🚀 go-pugleaf

that's funny I spent a good part of my day searching for a decent news
server and exploring some that i found
---- i had allready heard such bad things about the bellsouth news server
before i switched over



John M. <none@none.com> wrote in message
news:bgrhctge7h9nnoe3qbjmkt0u5ls6qj9pcd@4ax.com...
> A happy Bellsouth customer without a decent news server?
>
> On Mon, 2 Apr 2001 16:27:38 -0700, "gosh" <j_cgreen@bellsouth.net>
> wrote:
>
> >of course it is a possible I suppose that you could find a router similar
to
> >the Caymen 3220
> >to connect to Bell South DSL using linux if you are on a network...
> >I suppose it is also possible that if you search you may find a
compatible
> >pci modem---
> >heck for all I know drivers for the 3com are floating around some where
the
> >modem is known as and can be identified
> >at 3com by it's name the 3com HomeConnect pci
> >
> >I've had my DSL with Bellsouth for a while now and I love it I get a good
> >stable connection at
> >around 800 kb down not bad considering I'm about 18,000 feet from the
> >central office...
> >the only problem I've had is on a rare occasion usualy after a bad
storm...
> >I have to shut down and
> >unplug my modem for a minute than boot back up and I'm back on... no big
> >deal...
> >
> >a happy BellSouth customer,
> >Gosh
> >
> >
> >gosh <j_cgreen@bellsouth.net> wrote in message
> >news:R85y6.698$al2.47990@news2.atl...
> >> unfortunately I do believe you will have to get  an ethernet modem
> >> no choice here, the modem that BS supports and provides is the
> >> Alcatel Speed Touch  Home   The unfortunate part is that BS only
> >> gives these modems out on Pro-installs.  THEY DO NOT SHIP
> >> ETHERNET MODEMS period no exceptions....  It can also be a frustrating
> >> experience just getting bell south to ship a different modem...   The
> >reason
> >> that
> >> you will have to go with the ethernet modem is that the only software
> >> bellsouth has for
> >> linux is NTS Ethernet 300 a third party dialer... so you can
authenticate
> >> one way with
> >> ethernet 300 download it from ftp.bellsouth.net.. call the help desk
> >> at 888-321-2375 or it might be 877 I forget option 2 to get the
password
> >to
> >> DOWNLOAD the SOFTWARE...
> >>  or you might say for the SOFTWARE DOWNLOAD.  Since a pro install costs
> >$150
> >> if it were me
> >> I would buy a modem off the internet for cheaper if i could find it.
Bell
> >> south does not want you to do that of course and they will not support
a
> >> modem bought elsewere but then that's not a big deal since we don't
> >support
> >> linux anyway
> >> Be careful of one thing if you do buy a modem on your own since modems
> >that
> >> are like the Alcatel 1000 and
> >> the alcatel speed touch home (the 2 modems supported by BS)  are hard
> >coded
> >> no drivers to load you must be
> >> carefull that  the vpi vci for bellsouth is set to 8:35  many isp's use
> >0:35
> >> and there for many modems are set
> >> to this.... of you have any other questions about using bellsouth dsl
post
> >> them i'll  answer them a better place to post for dsl specific q's is
the
> >> tech support news group fr bell south that you can get to on your bell
> >south
> >> news server...
> >> side note:
> >> no difference exsists AT ALL  between pppoe and pppoa on the host
side....
> >> the only difference is in the manner inwhich
> >> a node authenticates-- ppoe=thernet300 .... pppoa=Dial up Networking or
> >RAS
> >> dialer or I forget what the mac dialer is
> >> called..... any linux customer is going to be pppoe it does not matter
> >what
> >> it sys you are in the bell south data base
> >>
> >>
> >> gosh
> >>
> >>
> >>
> >>
> >> News Mail <Meesh30@yahoo.com> wrote in message
> >> news:6uDw6.2219$tG3.154721@news1.atl...
> >> > Help!!!
> >> >
> >> > We just got this ADSL and set up Linux Mandrake 7.2 but we can't get
it
> >> > connected. I did the "adsl-setup". Then "adsl-start" and get a
> >"time-out"
> >> > message. We are not sure but we may have an IRQ problem. What command
> >can
> >> we
> >> > use to see the list of IRQs?
> >> >
> >> >
> >> > meesh32
> >> >
> >> >
> >>
> >>
> >
>