On Thu, 2006-01-12 at 17:15 +0000, Vince Littler wrote:
On Thursday 12 January 2006 04:22, Fred A. Miller wrote:
Ok.......I had assumed that's all it did/does. Verizon, of course, says they don't and won't support Linux. I said, "Yeah, yeah, yeah. It'll work." :)
Fred
<snip> I tell them that the client OS is irelevant, and I want service to my router. Of course, I take responsibility for everything from the router to the client PC, and if I can browse to the router, then that's my side clear.
Vince
Fred, Everything Vince says is correct, but... In the past I've rarely gotten a support person to get past "we don't support linux." Generally there are some fairly simple router configurations to make, and they usually are done through a web interface that works fine in linux, but they won't talk to you unless you're looking at a MIE screen. What I usually do is plug in a M$oft laptop, walk through the config options with the tech, then once the connection is confirmed just plug in the linux box, because like Vince correctly "stated the client OS is irelevant, and I want service to my router." So, it's kind of capitulating to the world of M$ only, but it might be the shortest distance between two points. Good luck, Regis