If you have 19 machines on a network, why don't you have a switch and a router and not force a linux box to do the job of the aforementioned 10 dollar router? <br>Sorry I know there are people out there who insist on demonstrating value in their stll creaking along 486/66 by making it their dsl router/firewall...but I mean rather than get spitting mad on the phone with techs who you KNOW are not going to know squat about linux nor are they required too...(a google of "AT&T system requirements" first hit spells out what they are required to support)<br>
<ul><li>Intel or equivalent Pentium Pro, II, III, or IV at 133MHz or faster
</li><li>Windows 95/98/ME/XP or Windows NT 4.0/2000 (TCP/IP and Ethernet support must be enabled)
</li><li>RAM -
<ul><li>Windows 95/98/XP - 32 MB
</li><li>Windows NT - 32 MB
</li></ul>
</li><li>Hard drive with 100 megabytes available
</li><li>Ethernet Network Interface Card (NIC) or built-in Ethernet port supporting 10 Base-T
</li><li>CD ROM
</li><li>Microsoft<sup>®</sup> TCP/IP stack
</li></ul><br>This means when you, you're gf, your mom,dad uncle or whomever has their service all agreed to these terms when you got the service..<br><br>don't agree fine, get speak easy, they support Linux and your blood pressure will be lower...but don't expect the AT&T's Chennai support center to understand the eccentricities of the latest Debian release, when their product list is limited to windows only..<br>
<br>and hey if it helps..they don't support Vista either<br><br>Ned<br><br><br><br><br><br><br><br><div class="gmail_quote">On Mon, Mar 3, 2008 at 12:05 PM, Jeremy T. Bouse <<a href="mailto:jeremy.bouse@undergrid.net">jeremy.bouse@undergrid.net</a>> wrote:<br>
<blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="border-left: 1px solid rgb(204, 204, 204); margin: 0pt 0pt 0pt 0.8ex; padding-left: 1ex;"> The other problem with being able to go with any one other than the<br>
telco is if you're like me, stuck behind a remote DSLAM the telco won't<br>
provide the resellers with the ability to service you. Every DSL<br>
provider claims they can't service my house but I have the top speed DSL<br>
from AT&T. Luckily I don't have to call them for support too often<br>
considering I've got a very non-standard configuration in the house that<br>
would drive their script-readers nuts, along with myself trying to<br>
explain it to them.<br>
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