Re: but does Verizon support Unix/Linux; was Re: pppoe * rp-pppoe * pppd?????

[linuxdevelop linux <linuxdevelop@gmail.com>]

I have got this to work on my laptop which was running FC3. I could
not find the link which I used to download the driver from. But it
works like a charm if you are in the city and a few interstates ..

Try this

http://www.ka9q.net/5220.html

If I find the other link I would append it later ..

All the best

./thanks
ilaiy

On 12/1/05, chuck gelm <chuck@gelm.net> wrote:
> <snip>
>         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??
>
> <snip>
>
> 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
>
>
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