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Re: anyone using ADSL trial with linux?

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From: Mark Evans
Date: Tue, 09 May 2000 00:00
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Tom Bird <hamster@nospam.demon.co.uk> wrote:
> In article <2000May1.212811.3198@jsm-net.demon.co.uk>, James Murray
> <jsm@jsm-net.demon.co.uk> writes
>>In article <956706153.20018.0.nnrp-12.9e9873a0@news.demon.co.uk> "lesstif" 
>><lesstif@hotmail.com> writes:
>>>anyone using ADSL trial with linux?
>>>
>>>pls post info, pointers, help etc
>>
>>I mailed Demon helpdesk to ask about non-Windows /Mac OSes but they weren't
>>helpful. The FAQ mentions that BT will install a router/modem device which
>>surely should be configured like any other router, thus you could tell Linux
>>that it is your default route and off you go?
>>I'd be interested in using ASDL via Solaris at work but without any helpful
>>pointers from Demon, I have no intention of installing it.

> BT the wankers are trying to tie "Home" ADSL to Windoze by supplying a
> USB product as a modem.

They are trying to do much the same with their "small business"
service.
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