizon support Unix/Linux; anything other than M$?? We'll see.. Ringing their help desk was a disaster several times; my marginal hearing plus accents I'm not used to.. They tried very hard to help but we just didn't click.. The mere press this, press that for half an hour before a live person doesn't help... Welcome to progress, eh?? it's all moot anyway... Verizon wants one to run WinXP period.. --------------------------------------------------------------- It does not matter what Verizon wants, it is what the equipment wants. PPPOE? Two parts: (1) ?Verizon does not support Linux. (2) Neither does the equipment nor the internet! The equipment supports a protocol, perhaps PPPOE. Linux supports PPPOE. The internet does not care how you obtain access, only that your equipment is addressing the packets correctly; TCP/UDP/IP... ;-) HTH, Chuck - To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-newbie" in the body of a message to majordomo@vger.kernel.org More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html Please read the FAQ at http://www.linux-learn.org/faqs